Dataphysics SignalCalc Dynamic Signal Analyzers

Data Physics SignalCalc Dynamic Signal Analyzers provide highly accurate measurements in the time, frequency, amplitude, and order domains. You can choose a range of hardware platforms from the pocket-sized ACE to the new Abacus combined with your preferred computer platform to configure a state-of-the-art solution for any dynamic signal analysis application. SignalCalc dynamic signal analyzers offer connectivity across networks and applications, consistency of the intuitive user interface design across all products, and compatibility of data and results with industry standards ensuring efficient interchange with other popular design and analysis programs. ACE SignalCalc Dynamic Signal Analyzers

ACE SignalCalc Dynamic Signal Analyzers

Introducing the all new SignalCalc ACE

Powered by Quattro

Ultra portable and rugged, the all new SignalCalc ACE, powered by Quattro, provides USB 2.0 connectivity to a host PC or laptop and is completely bus powered. With realtime analysis capability from DC to 93 kHz (204.8 kHz sample rate) it is an NVH engineer’s dream machine. Simply load the software, connect the USB cable between Quattro and the PC and it is ready to begin measurement.

Perfect for any Application

Quattro provides a powerful and highly mobile backbone for the most demanding applications. 4 inputs and 2 outputs make it ideal for advanced modal testing including MIMO analysis. The easily configurable tachometer input makes difficult machinery diagnostics effortless and with a host of available measurements including synchronous averaging, order tracking, demodulation and a complete rotordynamics toolkit, it is ideally suited for troubleshooting any rotating machinery problem.

Record and Analyze Data in any Environmen

With its compact size, rugged design and the ability to record data on all channels at a rate of 204.8 ksamples/sec, it can tackle data acquisition in aircraft, in-vehicle and industrial environments with ease and efficiency. Weighing just over a pound., it provides a uniquely mobile yet powerful test platform.

Powered by Quattro, ACE provides 32 bit floating-point DSPs delivering up to 204.8 kHz sample rate on all channels simultaneously. All inputs are coupled to dedicated 24 bit sigma-delta ADCs while both outputs have 24 bit DACs. Integral anti-aliasing filters protect the inputs and outputs. This horsepower provides over 120 dB dynamic range with up to 94 kHz real-time rate while measuring and displaying 1600 line Transfer Functions, Coherence and all other related measurements. It facilitates high-resolution measurements to 25,600 lines, real-time Zoom, waterfall measurements and simultaneous disk recording. All signal processing is done by the DSPs embedded in Quattro; your computer running Windows, acts merely as the human interface and data display.

The high computation speed gives you overlap processing for faster averaging. It allows capture of machine run-ups, speech signatures and other rapidly changing time/frequency events as they happen. Your computer screen becomes an instantaneous viewport into the activity and content of your signals.

Outstanding Dynamic Range

ACE incorporates high quality Sigma Delta converters, 32-bit floating-point arithmetic, leading edge analog design and accurate signal processing algorithms. This combination of carefully integrated ingredients produces measurements of astonishing dynamic range and fidelity. ACE can identify and separate two closely spaced tones differing in amplitude by a factor of 1,000,000: 1. In concert with Zoom and High-Resolution options, the high dynamic range allows you to detect features normally not observed in spectral measurements.

Comprehensive Measurements

ACE performs analysis in the time, frequency, order and amplitude domains. Use synchronous averaging to recover repetitive events buried in noise. Correlate signals to discover their similarity and temporal alignment. Use FFT spectrum analysis to identify dominant frequencies and spectral density levels. Characterize linear systems by their Transfer, Coherence and Impulse Response functions. Measure Probability functions and test the normality of your experimental data. SignalCalc ACE core functions include powerful FFT measurements, high dynamic range, and extensive analysis tools. Standard functions include full Engineering Units selection and conversion, Automatic Export, Professional Reports, easy data management with Signal Map, flexible display of results, cursor functions for detailed analysis, and an unsurpassed intuitive user interface. Optional application modules extend the functionality to include real-time Octave and 1/3 Octave analysis, Sound Power and Intensity, RPM-based measurements, Order Tracking, MIMO and Stepped Sine testing, SRS analysis, Demodulation, Rotordynamics analysis, multi-plane Balancing, Waterfall and Spectrogram presentations, Throughput-to-Disk, Zoom and High-Resolution FFT analysis.

Multiple Analysis Domains

Choose the analytic viewpoint that best explains the physics of your application. ACE provides uniquely informative displays in Time, Frequency, Amplitude, Order, Amplitude and Angle domains.

Noise and Vibration Testing Features

Two independent signal generators provide choices of sine, swept-sine, random noise, pseudo-random, burst-random, pink noise, chirp, impulse and half-sine transients. For impact tests, excellent trigger controls combined with force and response windows, automatic overload rejection and preview averaging assure the capture of optimum data. For shaker tests, burst random eliminates spectral leakage from lightly damped structures while sine sweep and dwell support holographic studies. Perform MIMO analysis when driving a structure using the two sources or set up multiple references for transmissibility measurements. In Modal testing, ACE makes it easy to save measurement point and direction information with the FRFs in the native format of all currently offered commercial Modal Analysis programs.

Intuitive Interface

The intuitive organization of controls and the flexible arrangement of measurement data on screen is a significant contribution to the art of user interface design. You will find ACE a natural extension of how you use word processors, spreadsheets, or other Windows applications. The application window is divided into control panels and graphic windows. Control panels contain related measurement parameters while graphic windows contain one or more traces. These elements may be arranged in any format that suits the application or pleases the operator. Control panels can dock to the edges of the window or float anywhere on the desktop. You can hide and retrieve them at the click of a button. Graphics may be sized and customized with selectable colors, textures, grids, readouts and annotation.

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Analyseurs de vibrations SignalCalc MOBILYZER

Advanced solution for noise & vibration analysis

Every analyzer makes promises. Smaller, faster, more powerful, more portable, more connected, less trouble, more intuitive …. The proof is in going out and making the measurements, out in the world where cables are tangled and signals are noisy, where you’re not sure what you’re looking for but you have to get the data anyway because there’s only one chance. The proof is in making realtime measurements while recording raw data to disk. No more guesswork, no blind recording. The proof is in countless re-analysis back at your desk.

Comprehensive Measurements

The modular software allows you to select only those measurements you need from an extensive range covering general FFT analysis, data recording and playback analysis, environment testing, structural analysis, acoustics, machinery diagnostics and production/QC testing.

Modern Architecture – Distributed DSP Power

SignalCalc Mobilyzer that runs on ABACUS dynamic signal analysis hardware, a compact network peripheral that brings the power of distributed DSP architecture to the field and laboratory. ABACUS distributes the processing load to achieve high speed, high quality signal analysis, and interfaces to a notebook or desktop computer via a standard Ethernet connection. The ABACUS chassis contains a Pentium CPU controlling multiple data acquisition and signal processing modules. The architecture is optimized for efficiency by dedicating a high speed DSP to each group of channels. This ensures that processing speed is maintained at the same high rate regardless of the number of channels in use.

With its small size, light weight, and DC power option, the Mobilyzer is truly mobile. With up to 32 input channels, 8 output channels, and 8 tachometer channels, it is able to address large applications. Delivering a realtime rate of 49kHz, and over 120dB dynamic range, it is the analyzer that makes no compromises for being portable.

Dedicated designers, dedicated measuring instrument

Some of the world’s most sophisticated cameras have their heads in the clouds. Pointing down through the belly of a helicopter, they record every detail of the earth below, even through night and cloud cover. The wind tosses the aircraft around, the rotating blades and engine introduce intense vibration. How can any camera possibly hold its focus on the details of the scene below? The stabilization of the camera in this chaotic environment is possible only because of comprehensive measurement and analysis in flight and back at the design office.

Mobilyzer is made for precise measurements in demanding environments, and it doesn’t travel only by air. Mobilyzer is in demand for in-car use by automotive manufacturers and component suppliers to facilitate noise and vibration testing.

Mobilyzer also comes on board submarines for underwater tests and ships of all sizes from aircraft carriers to boats studying whale songs.

Effective Analysis Tools

The SignalCalc Mobilyzer user interface provides intuitive organization of control panels and flexible display of results. Control panels contain setup parameters arranged according to function such as Channels Table or Sampling Parameters. Extensive use of color differentiates signals, grids, cursors and text. Statistical information including rms, max, min, and mean can be displayed with the data. User annotation and cursor markers identify key points in the data. 3

Modular and Expandable

With the introduction of Abacus, Mobilyzer, the mid-range portable analyzer in the SignalCalc family, can now be configured from 4 to 32 input channels. You can also include up to 8 oupute channels (signal sources) and 8 tachometers for measuring 8 different shaft speeds. The Mobilyzer chassis is available with DC power making it ideal for in-vehicle data acquisition and analysis. The high performance delivered by Abacus allows the Mobilyzer to record all channels (inputs, outputs and tachometers) to disc while making a variety of realtime dynamic signal analysis measurements.

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Analyseurs de vibrations SignalCalc SAVANT

A thousand channel system

SignalCalc Savant is a dynamic signal analyzer that maintains realtime analysis, accurate cross channel measurement and recording rate performances for thousand channel systems. The distributed architecture further allows you to place data acquisition close to the measuring transducers thereby eliminating the error due to mismatched transducer cables.

Flexible and Scalable

The distributed network architecture of ABACUS, allows SignalCalc Savant to spread its 32 channel measurement units over large distances, by as much as 30 meters between units. Savant delivers high precision results over a 120dB to 150dB dynamic range and brings superior DSP power to handle the challenges of signal analysis applications requiring large number of channels. Any SignalCalc Savant system may be upgraded in the field to add new hardware and software capabilities. Input and output channel count may be expanded without returning the module to the factory.

The architecture allows 8 channel boards to be combined to make 32 channel subsystems which in turn can be connected on a 1 Gigabit network to make a thousand channel system. The modularity allows a dynamics laboratory to use portable instruments of varying sizes which can be united to form a large channel count system for occasional use in larger applications. No mater what size of system you choose Savant provides the same realtime bandwidth, the same high accuracy for cross channel measurements and the same gap free recording to disk during measurement.

Facilitating Large Applications

SignalCalc Savant is powered by Abacus, the modular DSPcentric signal analysis engine designed for high bandwidth and high precision. Savant incorporates the SignalCalc user interface acclaimed for its intuitive operation and ability to make the expert productive while allowing the novice to be comfortable.The data acquisition and signal analysis system is at the heart of large channel count applications. It needs to be able to acquire 100′s of channels of response transducers simultaneously while outputting multiple drive signals when external excitation to the structure is needed. It also requires sophisticated displays and automation features geared towards simplification of the data visualization and analysis. Last but not least, it requires data exchange with other software applications to compare and validate analytical models.

Setting up measurements is made easy by the inclusion of a transducer database and, TEDS support for automatic entry of transducer sensitivities, overall data management is simplified by the SignalMap and effective data visualization is achieved through the layout manager that provides unlimited personal display layouts.

Extensive Functionality

Savant features the SignalCalc user interface and analysis software packed with usability features. The extensive functionality of the SignalCalc user interface provides you with easy, flexible set-up, display, and networking. Control panels, where test set-up parameters can be quickly entered into pop-up dialog boxes, can float or dock to a convenient location for easy access. Powerful graphics allow viewing of results with complete flexibility of screen organization. The sizes, locations, contents, and formats of control panels and graphics are entirely up to you. To facilitate exchange of data in a global test environment, Savant exports measurements, waterfalls, and test parameters to popular third-party formats.

High End Noise & Vibration Solution

Savant comes with the full suite of noise and vibration measurement you can expect from SignalCalc. Over the years, SignalCalc has grown to a comprehensive set of measurement types covering general FFT analysis, data recording and playback analysis, environmental testing, structural analysis, acoustics, machinery diagnostics and reporting.

Flexible and Scalable

The distributed network architecture of Abacus, allows Savant to spread its 32 channel measurement units over large distances, by as much as 30 meters between units. Savant delivers high precision results over a 120dB to 150dB dynamic range and brings superior DSP power to handle the challenges of signal analysis applications requiring large number of channels.Any SignalCalc Savant system may be upgraded in the field to add new hardware and software capabilities. Input and output channel count may be expanded without returning the module to the factory. Every software module may be subsequently added to expand the repertoire of a system initially purchased for more limited applications

Scalable Architecture

The architecture allows 8 channel boards to be combined to make 32 channel subsystems which in turn can be connected on a 1 Gigabit network to make a thousand channel system. The modularity allows a dynamics laboratory to use portable instruments of varying sizes which can be united to form a large channel count system for occasional use in larger applications.No mater what size of system you choose Savant provides the same realtime bandwidth, the same high accuracy for cross channel measurements and the same gap free recording to disk during measurement.

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