Pressure data loggers with integrated sensors, battery, and memory. Configure sample rates, event triggers, and easily export data for analysis. Ideal for standalone industrial and research monitoring.
Pressure data loggers are compact, self-contained instruments designed for autonomous recording of pressure values over time, integrating a pressure sensor, data memory, and battery power into a single unit. Tailored for engineers and technicians, these devices offer user-programmable logging parameters, including start times, sample rates, and event-based triggers, with data easily retrieved via specialized software for analysis and export, making them ideal for a wide array of industrial monitoring, process validation, and research applications where standalone operation is key.
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Find out more about Pressure Data loggers to determine which product options and capabilities will best meet your application requirements.
Pressure data loggers represent a highly integrated solution for professionals requiring autonomous pressure monitoring. These instruments combine a dedicated pressure sensor, a data acquisition and storage module, and a long-life battery within a single, robust housing. This standalone design is particularly advantageous for applications where direct, continuous connection to a control system or external power source is impractical or unavailable, offering significant flexibility in deployment across various industrial and research settings. The internal pressure sensing element, which can vary in technology depending on the specific model and application requirements (e.g., piezoresistive, thin-film), is factory-calibrated to ensure accurate readings across its specified range.
The core functionality of these loggers revolves around their embedded firmware, which manages the scheduling of measurements, the conversion of sensor signals, and the systematic storage of pressure data points into internal non-volatile memory. Users typically interface with the pressure data logger via a dedicated digital communication link, often USB or serial-based, connecting it to a computer running specialized software provided by the manufacturer. This software is the gateway to configuring the logger’s operational parameters, such as setting precise start and stop times for logging sessions, defining the data sampling interval (from rapid captures to very slow long-term monitoring), and crucially, establishing event-based triggers. Event-triggered logging allows the device to remain dormant, conserving battery, until a specific pressure threshold is breached or a predefined change in pressure occurs, ensuring that only relevant data is captured.
Once a logging campaign is complete, or during interim checks, the collected data is retrieved using the same software interface. This software often provides initial tools for data visualization, such as plotting pressure over time, which can be invaluable for quick assessments and diagnostics directly in the field or lab. Furthermore, the software facilitates the export of the recorded pressure readings, typically timestamped, into universally compatible file formats like CSV or plain text. This enables engineers and technicians to easily import the data into more advanced analytical software packages, spreadsheets for custom reporting, or databases for long-term archiving and trend analysis. The capacity of the logger’s memory, often specified in the number of readings it can store, and the battery longevity under various sampling scenarios, are critical selection criteria for ensuring the logger meets the demands of the intended monitoring period.
These instruments find widespread use in scenarios such as monitoring pressure variations in hydraulic and pneumatic systems to diagnose intermittent faults or inefficiencies. They are deployed in water distribution networks to track pressure fluctuations and identify potential leaks or system imbalances. Process engineers utilize pressure data loggers for validating and optimizing parameters in manufacturing processes, or for monitoring vessel and pipeline pressures in chemical plants and refineries, especially in areas where permanent instrumentation is not feasible. Research applications often involve deploying these loggers for environmental studies, such as monitoring barometric pressure or water column height, or in laboratory settings for capturing pressure profiles during experiments. The ease of setup and retrieval makes them ideal for temporary installations or for gathering baseline data before implementing permanent monitoring solutions.
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Specifying pressure data logger requirements
Some questions to ask when defining the product requirements for a pressure data logger.
Operating pressure range
What is the expected highest and lowest pressure you are likely to measure?
Pressure reference
What should the pressure be referenced to, atmospheric pressure (g), absolute vacuum (abs) or another pressure (dp)?
Power supply
Do you need internal battery power or a external connection for a low or high voltage power supply?
Installation type
Where is the pressure data logger going to be installed; outside, panel mounted, cabinet mounted, or bench top?
Viewing readings and trends during logging
Do you want to view pressure readings and trends on a computer display screen whilst logging or later on after data has been saved within the logger?
Maximum number of stored pressure readings
How many pressure reading data points do you need to store between downloading data files?
Accuracy
How accurate does the pressure measurement need to be?
Resolution
How small a change in pressure do you need to distinguish?
Minimum logging rate
What will be the minimum time interval you need between saved pressure data points?
Computer interface type
How do you want to connect to a computer, USB, RS485, Ethernet, Bluetooth, mobile cellular network, or WiFi?
Pressure connection fitting
What style and size of pressure fitting is required; thread, flange or flexible tubing?
Other measurement parameters
Do you need to measure anything else, such as temperature?
Number of pressure input channels
How many pressure input channels are required to measure at the same time?
Test reports and certificates
Do you need to generate your own printed reports or certificate to document the logging results?
Exporting log data
Will you need to export the logged data to another software program in order to process the test results?
Local readout display
Do you need a local digital display built into the logger to show the actual pressure readings?
Checklist for pressure data logger requirements
Define your pressure data logger requirements using this checklist:
- Operating pressure range?
- Pressure reference?
- Power supply?
- Installation type?
- Viewing readings and trends during logging?
- Maximum number of stored pressure readings?
- Accuracy?
- Resolution?
- Minimum logging rate?
- Computer interface type?
- Pressure connection fitting?
- Other measurement parameters?
- Number of pressure input channels?
- Test reports and certificates?
- Exporting log data?
- Local readout display?