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310 CHAPTER 12 Sensor Theory
FIGURE 12.8
The TSS 440 active coil array pipe tracking system.
FIGURE 12.9
Innovatum Smartrak passive gradiometer array pipe tracking system.
12.1.5 Data acquisition
(Courtesy Saab SeaEye.)
(Courtesy Teledyne TSS.)
The process of data acquisition entails the acquiring of sensor measurements and then processing the output into a human or machine readable format. Sensors acquire measurements in analog for- mat and through the process of signal conditioning and analog to digital conversion transforms the electrical waveforms to digital outputs for final use.
