Data acquisition projects are using some kind of acquisition frame to measure the real world signals and converting the samples into digital numeric values.
Data Acquisition projects contain several standard elements like:

• Temperature (Thermo Couple / PT-100 ...), Pressure, Vibrartion ... measurements.
• Calibration data.
• Graphical Presentation.
• Logging.
• Database handling.
• Alarming.
• Reporting (pdf).

Existing standard programs provide many of these elements but most of the time some custom request makes them not the ideal solution. This is where CAT-Solutions comes into play, offering custom build data acquisition software with all the requirements you need.

Below the Keysight Technologies 34980A frame. Other types of data acquisition can be used also of course.