Ultrasonic Pulser/Receiver and 100MHz A/D Board for PCI Bus
PCIUT3100 is a combination of a pulser/receiver and a high-speed analog to digital converter on a single PCI board. The board generates an electrical pulse with user-defined pulse voltage and pulse width. The pulse is transmitted to an ultrasonic transducer, which converts the electrical excitation pulse into an ultrasonic pulse. The pulse is then propagated into couplant or the material to be tested. The transducer receives the echoes that are reflected from the interface and converts the ultrasonic pulse back into an electrical signal.The on-board receiver processes the signal with the user defined parameters, and the A/D converter converts analog signals into digital data at a rate of 100 million samples per second. In addition, the digital data is transferred to a computer's RAM at about 10 MB per second. The resolution of the conversion is 9 bits, which can scaled from 0 to 511. The memory depth can reach up to 256 kilo samples.
Other adjustable parameters include pulse voltage, pulse width, damping, internal relay for pulse/echo or through transmission switching, receiver gain, DC offset, low-pass filter, high-pass filter, rectifications, sampling rates, external trigger, and adjustable trigger delay. A standard scope software for Windows 95/98/200/NT is included with the board.
Optional add-ons include digital inputs and outputs, an external clock input, a sync output, memory updates, an on-board hardware key module,a logarithmic amplifier, distance amplitude correction (DAC), up to two additional 14-bit analog to digital converters, and software development kits.
Along with our DT16B 16-channel pulser/receiver switching board, the PCIUT3100 becomes a multi-channel ultrasonic inspection and analysis system. The maximum number of channels is 256. Multiple PCIUT3100 boards can be installed on a single computer to build a multi-channel ultrasonic system with the ability to fire multiple transducers and acquire data simultaneously.
Features:
- One-Board Design: pulser/receiver and analog-to-digital converter on one PCI board
- 32-bit PCI bus for ultra-fast data transfer
- On-board microprocessor for your custom applications
- On-board encoder counters for on-position data acquisition
- Time stamps, XY positions, and I/O statuses for each A-scan
- 256-channel automatic timing and switching capability with DT16B
- Distance amplitude correction (DAC) for all 256 channels (optional)
- Up to 100MSPS high-speed A/D conversions with 9-bit resolution
- Optional logarithmic amplifier
- FIFO memory for storing multiple A-scans
- Pulser switch-off while taking data for low pulser noise
- Wide-range dynamic gain
- Adjustable DC offset
- Included oscilloscope software for Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP
- Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP software development kits for C/C++, Visual BASIC, and LabView
Specifications:
| Pulse Voltage | -40V to -300V, 256 steps. Higher voltages areavailable upon request. |
| Pulse Width | 50 ns to 484ns, 256 steps Optional 15 ns is available upon request. |
| Damping | 620, 340, 200, 160, 60, 55, 50, or 47 ohms |
| Internal Trigger | 10 Hz to 5000 Hz in 10 Hz increments when internal trigger is selected. |
| Receiver Gain | 0 dB to 80 dB in 0.1dB increments. |
| DC Offset | -2.5V to +2.5V in 5mV increments |
| Low Pass Filter | All, 48MHz, 28MHz, 18MHz, 8.8MHz, 7.5MHz, 6.7MHz, or 5.9MHz |
| High Pass Filter | 4.8MHz, 1.8MHz, 0.8MHz, or 0.6MHz |
| Waveform | Full rectify, + half rectify, - half rectify, or RF |
| Sampling Rate | 100MHz, 50MHz, 25MHz, 12.5MHz, 6.25MHz, 3.125MHz, 1.5725MHz, and external clock < 100MHz |
| Transducer Mode | Single (Pulse/Echo) or dual (through transmission) |
| Resolution | 8 bits (0 to 255) or 9 bits (0 to 511) |
| Memory | 16 kilo samples and 256 kilo samples |
| Waveform Length | 16 to 16382 in 4 sample steps |
| Trigger Source | external, internal or software |
| Connectors | 3 BNC connectors: Pulse out, receiver in, and external trigger in |
| Post Trigger delay | 2 to 32764 samples in 2 sample step |
| Dimensions | 12.5"x4.25" not including BNC and PCI edge connectors |
| Add-on Options | - BNC external clock connector - BNC trigger sync output connector - Logarithmic amplifier - Distance amplitude correction - Up to 4 encoder counters and connectors - Two additional 14-bit A/D converters - 256K sample memory upgrade - Windows software development kits - Hardware security key module - Hardware key development kit - Multi-channel control option |
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