MIDAS Training

MIDAS Training Summary

The first midas training session consisted of the following topics:

• Introduction to Midas
• Components used in data acquisition systems
• Vendors of Midas Components
• Types of sensors used
• How sensors work
• Overview of a Datalogger
• The job of a Datalogger
• Basics of Programming
• Programming a Datalogger with Short-Cut

The aim of the first training session is to get users of midas acquainted with the basic concepts of electrical engineering that are necessary to understand how a data acquisition system works.

Key concepts of the training were: Ohms law, which modeled how some sensors work, wiring sensor, an introduction to dataloggers, and an introduction to programming and the CR-basic programming language.