One Integration, Endless Possibilities: RTMaps Integrates openDAQ
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As RTMaps becomes an integral part of increasingly advanced test and validation environments, the overall system complexity also grows. Modern test setups combine data acquisition hardware, logging systems, simulation environments, and processing platforms—often from different vendors. While each component may be powerful on its own, interoperability between these systems remains a persistent challenge: each device typically comes with its own APIs, protocols, and data formats, making integration slow, repetitive, and difficult to scale.
This is exactly the problem openDAQ was created to solve. openDAQ provides an open-source SDK and a unified abstraction layer for test and measurement devices. Instead of integrating each hardware platform or protocol separately, openDAQ defines a common data and configuration model so devices and software applications can communicate through a standardized API. In practical terms, openDAQ makes it possible for applications such as RTMaps to integrate once and then communicate with a broad ecosystem of compatible devices, without needing separate vendor-specific integrations.
The recent integration of openDAQ and RTMaps marks an important milestone for the robotics and test & measurement community. Here’s what the engineers at Intempora had to say: “The main difficulty was adapting the classical configuration of 3rd party devices to the specifics of the RTMaps component’s lifecycle. We used the capabilities of the SDK to access and edit the configurations of the devices, then retrieve the data along with all the metadata. The complete documentation and the simplicity of the openDAQ SDK were vital to quickly implement these features into this new component.”
The convergence of openDAQ and RTMaps can offer significant advantages across multiple domains—from robotics developers to automotive engineers or test and measurement professionals. RTMaps users gain enhanced hardware flexibility with a seamless connection to any openDAQ-compatible test and measurement device, speeding up the development of real-time multisensor projects. More broadly, this collaboration shows how toolmakers and integrators can reduce custom driver work by building on a shared, open foundation—so devices and software “just work together,” and teams can focus on innovation.
References:
RTMaps product portfolio: https://intempora.com/products/rtmaps/
openDAQ on GitHub: https://github.com/openDAQ/
