Modular DAQ / DMM Platform

Active Design Phase — MVP Feature Evaluation Survey

Help us shape the hardware architecture of our upcoming Data Acquisition (DAQ) and Digital Multimeter (DMM) system. Evaluating feature pairs takes ~5 minutes.

🎁 Incentive: Completing this survey grants an exclusive 20% Early-Bird Discount Voucher and priority batch allocation upon product launch.

Benchtop DMM Unit with 5-inch Display Benchtop DMM Enclosure (5" Screen)
Brushed Stainless Steel Finish Brushed Stainless Steel Finish
✨ Form Factor & Architecture Preview: The platform is built around a credit-card-sized stackable core (M5Stack modular style) housed in an elegant, brushed stainless steel benchtop enclosure with an integrated 5-inch screen. This gives you a compact, premium desktop instrument while allowing hardware expansion layers to stack neatly underneath.

Section 1: Operational Domain & Workflow

1. Display & Local UI

💡 Engineering Context: Dedicated color displays allow real-time local FFT spectrum views and immediate visual signal verification without booting host software. However, in automated rack or headless setups, screens add thermal load, standby power, and unit cost while remaining unused 99% of the time.
How would you feel if the main unit integrated a 5-inch high-resolution color display?
How would you feel if the unit only had a basic status display (1x8 character LCD) and relied on a PC for graphics?

2. Connectivity (Ethernet on ARM Cortex-M)

💡 Engineering Context: Implementing Ethernet natively via hardware MAC/PHY layers on an ARM Cortex-M micro-controller allows real-time streaming protocols with microsecond-level timing determinism—bypassing the latency jitter and driver stack overhead common with standard USB bridges.
How would you feel if native Ethernet connectivity was built into the base unit?
How would you feel if Ethernet was NOT supported at launch (USB / Serial interface only)?

3. High-Precision Differential Inputs (20-bit, ±30V)

💡 Engineering Context: True differential inputs eliminate common-mode ground loop errors between the instrument and the device under test (DUT). A 20-bit ADC provides over 120 dB of dynamic range, capturing microvolt fluctuations sitting on top of tens of volts of DC offset.
How would you feel if the base unit offered 20-bit differential inputs (±30V range)?
How would you feel if input channels were limited to lower resolution (12–16 bit) or single-ended sensing?

4. Instrumentation Inputs (±100 mV Range)

💡 Engineering Context: Standard thermocouples generate tiny thermoelectric voltages, typically spanning -50 mV to +50 mV across full thermal ranges (Type K produces ~41 µV/°C). Low-noise ±100 mV input stages allow direct millivolt-level sensing for thermocouples, current shunts, and strain gauges without requiring external pre-amps.
How would you feel if low-noise Instrumentation Inputs (±100 mV) were included natively?
How would you feel if low-level signal conditioning (±100 mV) required external pre-amplifiers?

5. Analog Sourcing Capabilities

💡 Engineering Context: Active analog outputs turn a DAQ from a passive recorder into a closed-loop tester. Drive capacity heavily dictates thermal design and enclosure sizing: a 30V/100mA stage dissipates 3W peak, whereas a 30V/5A stage demands up to 150W dissipation capacity.
How would you feel if an optional 30V Analog Output Board was available for voltage/current sourcing?
How would you feel if the platform had NO analog sourcing capabilities at launch (measurement only)?

Section 3: Custom Feedback & Early Access

🎉 Thank You for Your Input!

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