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KEY HIGHLIGHTS

The E-1608 Ethernet data acquisition (DAQ) device has a built-in 10/100 BASE-T auto-negotiation, high-speed communication port for data transfers over the network. Features include analog I/O, digital I/O, and a counter input. OEM version available for embedded applications.

Analog Input
Channels Resolution Max Sample Rate
8 SE/4 DIFF 16-bit 250 kS/s
Sampling Ranges Isolation
Multiplexed ±10 V, ±5 V, ±2 V, ±1 V —
Analog Output
Channels Resolution Speed
2 16-bit 500 S/s
Digital I/O
Channels Counter/Timers Encoder
8 1/— —
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Part Number Description Qty Price
E-1608 DAQ device, Ethernet-based, with 8 SE/4 DIFF analog inputs, 16-bit resolution, 250 kS/s sample rate, 2 analog outputs, 8 digital I/O, and 1 counter input $550.00
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ACC-205 DIN-rail kit for BTH-1208LS, E-1608, E-DIO24, USB-200 Series (excludes OEM versions), and WebDAQ Series (when used with ACC-404 mounting kit)
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PS-5V1AEPS Replacement power supply, 5-watt, for E-1608, and E-DIO24 - interchangeable plugs available separately
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Product Reviews


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Ease of Use
4.1 / 5
Value
4.1 / 5
Technical Support
4.2 / 5

86% of new reviewers recommend this product

E-1608
January 22, 2019
Great hardware, but...

I use these with DASYLab. The hardware is great, but something in DASYLab or the driver makes them very slow over even the fastest Ethernet connection. Should be easy to fix but no action by MCC so far. I also use the USB versions, which work great with the same DASYLab software.

  • Job Title: Technical Advisor
  • Industry: Mobile Communications/Handset
  • Application: Test and Control System
Response from MCC
Measurement Computing,
February 14, 2019
The digital I/O on MCC’s E-series hardware is polled (single value read/write). The underlying UL driver won’t return until the hardware has performed the requested I/O, which is normally quick (a few milliseconds). But inherent to Ethernet communication, there can occasionally be delays/retries that take several hundred milliseconds, or even over a second. These longer delays are not accommodated by DASYLab’s core architecture. USB timing is more deterministic, which fits well with DASYLab’s architecture. Changes to DASYLab’s core would be too intrusive to accommodate these large delays, hence we recommend 0.5 Hz or slower, and small DIO channel count, when using the E-series with DASYLab.
  • From: Miami, FL
  • Company Size: 5000*
  • Software Used: DASYLab
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E-1608
March 09, 2018
Good quality high speed DAQ with physical limitations

I need a DAQ that can sample all 8 channels at a minimum sample rate of 20kHz per channel and that is Ethernet connected. This unit certainly meets that criteria and does the job, however it is simply not designed for an Industrial environment. I was beat to find something that is so I am currently using this device with reasonable results. The main issues are power and physical mounting. The DIN rail clip it comes with mounts it flat on the rail which mean the connections for the IO go vertically up or down and the Ethernet and power connectors on the end face make the next 40mm of DIN rail space unusable. A well designed DIN rail mountable device has all the IO and the power and data connections going vertically up or down or facing the user on the narrow ends or front narrow side and mounts sideways. I have made up a custom bracket to do this as I do not use the DIO side face but this means that I have to buy a custom bracket and cut off the terminal label and remount it facing the user. Worse still is the power connection. It is a barrel plug from a 110V ac wall wart with no alternatives. Virtually all industrial DIN mountable devices run on 24Vdc and have push in or screw down wire terminals. So to power this I need to take up even more DIN rail space by adding a 24Vdc to 5Vdc power converter and then cut the cable off the unusable wall wart and terminate it onto the converter. Software wise it is a mixed bag. We need the unit to work in a Linux environment and although we have managed to make it work it has taken a lot of effort to do so as the support is not readily available and is not directly skilled in a custom Linux environment. So overall the unit sampling and ability to capture data and transfer it into an Ethernet signal to a host PC is good however the unit is a significant challenge if you want to use it in an industrial environment.

  • Job Title: Senior IIoT Systems Engineer
  • Industry: Industrial IoT
  • Application: Sensing large mechanical plant equipment vibration and shock
  • From: Milwaukee, WI
  • Company Size: 5000*
  • Software Used: Other
  • Ease of use
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  • Technical Support
Yes, I recommend this product!

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E-1608
March 13, 2017
Simple to use

Without having any previous experience with DAQ/Control systems, I was able to set up the E-1608 to control and record data from a new system that I am developing within a couple of days. DASYLab was very intuitive and has a lot of nice features that allowed the system to be setup so that others outside of the project could easily use the product during testing.

  • Job Title: Design Engineer
  • Industry: Agriculture
  • Application:
  • From: Central Illinois
  • Company Size: 101-500
  • Software Used: DASYLab
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Yes, I recommend this product!

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E-1608
March 07, 2016
The E-1608 is a great addition to our facility

I've never used any DAQ equipment before. We needed to monitor some equipment in our facility and the E-1608 worked perfectly for us. We are mostly using the analog inputs right now but we will be using the digital I/O soon. This was very easy to setup. We have since bought 2 more of the E-1608 to expand the system. We have been wanting to get some DAQ equipment for a few years now but everything else we found was very expensive. Using DAQ equipment from mccdaq.com has opened our eyes to just how much we can monitor in our facility.

  • Job Title: Mechanical Engineer
  • Industry: Precision machine shop / anodizing
  • Application: Tank monitoring
  • From: Batesville, AR
  • Company Size: 1-100
  • Software Used: C++/C#/VB
  • Ease of use
  • Value
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Yes, I recommend this product!

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E-1608
July 13, 2015
good features

so far working good as we needed for our app.

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  • From: CA
  • Company Size: 5000*
  • Software Used: Other
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Yes, I recommend this product!

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E-1608
May 05, 2015
NEED MORE

I have been waiting for Measure Computing to release something that supports Ethernet, and move away from PCI/PCIe and USB. I am a true believer in Ethernet for DAQ, and this product has shown why. It is easy to set up, easy to distribute, none of the potential serious errors USB and PCI are susceptible to, and works flawlessly with Instacal and ULx and .NET UL. I want MORE like this, for different measurement/control type.

  • Job Title: Systems Integration and Test Engineer
  • Industry: Aerospace
  • Application: Instrumentation Automation / Measurement and Test / EGSE
  • From: Pasadena
  • Company Size: 1001-5000
  • Software Used: NI LabView
  • Ease of use
  • Value
  • Technical Support
Yes, I recommend this product!

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E-1608
April 20, 2015
Compact, solid I/O module

We've used this I/O block in the past, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that it's DIN rail mountable now, with the addition of an optional adapter. Easy to mount and wire, and takes up very little real estate on the sub panel. we will use again!

  • Job Title: project engineer
  • Industry: OEM (custom automotive test equipment)
  • Application: radiator pressure cycle testing
  • From: Rochester Hills, MI
  • Company Size: 1-100
  • Software Used: NI LabView
  • Ease of use
  • Value
  • Technical Support
Yes, I recommend this product!

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Hello, Do i need an anti aliasing filter before the analog input of this model E-1608 Series?, if so, what's the best and ideal anti aliasing filter should i design for E-1608 Series?

  • Job Title: Engineer
  • Industry: Paper
  • Application: Paper QCS
12 months ago
Mostafa Egypt


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An anti-aliasing filter is used to satisfy the Nyquist theorem over a specific bandwidth. In some but not all cases an anti-aliasing filter is not required. By choosing a sampling rate that is at least twice (5 to 10 times recommended) the maximum frequency of your signal you can achieve your sought after results. Measurement Computing does offer several DAQ devices with built in filtering. Please email us at info@mccdaq.com for details on these products.

12 months ago
Measurement Computing

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If only one differential analog input is used, what will be the maximum sample rate (250 KS/S or 1250KS/S)?

  • Job Title: Research Scientist
  • Industry: Oil and gas
  • Application: Spectroscopy
14 months ago
mrezaei Edmonton, AB


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The E-1608 has one A/D converter that is shared amongst the channels. When 1 channel is sampled, the maximum sample rate is 250 kS/s. If all 8 channels are sampled, the maximum sample rate is 31.25 kS/s per channel.

14 months ago
Measurement Computing

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Dear Sir/Madam, Would you share any document about using Timer output property?. How to select the output frequency? Thanks

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16 months ago
YEA42 TURKEY


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The E-1608 model does not have a timer output channel. This is a feature on some of our USB models, such as the USB-1608G. For those USB models, the DLL function to call is PulseOutStart()

16 months ago
Measurement Computing

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I am writing a program in c ++. It works normally on PCI-DAS6014 board, but it does not analog output on "E-1608" board. So I request c ++ sample source code.

  • Job Title: Screw Driver Controller
  • Industry: Automotive industry
  • Application:
37 months ago
Jeem Seoul, Korea


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MCC strives to make the UL as easy to migrate between hardware models as possible, but there are sometimes differences in hardware models that require code changes. You should to check to see which UL error code number(s), and from which functions, your code generates when run on the newer hardware. Then look those errors up in the ULHELP file. Also search on each hardware model in the ULHELP file, to see a list of compatible functions and parameters. Comparing the lists for your two models reveals that the analog output differs as follows: The E-1608 cannot use the AOutScan function in clocked mode (you cannot specify a clock rate). The AOut function (software paced) can be used. Try example program ULAO01

37 months ago
Measurement Computing

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Unlike the simultaneous USB-1608FS, this unit uses multiplexed A/D sampling across channels. What is the time delay between sampling channels? Thanks.

  • Job Title: Owner
  • Industry: Analytical instrumentation
  • Application: Nanoparticle characterization
41 months ago
JohnnyMalaria Hillsborough, NC


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Hello, The time delay between consecutive channels is: 1/(number of channels * sample rate)

41 months ago
Measurement Computing

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Unlike the USB version, this Ethernet version doesn't support Python. Do you have plans to include support? My company is developing a commercial analytical instrument that will be entirely Ethernet controlled by a Python application. The performance of the 1608 series is perfect for my needs but I need to be able to control the hardware remotely via an Ethernet network. Thanks.

  • Job Title: Owner
  • Industry: Analytical instrumentation
  • Application: Nanoparticle characterization
41 months ago
JohnnyMalaria Hillsborough, NC


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I am pleased to inform you that Measurement Computing has recently released Python support for MCC DAQ products. Included in this release is support for Ethernet based DAQ as well. Here is a link to a list of all supported MCC DAQ hardware. https://www.mccdaq.com/pdfs/manuals/PyWin-hw.pdf Please contact Sales Engineering at 1-800-234-4232 Ext-3 with any questions you may have.

41 months ago
Measurement Computing

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Specified in the datasheet, the E-1608 has +-10,+-5,+-2 and +-1, four ranges to choose from. And it is "software-selectable per channel". But I didn't find how to do that. Which software to use? At least I didn't find anything in Instacal. And I'm using E-1608 with Labview.

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54 months ago
Viv UK


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The input range is selected in the higher level software program, which in your case, is LabVIEW via our ULx driver. The ULx Create Virtual Channel VI has two inputs that indirectly select the range for you. The two inputs are Minimum Value and Maximum Value. You choose these two values based on your signal/sensor’s analog output range, and then ULx picks the best DAQ hardware input range that can accommodate it.

54 months ago
Measurement Computing

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In the OEM version what are the W2 and W4 connections? Are they a copy of the screw terminals do they serve another purpose? Since we test 12 and 24 volt devices, I'm looking for a way to add a voltage divider without needing a daughter board.

  • Job Title: Sr. design Engineer
  • Industry: Heavy Equipment
  • Application: Test measurements
55 months ago
Farmer Glen Pinkham, ND


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Header connector W2 provides connections to the digital I/O, the trigger and external clock as well as the power output and digital grounds. Header W4 provides connections to the analog inputs, outputs and analog grounds. The headers are used in place of the screw terminals for accessing the I/O on the E-1608-OEM version. Please refer to page 27 of the User’s Guide for header and screw terminal pin designations. http://www.mccdaq.com/PDFs/manuals/E-1608-OEM.pdf

55 months ago
Measurement Computing

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inst cal has the device loaded. test pass. all other applications indicate there is no device. downloaded latest mcdaq, got message newer version installed on the system. What is going on? PS: evaluating this for a large test system redesign. need to be able to make it work consistently before i start the effort.

  • Job Title: mgr, embedded
  • Industry: ate
  • Application: test of devices
60 months ago
bonkers new york


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It sounds as if you had an older version of InstaCal and/or a UL-based application program previously on the PC, and there is a version mismatch or duplicate files. The following FAQ discusses 2 specific causes and solutions to what you describe: InstaCal seeing the DAQ hardware, but another application (such as TracerDAQ or a LabVIEW app) not seeing the hardware. http://kb.mccdaq.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50403.aspx If you still have the issue, be sure to contact our Tech Support folks, who can help you resolve it.

60 months ago
Measurement Computing

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It is helpful if there is a3 d model of the oem PWBs so it can be used ot create a daughter card with additional circuitry. it appears the OEM modules have identical form factors.

  • Job Title: mgr embedded systems
  • Industry: ate
  • Application: test fixtures
60 months ago
bonkers new york


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Hello - Thank you for your feedback. Unfortunately at this time, we do not have 3D models available for our DAQ products. I have passed on your feedback to the Engineering team.

60 months ago
Measurement Computing

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Are you currently working towards providing Linux support for this E-1608 board? Currently, you have almost every USB DAQ board supported, but not this E-1608, yet. Can I expect support Linux support for this board in the near future (including RaspberryPi)? The Measurement and Test Automation industry is utilizing Ethernet based DAQ equipment more and more, due to its many advantages. The E-1608 is a great board, and I hope M.C. continues to expand the E-XXXX series. However, Linux support is a MUST for an engineer like myself, so I really hope support is coming soon. Thanks!

  • Job Title: Systems Integration and Test Engineer
  • Industry: Aerospace
  • Application: DAQ using embedded systems with LabVIEW and/or C/C++
66 months ago
Alex Pasadena, CA


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Hello Alex, Measurement Computing recognizes the importance of having Linux support. We have started the process for the development of an E-1608 Linux driver. As for new product development, yes there is dialog taking place for expanding the Ethernet product line.

66 months ago
Measurement Computing

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USB-1608G series is mentioned, but the Ethernet version is not. Will I be able to use the UL with the E-1608? I intend to use C# to communicate with this device.

  • Job Title: Software Engineering Manager
  • Industry: Test instruments
  • Application: LIMS system
67 months ago
Peter Akron, OH


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Yes, the E-1608 is supported by our latest release of the Universal Library. I also checked the latest revision of the UL Help to make sure the E-1608 was included and currently all supported hardware including the E-1608 is listed in our Help files. The latest revision for our UL Help (as of 6/17/2015) is rev 20 which was released in December of 2014. You can check what revision you have at the bottom of the UL Help’s cover page. If you need to update your Help file I would recommend that you download the latest MCC DAQ CD from http://www.mccdaq.com/software.aspx

67 months ago
Measurement Computing

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I remenber try to find this kind of product months or year ago and did not found. When this product was launched? :-) anoter question is there any directive to have 24 bits AIO in this same plataform? Att. Fernando

  • Job Title: Engineer
  • Industry: Scientific laboratory
  • Application: current measurement
69 months ago
Fernando_LNLS Campinas, SPS, Brazil


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Hello Fernando - The E-1608 was introduced on January 21, 2015. We are investigating developing additional Ethernet DAQ devices. Thank you for weighing in on a 24 bit analog AI/AO type device

69 months ago
Measurement Computing

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  • Job Title: Electrical Engineering Technician
  • Industry: Optical
  • Application: Test Bench Applications
72 months ago
Bob3473 Fairport, NY


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The most common method for using the E-1608 is wirelessly via the tablet/smartphone’s existing Wi-Fi access. The E-1608 would connect to your network via CAT-6 Ethernet cable. While less common, you could instead use a third-party USB to Ethernet dongle for a hard-wired connection. As for discovery, if the E-1608 is connected to the same subnet (wired or wireless), the discovery of the E-1608 is automatic. If not connected to the same subnet, we provide a manual method for discovering the E-1608 by inputting the IP address for the E-1608.

71 months ago
Measurement Computing

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What linux libraries have you got for C, Python, Java. Node.js development?

  • Job Title: Project leader
  • Industry: Railway
  • Application: Monitoring
72 months ago
warrell UK


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There are a couple of projects on Github that work great with native Python access to these devices. I use this code to talk natively to MC devices using Ubuntu Server 14.04 without the need for IronPython or using MC libraries etc. Small, clean and fast.

72 months ago
Robz

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Sorry, but we do not have examples for a “headless” Linux application. Our current library support for the E-1608 consists of a programming API for C®, C++®, C#®, Visual Basic®, and Visual Basic® .NET™ using Visual Studio® http://www.mccdaq.com/daq-software/universal-library.aspx and our Universal Library for Android (JAVA) http://www.mccdaq.com/daq-software/universal-library-android.aspx

72 months ago
Measurement Computing

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I am wanting to measure a directional speed such as a quadrature which would take two counter inputs. Could this use the configurable digital I/O channels to do this?

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72 months ago
Jerry546


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The E-1608 does not have support for quadrature inputs. Please contact Measurement Computing at 1-800-234-4232 Ext-3 to discuss alternative products.

72 months ago
Measurement Computing

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Included Software

  • TracerDAQ® for acquiring and displaying data and generating signals
  • InstaCalTM software utility for installing, configuration, and testing
  • Universal Library includes support for Visual Studio® and Visual Studio®.NET, including examples for Visual C++®, Visual C#®, and Visual Basic®.NET
  • ULx for NI LabVIEWTM Library of VIs and example programs to speed your NI LabVIEW development
  • Universal Library for Android® includes support and examples for the Android 3.1 platform (API level 12) and later
  • Linux® Support for MCC DAQ products
  • Python™ Support for MCC DAQ Products

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  • DAQamiTM - data acquisition companion software for acquiring data and generating signals
  • DASYLab®2020 Software lets you interactively develop PC-based data acquisition applications by simply attaching functional icons
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