Abstract
VDC is pleased to announce the release of its six-volume report, Data Acquisition Products: Global Market Demand Analysis, 2nd Edition. The study is designed to serve as a marketing tool for companies who currently manufacture or resell data acquisition external chassis and modules and/or plug-in analog I/O boards, or for companies who are considering entering these markets.
The study includes:
- Coverage of three major geographic regions, with shipments and forecasts given for each in units, US dollar volumes, and average selling prices (in US dollars) through 2012.
- Insights, trends and data are presented by product features and characteristics.
- Regional market segmentations and forecasts are given for channels, converter resolution and sample data rates.
- Current and future user perceptions, needs and preferences.
- Vendor 2007 shipments and market shares are provided for the product types in each of the major regional markets.
- Key success factors identified by vendors for ongoing success are discussed.
- Detailed profiles on 27 major vendors are included, covering; corporate overview, product shipments,manufacturing locations, geographic markets served, applications and industries served, channels of distribution, strategic direction and outlook.
Report Scope
Product Focus
External Data Acquisition Chassis and Modules:
- Data Loggers
- Distributed/Remote I/O
- Paperless Chart Recorders
- USB PC Front End Modules
- Other PC Front Ends
- Standalone Systems
Plug-in Analog I/O Boards:
- CAMAC
- CompactPCI
- ISA
- PC/104
- PCI
- PCI Express
- PCMCIA
- PXI
- PXI Express
- VME
- VXI
Current and Future User Needs and Preferences
- Functional use of data acquisition products
- Stationary versus portable applications
- Product selection criteria
- Communication network usage for external
- chassis and modules
- Microprocessor usage
- Operating system usage
- Programming language usage
- Bundling of software versus third party sources
- Input channel usage by types of sensors
- Non-vendor selection criteria
- User data sources on products and vendors
Geographic Region:Asia-Pacific
Consuming Applications
- Education
- Industrial Maintenance
- Laboratory/R&D
- Military/Aerospace
- Off-Line Production Testing/QC
- On-Line Discrete Manufacturing
- On-Line Process Manufacturing
- Scientific
Consuming Industries
- Appliances
- Automotive
- Communications
- Construction
- Consumer Electronics
- Electric Power
- Electrical Products
- Environmental Monitoring
- Food & Beverage
- HVAC
- Medical/Health
- Military/Aerospace
- Petrochemical
- Pharmaceutical
- Primary Metals
- Pulp & Paper
- Oil/Gas
- Semiconductor
- Testing Labs
- Textile
- Universities
- Water/Wastewater
Table of Contents
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- MARKET OVERVIEW
- Overall
- Product Categories
- Applications/Industries
- Channels
- A/D Converter Resolution
- Sample Data Rates
- CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
- USER REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS
- Product Selection Criteria
- Functional Applications
- Stationary vs. Portable Applications
- Communication Networks
- Microprocessors
- Software
- Input Channel Usage
- Non-Product Vendor Selection Criteria
- Information Sources
- VENDOR ANALYSIS
- Vendor Profiles
- User Perceptions of Vendors
- Key Success Factors
- Vendor List
- STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
II. SCOPE
- PRODUCT FOCUS
- GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS
- FORECAST PERIOD
III. METHODOLOGY
- PRIMARY RESEARCH
- SECONDARY RESEARCH
- Other
- INFORMATION ANALYSES
IV. PRODUCT TYPES, TECHNOLOGIES, AND TRENDS
- DEFINITION OF DATA ACQUISITION
- PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS
- Data Loggers
- Paperless Chart Recorders
- PC Front Ends and Distributed/Remote I/O
- USB Modules
- Standalone Systems
- PRODUCT FEATURES
- Channels
- Converter Resolution
- Sample Data Rates
- COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- CAN
- DeviceNet
- Ethernet Network Standards
- Fibre Channel
- Firewire (IEEE 1394)
- General Purpose Interface Bus-GPIB (IEEE 488)
- Modbus
- Parallel Port
- Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) Bus
- Profibus
- Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
- Serial RS 232, 422, 485
- Universal Serial Bus (USB)
- Wireless Networks
- IEEE 802.11 Standards
- WiMAX
- ZigBee
- UWB
- Wireless USB
- Proprietary
- PLATFORM FEATURES
- Stationary Versus Portable Applications
- Microprocessors
- SOFTWARE FEATURES
- Operating Systems
- Programming Languages
V. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
- CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
- Sales Organizations and Means
- Software
- Customer Classes
- REGULATORY INFLUENCES
- COMPETITION
- Mergers and Acquisitions
VI. MARKET SIZES, SEGMENTATIONS, FORECASTS, AND TRENDS
- PRODUCT MARKET SIZES AND FORECASTS
- Shipments
- Prices
- APPLICATION MARKET SIZES AND FORECASTS
- Overall
- For Product Types
- INDUSTRY MARKET SIZES AND FORECASTS
- Overall
- For Product Types
- PRODUCT MARKET SEGMENTATIONS AND FORECASTS
- Channels
- Converter Resolution
- Sample Data Rates
- CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
- Sales Organizations
- Customer Classes
VII. USER REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS
- FUNCTIONAL USE OF DATA ACQUISITION PRODUCTS
- STATIONARY VERSUS PORTABLE APPLICATIONS REQUIREMENTS
- PRODUCT SELECTION CRITERIA
- COMMUNICATION NETWORK REQUIREMENTS
- MICROPROCESSOR USAGE
- SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
- Operating Systems
- Programming Languages
- Bundling Versus Third-Party Sourcing of Software
- INPUT CHANNEL USAGE BY SENSOR TYPES
- Sensor Functions
- Sensor Technologies
- NON-PRODUCT VENDOR SELECTION CRITERIA
- HOW USERS LEARN ABOUT PRODUCTS AND SUPPLIERS
- TRADE PERIODICALS
VIII. COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
- VENDOR SHIPMENTS
- VENDOR MARKET SHARES
- Overall
- Data Loggers
- Distributed/Remote I/O
- Paperless Chart Recorders
- PC Front Ends
- Standalone Systems
- KEY SUCCESS FACTORS
- USER PERCEPTIONS OF VENDORS
IX. STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS
- General
- Product Types
- SOFTWARE RECOMMENDATIONS
- APPLICATION RECOMMENDATIONS
- INDUSTRY RECOMMENDATIONS
- MEETING CUSTOMER NEEDS
- CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
- Sales Organizations
- Customer Classes
- PROMOTION
- OTHER SUCCESS FACTORS
- X VENDOR PROFILES
- ABB LTD.
- ADVANTECH CO., LTD.
- AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC
- DATA TRANSLATION
- DEWETRON GES M.B.H.
- DRANETZ-BMI
- EUROTHERM, LTD.
- FLUKE CORPORATION
- GANTNER INSTRUMENTS TEST & MEASUREMENT GMBH
- GE FANUC AUTOMATION, INC.
- HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION
- HONEYWELL PROCESS SOLUTIONS
- HOTTINGER BALDWIN MESSTECHNIK GMBH
- IOTECH, INC.
- NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
- ONSET COMPUTER CORPORATION
- OPTO 22, INC.
- PENTEK, INC.
- SOMAT PRODUCTS DIVISION
- SONY CORPORATION
- THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
- VXI TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
APPENDIX: VENDOR LIST
LIST OF EXHIBITS
V. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
- V-1 Industry Structure for Data Acquisition Products
VI. MARKET SIZES, SEGMENTATIONS, FORECASTS, AND TRENDS
- VI-1 Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments to Asia-Pacific Markets
- VI-2 Current and Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments to Asia-Pacific Markets for Major Application Classes ($US in Millions)
- VI-3 Current and Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments by Types to Asia-Pacific Markets for Major Application Classes ($US in Millions)
- VI-4 Current and Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments to Asia-Pacific Markets Segmented by Consuming Industries ($US in Millions)
- VI-5 Current and Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments by Types to Asia-Pacific Markets Segmented by Consuming Industries ($US in Millions)
- VI-6 Current and Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments to Asia-Pacific Markets Segmented by Number of Channels ($US in Millions)
- VI-7 Current and Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments to Asia-Pacific Markets Segmented by Converter Resolution ($US in Millions)
- VI-8 Current and Forecast External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments to Asia-Pacific Markets Segmented by Maximum Sample Data Rates ($US in Millions)
- VI-9 Data Acquisition External Chassis & Module Sales Shares to Asia-Pacific Markets Segmented by Sales Organizations (Percent of Dollar Volumes)
- VI-10 Data Acquisition External Chassis & Module Sales Shares to Asia-Pacific Markets Segmented by Customer Classes (Percent of Dollar Volumes)
VII. USER REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS
- VII-1 Expected Trend in Functional Uses of External Data Acquisition Chassis & Modules (Percent of User Respondents)
- VII-2 Expected Trend in Stationary Versus Portable Applications of Purchased External Data Acquisition Chassis & Modules (Percent of Purchases by User Respondents)
- VII-3 Most Important External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Product Selection Criteria (Percent of User Respondents Citing Each)
- VII-4 Expected Trend in Communication Networks Being Used With External Data Acquisition Chassis and Modules (Percent of User Respondents)
- VII-5 Expected Trend in Microprocessors Used in External Data Acquisition Chassis and Modules (Percent of User Respondents)
- VII-6 Expected Trend in Operating Systems Used With External Data Acquisition Chassis and Modules (Percent of User Respondents)
- VII-7 Expected Trend in Programming Languages Used With External Data Acquisition Chassis and Modules (Percent of User Respondents Citing Each)
- VII-8 Preferences For Bundled Versus Third Party Software Sourcing For Use with External Data Acquisition Chassis & Modules (Percent of User Respondents)
- VII-9 Types of Sensor Inputs Used With External Data Acquisition Chassis & Modules (Percent of User Respondents Citing Each)
- VII-10 Technologies of Sensors Used With External Data Acquisition Chassis & Modules (Percent of User Respondents for Each)
- VII-11 Most Important Non-Product Selection Criteria for External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Vendors (Percent of User Respondents Citing Each)
- VII-12 How Users Learn About External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Products and Vendors (Percent of User Respondents Identifying Information Source)
- VII-13 Trade Periodicals Most Cited as Sources of Information About External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Products and Vendors (Percent of User Respondents Citing Trade Periodical)
VIII. COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
- VIII-1 Vendor Shipments of External Data Acquisition Chassis & Modules to Asia- Pacific Markets ($US in Millions)
- VIII-2 Vendor Shares of External Data Acquisition Chassis & Module Shipments to Americas Markets (Percent of Dollar Volume)
- VIII-3 Vendor Shares of Data Logger Shipments for Data Acquisition Applications to Asia-Pacific Markets (Percent of Dollar Volume)
- VIII-4 Vendor Shares of Distributed/Remote I/O Shipments for Data Acquisition Applications to Asia-Pacific Markets (Percent of Dollar Volume)
- VIII-5 Vendor Shares of Paperless Chart Recorder Shipments for Data Acquisition Applications to Asia-Pacific Markets (Percent of Dollar Volume)
- VIII-6 Vendor Shares of USB PC Front End Module Shipments for Data Acquisition Applications to Asia-Pacific Markets (Percent of Dollar Volume)
- VIII-7 Vendor Shares of Other PC Front End Shipments for Data Acquisition Applications to Asia-Pacific Markets (Percent of Dollar Volume)
- VIII-8 Vendor Shares of Standalone Data Acquisition System Shipments for Asia- Pacific Markets (Percent of Dollar Volume)
- VIII-9 Vendor Identified Key Success Factors As Suppliers of External Data Acquisition Chassis and Modules (Percent of Vendor Respondents)
