# Acromag
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{{Short description |American computer peripheral manufacturing company }}
{{Infobox company
| name = Acromag, Inc
| logo =
| type = [Private](/source/Privately_held_company)
| industry = [Process Control](/source/Process_Control)
| founded = {{Start date and age |1957 }}
| founder = Henry Patton
| hq_location_city = [Wixom, Michigan](/source/Wixom%2C_Michigan)
| hq_location_country = [United States](/source/United_States)
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people =
| products = [Embedded system](/source/Embedded_system)s, [Process control](/source/Process_control) equipment
| services =
| num_employees = 70
| num_employees_year = 2024
| website = {{URL |http://www.acromag.com }}
}}
'''Acromag''' is an American [company](/source/company) that manufactures [embedded computing](/source/embedded_computing), [process instrumentation](/source/Instrumentation), and [distributed I/O products](/source/Industrial_control_system).
Established in 1957, Acromag started by building critical measurement instrumentation equipment for the petrochemical and aerospace industries. It went on to designs analog and digital control products for the industrial I/O and defense markets.
Acromag designed industrial I/O components which has led to developing [ground loop](/source/Ground_loop_(electricity))s, RFI/EMI noise, and temperature drift.[{{cite web |url=http://www.controlglobal.com/wp_downloads/120925-acromag-two-wire-transmitters.html |title=Introduction to the 2-Wire Transmitter and 4-20mA Control Loop |year=2012 |publisher=Control Global |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007114606/http://www.controlglobal.com/wp_downloads/120925-acromag-two-wire-transmitters.html |archive-date=October 7, 2012 }}][{{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| 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}}][{{Cite web |url=http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4167827/Transmitters-resist-temperature-drift |title=Transmitters resist temperature drift |date=April 10, 2000 |publisher=EE Times }}] Many products are available with agency approvals such as [UL](/source/UL_(safety_organization)), cUL, FM, CSA, [CE](/source/CE_marking), [ATEX](/source/ATEX_directives), and others to assure precise operation in hostile environments.
==History==
Acromag was founded in 1957 by Henry Patton, an early developer of solid-state [magnetic amplifiers](/source/magnetic_amplifiers). Expanding from its first location in [Detroit](/source/Detroit), Michigan, (now Southfield), Acromag later moved its headquarters to [Wixom](/source/Wixom%2C_Michigan), 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? |date=February 27, 2016 |publisher=Vita Technologies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307070545/http://vita.mil-embedded.com/articles/business-changes-ahead/ |archive-date=March 7, 2016 }}]
The company made a number of Embedded Board Innovations over the years, including:
*1960s {{En dash}} Designed and manufactured temperature transmitters[{{Cite web |url=http://www.acromag.com/page/thermocouple-and-rtd-sensor-selection |title=Temperature Transmitters for Signal Conditioning |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/ }}] 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=https://www.automation.com/en-US/Articles/2004-2/acromags-new-industry-pack-analog-output-modules-p |title=Acromag's New Industry Pack Analog Output Modules Provide High Channel Density, High Speed Processing and High Resolution D/A Conversion |date=November 19, 2004 |publisher=Automation Dot Com }}] 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 |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;[{{cite web |url=https://www.automationworld.com/products/control/product/13308169/acromag-acromag-new-4-wire-transmitters |title=Acromag: New 4-Wire Transmitters |date=November 20, 2012 |publisher=Automation World }}] XMC modules, VPX boards, industrial PCs
*2016 {{En dash}} Offer contract manufacturing services
== Operations ==
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.
==References==
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Category:Technology companies established in 1957
Category:Engineering companies of the United States
Category:1957 establishments in Michigan
Category:Companies based in Oakland County, Michigan
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