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Section 5. System Overview
A Campbell Scientific data-acquisition system is made up of the following basic
components:
• Sensors
• Datalogger
o Clock
o Measurement and control circuitry
o Telecommunications circuitry
o User-entered CRBasic program
• Telecommunications device
• Datalogger support software
(p. 76) (computer or mobile)
The figure Features of a Data-Acquisition System
(p. 58) illustrates a common
CR800-based data-acquisition system.