Integrated data acquisition system replaces modular units
The digitizerNETBOX is a fully integrated solution that can replace a current solution of an assembly of industrial PC, digitiser card, software etc. often from different sources: it is ready-to-use, straight out of the box providing a pre-tested and configured solution. It is compact and can be used for mobile applications unlike an industrial PC-based solution."
The digitizerNETBOX is available with two to 16 channels of fully synchronous data acquisition. Each channel has its own ADC and its own pre-amplifier, with either 8 or 16 bit resolution and sampling rates up to 200 Msamples/sec.
Each amplifier can be individually configured to allow the selection of several different input ranges (from ±50 mV up to ±10 V), 50 Ω or 1 MΩ input impedance and AC or DC coupling. Data is stored in an internal 1 GB (512 MSamples) memory and can be readout via Ethernet for processing and analysis. The 16 bit analogue inputs offer single-ended (referenced to ground) and true differential input mode. All inputs are equipped with BNC connectors eliminating the need for special cabling or adapters.
The unit has a range of recording modes and a comprehensive trigger engine. For example, the two external trigger sources, as well as each input channel, can all be used to produce a valid trigger. Users can select from edge, level, window, spike or pulse width trigger modes. Each individual trigger input can be combined with others to create conditional pattern triggers with standard AND/OR logic. Supported recording modes include single shot (Transient Recording), streaming (FIFO), segmented (Multiple Recording), gated (Gated Sampling) or the combination of segmented and slow chart recorder operation (ABA mode).
Controlling and accessing the data collected by the digitizerNETBOX is done by connecting it via GBit Ethernet to a host computer or anywhere on the corporate network. The platform is fully LXI compliant (following Core 2011 Specifications) and offers an IVI compatible interface for the IVI Scope and Digitizer classes.
The digitizerNETBOX comes with Spectrum’s software SBench 6 Professional software supporting all the control modes and settings of the hardware through an easy-to-use interface. The software is able to run the cards in oscilloscope mode as well as streaming mode for long time transient recording. A feature of SBench 6 is the segmented view that displays segment-based signals together with signals acquired with a second time base (ABA mode) along with precise trigger timestamps. SBench 6 has built-in features for data analysis and documentation including FFT analysis, XY display, a function interpreter, several integrated analysis functions, export into ASCII, Wave, MATLAB, comment functions for signals and display details as well as a simple printout function.
Users who want to create their own customised software can do so using the Spectrum drivers for Windows and Linux. The drivers are included in the delivery together with a set of standard programming examples to illustrate the instruments main signal capture functions. Support includes Visual C++, Borland C++, Gnu C++, Visual Basic, VB.NET, C#, J#, Delphi and Python code.
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Spectrum; www.spectrum-instrumentation.com / www.digitizernetbox.com
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