Acromag
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| founder = Henry Patton
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| products = Embedded systems, Process control equipment
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| foundation = 1957
| location_city = Wixom, Michigan
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Acromag, Inc. is a company that manufactures embedded computing, process instrumentation, and distributed I/O products.
Established in 1957, Acromag built its reputation designing critical measurement instrumentation equipment for the petrochemical and aerospace industries. It now designs analog and digital control products for the industrial I/O and defense markets.
Acromag's experience in designing industrial I/O has paved the way for solutions to ground loops,[http://www.controlglobal.com/wp_downloads/120925-acromag-two-wire-transmitters.html http://www.controlglobal.com/wp_downloads/120925-acromag-two-wire-transmitters.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007114606/http://www.controlglobal.com/wp_downloads/120925-acromag-two-wire-transmitters.html |date=October 7, 2012 }} RFI/EMI noise,{{Cite web| url=http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/07/12/new-head-mount-thermocouple-transmitter-provides-from-wixoms-acromag/| title=New Head-Mount Thermocouple Transmitter from Wixom's Acromag| date=2011-07-12| access-date=2012-12-07| archive-date=2023-08-10| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810073432/https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/new-head-mount-thermocouple-transmitter-provides-from-wixoms-acromag/| url-status=live}} and temperature drift.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4167827/Transmitters-resist-temperature-drift |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-12-07 |archive-date=2023-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810073433/https://www.eetimes.com/Transmitters-resist-temperature-drift/ |url-status=live }} Many products are available with agency approvals such as UL, cUL, FM, CSA, CE, ATEX, and others to assure precise operation in hostile environments.
The company has three product divisions: Embedded Computing Solutions, Process Control and Automation Solutions and Contract Manufacturing Services. Its product lines focus on manufacturing, military, scientific, public utility, and transportation applications.
History
Acromag was founded in 1957 by Henry Patton, a pioneer in the development of solid-state magnetic amplifiers. Expanding from its first location in Detroit, Michigan, (now Southfield), Acromag headquarters currently reside in Wixom, Michigan.
It acquired Xembedded, LLC (formerly XycomVME) in 2012.{{Cite web | url=http://vita-technologies.com/articles/business-changes-ahead/ |title = Business barometer – Changes ahead?}}
Process Instrumentation and Embedded Board Innovations
- 1960s {{En dash}} Designed and manufactured temperature transmitters{{Cite web |url=http://www.acromag.com/page/thermocouple-and-rtd-sensor-selection |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-12-07 |archive-date=2023-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810075116/https://www.acromag.com/product-category/signal-conditioners-network-i-o/temperature-transmitters/ |url-status=live }} and thermo-electric metal testers
- 1970s {{En dash}} Rack-mount I/O systems and field-mount transmitters
- 1980s {{En dash}} Remote data acquisition systems; Exorbus and VMEbus I/O boards
- 1990s {{En dash}} μP-based signal conditioners; Industry Pack{{Cite web | url=http://www.automation.com/content/acromags-new-industry-pack-analog-output-modules-provide-high-channel-density-high-speed-processing-and-high-resolution-da-conversion |title = Error}} modules and carrier cards
- 2000s {{En dash}} Distributed I/O; PMC modules, PCI and CompactPCI I/O boards, reconfigurable FPGA modules{{Cite web |url=http://www.rtcmagazine.com/articles/view/102115 |title=XMC Module with Configurable FPGA Targets Cost-Sensitive Embedded Tasks |access-date=2012-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517223928/http://rtcmagazine.com/articles/view/102115 |archive-date=2012-05-17 |url-status=dead }}
- 2010s {{En dash}} USB-configured instruments;[http://www.automationworld.com/control/new-4-wire-transmitters http://www.automationworld.com/control/new-4-wire-transmitters] XMC modules, VPX boards, industrial PCs
- 2016 {{En dash}} Offer contract manufacturing services