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Head Office SARTI Technological Development Centre of Remote Acquisition and Data processing Systems Technical University of Catalonia Rambla Exposició s/n 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona, Spain) Member of: Xarxa de centres de suport a la innovació tecnològica ( Innovation Network ) Publisher/Editor: Antoni Mànuel Lázaro Editorial Board: Joaquin Del Rio, Manuel Moreno, Gerard Olivar, Enric Trullols Associate: Alfonso Carlosena (UPN), Juan José Doñobeitia (CSIC), Eulalia Gràcia (CISC), Joan Martí (CSIC), Rogelio Palomera (UPR),Calos Samitier (GNE), Francesc Sardà (CSIC) Production/Design: Sergio Dijort, Olga Gualdo, Shahram Shariat Panahi Collaborations: Virtual distributed instrumentation in the substation environment: C. Samitier, E. Trullols, A. Mànuel, J. Del Río Climate chamber control and fine tuning. Marine seismometer oscillator applications: M. Moreno, H. Torruella, S. Shariat, J. Cadena On-line monitoring of the differential length between nucleus and coating in optical conductor manufacturing: P. Soler, J. Del Río, A. Mànuel Low cost acquisition system for a serial bus: J. Del Río, A. Mànuel, J. Cadena, S. Shariat, O. Gualdo Implementación of fuzzy logic controller for DC/DC converters using field programmable gate array (FPGA): R. Ramos, A. Mànuel A robust and compact recorder system for ocean bottom seismometers: A. Mànuel, S. Shariat, J. Del Río, S. Ventosa, M. Papis, H. Torruella, G. Olivar, A. Bermúdez, R. González, J.J. Dañobeitia, T. Owen Servicio de distribución de datos meteorológicos: J. Sorribas, J. Del Río, E. Trullols, A. Mànuel Application by means of FPGA of an adaptive canceler of 50 Hz interference in electrocardiography: R. Ramos, A. Mànuel Automation of quality control of fibre optics cable manufacturing: O. Gualdo, J. Pérez, J. Del Río, A. Mànuel ISSN Pending This issue has been designed using Adobe Pagemaker, serial number 1039-1413-9288-5774-8172-4630 Cover: The mini VC_OBS (Vilanova Carrack Oceans Bottom Seismometer), an autonomous equipment for marine measurements. INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS Authors interested in publishing articles in «Instrumentation Viewpoint», should send them to: - [email protected] - SARTI Centro Tecnológico de Vilanova i la Geltrú Rambla exposición s/n, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona) The acceptance of the articles presented depends on their scientific quality and their adaptation to the magazine’s editorial line. Preferably, the articles should be written in English or Spanish using a text processor which allows ASCII character conversion. Contact us by e-mail: [email protected] Look for us on the internet at http://www.cdsarti.org 2