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 channel, universal, 2-/4-wire RTD simulator
- Fast, monotonic, glitch-free resistance value programming
- Suitable for simulating resistors, platinum/copper/nickel RTDs
- Suitable for pulsed and continuous excitation inputs
- Direct temperature value programming
- Extensive triggering capability
- Synchronize level changes with input measurements to facilitate test sequencing
The SMP7500 is a 96-channel 300MA open-collector/relay drivers, and the SMP7600A (pictured) and SMP7600A-S-11351 are 5 W programmable loads.
The SMX-6xxx product family includes the SMX-6101 (pictured), SMX-6103, SMX-6106, SMX-6111, SMX-6115, SMX-6116, and SMX-6144.
- 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
- 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
- Ideal for UUT loading or simulation
- Wide resistance range from 0.5 Ω to 1.5 MΩ
- 0.1 Ω step size
- Over-voltage, over-current, and over-temperature sensing protects unit under test
- External voltage and current sense for monitoring built-in
- Modular 6.5 digit DMMs for the EX1200 mainframes
- Tightly integrated into mainframes, allowing high-speed, synchronized scanning measurements without the need for external cabling.
- Input can be routed directly to the DMM or through an internal analog bus on the backplane.
- Super fast scanning with no processor intervention required
- Scanning configuration can be saved in the DMM’s non-volatile memory allowing quick recall of saved states
- Integrating ADC for with adjustable integration time depending on the level of accuracy required.
- “True RMS” AC readings
- Frequency and temperature measurements
- 8 frequency counter channels, 16 isolated digital I/O channels, 2 isolated DAC channels in a single card
- Single frequency measurement range that works from 0.05 Hz to 1 MHz
- Very stable TCXO base clock, 50 MHz ±1 ppm
- 195 kΩ Input impedance with selectable coupling (AC/DC)
- Wide differential input voltage range (±48 V) with up to 250 V working common mode voltage
- Programmable threshold and hysteresis levels with 1 mV resolution
- Support for quadrature encoder
- Isolated DIO channels with up to 60 V compliance
- Isolated and independent 16-bit DAC channels, configurable for voltage or current output
The SMP4xxx product family is made up of the SMP4001, SMP4001-S, SMP4002, SMP4003, SMP4004, SMP4005, SMP4006, SMP4007, SMP4028, and SMP4044.
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