Future directions

Data Loggers are changing more rapidly now than ever before. The original model of a stand alone data logger is changing to one of a device that collects data but also has access to wireless communications for alarming of events, automatic reporting of data and remote control. Data loggers are beginning to serve web pages for current readings, e-mail their alarms and FTP their daily results into databases or direct to the users.

Examples

• A flight data recorder (FDR), a piece of recording equipment used to collect specific aircraft performance data. The term may also be used, albeit less accurately, to describe the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), another type of data recording device found onboard aircraft.
• An event data recorder (EDR), a device installed by the manufacturer in some automobiles which collects and stores various data during the timeframe immediately before and after a crash.
• A voyage data recorder (VDR), a data recording system designed to collect data from various sensors on board a ship.
• A train event recorder, a device that records data about the operation of train controls and performance in response to those controls and other train control systems.
• An experimental testing data acquisition tool
• Ultra Wideband Data Recorder, high-speed data recording up to 2 GigaSamples per second.
• The growing, preparation, storage and transportation of food. Data logger is generally used for data storage and these are small in size.
• In automobiles, all diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) are logged in engine control units (ECUs) so that at the time of service of a vehicle, a service engineer will read all the DTCs using Tech-II or similar tools connected to the on-board diagnostics port, and will come to know problems occurred in the vehicle. Sometimes a small OBD data logger is plugged into the same port to continuously record vehicle data.
• In the racing industry, Data Loggers are used to record data such as braking points, lap/sector timing, and track maps, as well as any onboard vehicle sensors.
• In embedded system and digital electronics design, specialized high-speed digital data logger help overcome the limitations of more traditional instruments such as the oscilloscope and the logic analyzer. The main advantage of a data logger is its ability to record very long traces, which proves very useful when trying to correct functional bugs that happen once in while.
• A Holter monitor is a portable device for continuously monitoring various electrical activity of the cardiovascular system for at least 24 hours