Contec Co., Ltd. announced a compact USB2.0-compliant analog I/O terminal designed for data collection and that supports high-speed, continuous sampling at 250 kHz to its "USB I/O Terminal Series" of measuring devices that are the best match for notebook PCs. This new product (model: AIO-160802GY-USB) is a terminal designed for measuring analog signals and collecting data on a Windows PC. This model is an improvement over the existing product that is currently on sale (model: AIO-160802AY-USB), with 2.5 times the sampling frequency (100 kHz ? 250 kHz) to enable high-speed sampling. The improved FIFO memory capacity (8 times: 1k ? 8k data entries) and the optimized device driver enable stable, long-term continuous sampling even with entry-class notebook PCs. No overrun errors occurred in CONTEC's test environment when continuous sampling was performed for over 3 hours at a speed of 50 kHz (20 µsec/ch) on a Core i3 1.9 GHz notebook PC and at a speed of 166 kHz (6 µsec/ch) on a Core i5 3.2 GHz notebook PC. The Features were: Analog I/O at high speed and with high precision, the terminal is equipped with analog input (16-bit, 8 ch, 4 µsec/ch), analog output (16-bit, 2 ch, 10 µsec), and digital I/O (LVTTL level, 4 ch each), complies with the USB1.1 and USB2.0 standards and is driven by bus power to eliminate the need for an external power supply, Equipped with buffer memory for FIFO or ring memory usage: The analog input (8k data entries) and analog output (1k data entries) are both equipped with buffer memory for FIFO or ring memory usage. This makes it possible to perform analog I/O in the background without depending on the operation status of the software or PC. Supports data logging software "C-LOGGER" (analog input only): Data logging software "C-LOGGER," which makes it possible to perform operations such as displaying graphs of the recorded signal data, saving files, and dynamically transferring data to Excel (spreadsheet software), is supported.