Editing Data logger (section)

== Future directions ==
Data Loggers are changing more rapidly now than ever before. The original model of a stand-alone data logger is changed 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 [[File transfer protocol|FTP]] their daily results into databases or direct to the users. Very recently, there is a trend to move away from proprietary products with commercial software to open-source software and hardware devices. The [[Raspberry Pi]] [[single-board computer]] is among others a popular platform hosting real-time Linux or preemptive-kernel Linux operating systems with many

* digital interfaces like [[I2C]], [[Serial Peripheral Interface|SPI]], or [[UART]] enable the direct interconnection of a digital [[sensor]] and a computer,
* and an unlimited number of configurations to show measurements in real-time over the [[internet]], process data, plot charts, and diagrams...