VTI Instruments - ExLab Full Featured, Turn-Key Data Acquisition Software
- Intuitive, icon-based setup and control
- Spreadsheet-style channel configuration
- Snapshot display with data export
- Independent sampling rates for each instrument
- Real-time online graphical data analysis
- Client / server architecture with multiple displays
- Synchronization of different data sources
- Detect/process events for close-loop control
- Post-acquisition analysis methods and data playback
- Easily create Virtual/Calculated channels based on physical channel data
EXLab-based systems are a combination of robust, turnkey software and precision instrumentation designed to solve your toughest problems in verifying designs of electro-mechanical products. Combining analog, digital, and counter measurements in a single system reduces integration and startup time. If your measurements include acoustic, vibration, temperature, pressure, strain, voltage, digital states, rpm or other transducer-based parameters, and you’re feeling the pressure of time, then an EXLab-based system is the right solution for you.
- High Speed Data Acquisition
- General Purpose Data Logging
- HALT / HASS Product Evaluation
- Engine Test Cell Acquisition
- Structural Testing
- Process and Plant Monitoring
- Performance and Event Monitoring
Accurate Data, Powerful Display and Analysis
EXLab Data Acquisition Software Suite delivers reliable data, first time, every time ensuring critical test data is never compromised. This intuitive icon-based tool simplifies instrument configuration, acquisition and data display without sacrificing functionality or performance.
A wide range of flexible displays, channel groupings, and runtime alarms can be mixed and matched for clearly identifiable data management and analysis, providing a real-time picture of test results and conditions. Extensive post processing tools, including FFT and power spectral density analysis, cursor and marker control, seamless zooming, report capture, and open data export capability enables complete acquisition, control and analysis in one easy to use package.
Application Specific Capabilities
Whether performing dynamic measurement, structural fatigue/strain measurements, or precision temperature measurements, EXLab offers full featured capabilities for each application space.
More Product Information
- Eight ports of 8 I/O bits each
- High current capability for control of external relays, 300 mA sink
- Simulate and receive digital data at up to 2 MHz sample rates
- Selectable output voltages range from 3.3 V to 60 V
- Setup outputs and scan inputs as part of EX1200 measurement sequencing engine
VXI Chassis include 6-slot VXIbus mainframes (CT-100C), 5-slot VXIbus mainframes (CT-310A), and modular 13-slot VXIbus mainframes (CT-400, pictured).
- Combine up to 6 SPDT and 6 multiport high-performance building blocks in a 2U footprint
- Extended life and self-terminating options provide maximum design flexibility
- Embedded web interface provides interactive utility to monitor and control relays from anywhere in the world
- Flexible API supports IVI and Linux development environments minimizing software investment
- LXI Trigger Event implementation provides seamless test synchronization with external devices
- Typical accuracies of ±0.20°C
- 16-channel isolated universal thermocouple/voltage inputs
- Power over Ethernet+ (PoE+)
- 20K samples/second/channel sample rate
- 24-bit ADC per channel
- 500 V channel-ground isolation
- 1000 V channel-channel isolation
- Data logger acquisition mode
- Built-in parallel data streaming
- Full-featured embedded web interface
- LXI Ethernet interface
- 8-bit bank isolated digital I/O
- Compact 1U half-rack form factor
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Ideal for a wide range of applications such as RF, mm-Wave and sub-THz characterization, FA, DWC, MEMS, optoelectronic tests and WL
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Re-configurable and upgradable as requirements grow
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Minimizes setup times with no loss in performance or accuracy
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Seamless integration of various measurement instruments
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Solid station frame
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Built-in vibration-isolation solution for superior vibration attenuation
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Rigid microscope bridge
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Compact and rigid mechanical design
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Highly accurate measurement results
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Incorporates best-known methods
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Ergonomic and straightforward design for comfortable and easy operation
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Low-profile design
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Simple microscope operation
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Quick and ergonomic change of DUT through pull-out stage
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Minimize training efforts
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Fast time to data
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Convenient operation
- 4-Channel, 204.8 Ksa/s per channel, 24-Bit DACs
- -115 dB spurious free dynamic range
- Integrated 2-Channel 64-bit tachometer
- Integrated 4-Channel DIO
- Tight synchronization with DSA analyzers
- Ideal for rotational measurement, and stimulus-response applications such as vibration test
- Output modes including Sine, Burst Sine, Chirp, Burst-random and continuous random
The SMX-3xxx product family includes the SMX-3001 through SMX-3007 and SMX-3276 through SMX-3280 multiplexers.
The SMX-5xxx product family includes the SMX-5001 and SMX-5002.
- Up to 10 kM distance from PC to mainframe through fiberoptic interface
- 40 MB/s block transfer rates
- Embedded Web Interface provides interactive utility to control instruments
- Rack-Rack TTL trigger extension through on-board LXI Trigger Bus
- Backward compatibility with VXI 1.4 and 2.0 products
- External Clock In/Out with on-board options for TCXO/OCXO
- VXIplug&play compliant
VTI Instruments
VTI Instruments, an AMETEK Programmable Power brand, provides products and systems which are used to monitor and record data that characterizes the physical integrity and performance of aircraft, engines, and other large structures, as well as automate the functional testing of complex electronic systems. VTI Instruments is recognized as an industry leader with a reputation of providing reliable data, first time, every time. A sustained focus on innovation and technology enables customers to optimize their capital investment through product longevity, while ensuring unmatched measurement integrity and data reliability.
VTI Instruments has customers in over 30 different countries and in a wide variety of industries including aerospace, defense, power generation, automotive and consumer electronics.
Contact Details
AMETEK Programmable Power, Inc. (VTI Instruments) − San Diego
9250 Brown Deer Road, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
Phone: 858-450-0085
Fax: 858-458-0267
Email: sales.ppd@ametek.com for general inquiries
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