Data acquisition in distributed system

This paper will discuss the development of a distributed software system for a Data Acquisition System (DAQ) for use in High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments at iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences (iThemba LABS) to capture experimental data and archive it for later analysis.

A complete data acquisition system consists of DAQ hardware, sensors and actuators, signal conditioning hardware, and a computer running DAQ software.
If timing is necessary (such as:

1. for event mode DAQ systems)
2. a separate compensated distributed timing system is required

Data acquisition (DAQ) is a vital step for science applications.
Specifically in industry applications, distributed I/O is a traditional DAQ hardware used for remote and networked data acquisition of sensors and actuators.