Ultrasonic Pulser/Receiver Board for PCI Bus
PCIPR300 is a pulser/receiver board for the PCI bus. It generates an electrical pulse with a user-defined pulse voltage and pulse width. The pulse is then transmitted to an ultrasonic transducer, which converts the electrical excitation pulse to an ultrasonic pulse. The pulse is then propagated into either 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. The signal from the Signal Out connector can be displayed by an oscilloscope or digitized by an analog to digital converter board. For the option of analog to digital conversion, please refer to our product PCIUT3100--our 100 MHz analog to digital converter board for PCI bus.
Other adjustable parameters of the PCIPR300 board 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, trigger sources, digital inputs and outputs, and internal trigger rates. Control software for Windows 95/98/2000/NT is included with the board.
Optional add-ons include a trigger-sync output connector, a logarithmic amplifier, encoder counters, a higher pulse voltage, narrow and wide pulse widths, DAC, and Windows software development kits.
Along with our DT16B 16-channel pulser/receiver switching board, the PCIPR300 becomes a multi-channel ultrasonic inspection system. The maximum number of channels is 256. Multiple PCIPR300 boards can be installed on a computer to build a multi-channel ultrasonic system with the capability to fire multiple transducers at the same time.
Features:
- Pulser/receiver board for computers with PCI slots
- On-board encoder counters for on-position triggering
- Wide-range dynamic gain
- On-board microprocessor for your custom applications
- Pulser switch-off while taking data for low pulser noise
- Rectifier with RF, full wave, -half, or +half options
- Adjustable DC offset
- Control software for Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP
- Selectable low-pass and high-pass filters
- Optional distance amplitude correction (DAC)
- Optional logarithmic amplifier
- Optional Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP software development kits for C/C++, Visual BASIC, andLabView
Specifications:
| Pulse Voltage | -40V to -300V, 256 steps. Higher voltages are available 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, or 0 dB to 40 dB fixed and 0 dB to 40 dB DAC. |
| 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 |
| Trigger Source | external, internal, or software |
| Transducer Mode | Single (pulse/echo) or dual (through transmission) |
| Dimensions | 12.5"x4.25" not including BNC and PCI edge connectors |
| Connectors | 4 BNC connectors: Pulse out, receiver in, signal out, and external trigger in. |
| Add-on Options | - BNC trigger-sync output connector - Logarithmic amplifier - Narrow and wide pulse widths - Up to 4 encoder counters and connectors - High pulse voltages - Distance amplitude correction (DAC) - Software development kits - Multi-channel control option |
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