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Dranetz-BMI Measuring Pad 16 Channel Acquisition System

MeasuringPAD
For temporary but critical on-site data acquisition, the portable, high-speed MeasuringPAD offers a convenient, economical alternative to an elaborate test and measurement installation. This sturdy handheld instrument can be used in a wide range of manufacturing, laboratory, plant operations and quality control applications. Rapidly collecting, monitoring, and displaying multiple sensor inputs, it is ideal for troubleshooting, maintenance, process tuning, fault recording, energy reduction studies, trend analysis, and much more. Configured and operated through an easy-to-use touchscreen interface, MeasuringPAD continuously scans all active inputs, digitizing with 16-bit A/D while checking for limit-violation triggers and refreshing its memory buffer at 10 kHz per input.

Features & Highlights

16 differential channels: 16 analog, 8 digital
High speed sampling: 10 kHz per analog input, 40 kHz per digital input
Intuitive color touch screen
Light weight – About 4 pounds, 2 kg – with rugged rubber boot
Interchangeable Pods for fast connection: Low voltage, high voltage, low current, thermocouple
Event- or time-triggered logging
Data saved to CF memory card in a universally compatible text format
Available languages – English, Spanish, French, German, Italian
Wide range of applications:
- Maintenance Troubleshooting
- Vibration Monitoring
- Portable on-board vehicle logging
- Control Loop monitoring / timing
- Performance Benchmarking of rotating machinery
- Test Chamber monitoring
- Portable O’scope
- Energy reduction studies

Modes of Operation
Real time data monitoring	MeasuringPAD provides live readout of up to sixteen different analog inputs and up to eight logic-level digital inputs. As numerical measurements are monitored for exact conformance to user-entered setpoints, the vivid color-coded status display lets you size up your test or process at a glance. To ensure true "finished-answer" readability, analog signals are easily scalable to desired engineering units. Convenient input "pods" allow fast and easy hookup of machine- or process-dedicated sensors—including DC/AC Low and High voltage sources (from 100mV to 600 V) Low current sources (4 to 20 mA) Thermocouples Digital inputs are standard TTL-level signals from switches, contacts, encoders, pickups, and other frequency-generating devices. They may be used to trigger the logging of data, to perform programmable counting and timing operations, and to monitor frequency and quadrature. Up to eight internal cross-channel math calculations can also be set up to display and monitor additional process variables such as horsepower, efficiency, and corrected flow—plus signal max/min and average values.
High-speed data recording	You can instruct MeasuringPAD to sample scaled measurements at a regular time interval—or, immediately on detection of any specified trigger event, to begin recording at a special rate that can be up to a microsecond-level "burst" speed. Instantly stored on a standard CF memory card in a simple and universally compatible ASCII text format, data records are both time- and trigger-stamped, and may be directly imported by all kinds of third-party programs for post-analysis and report generation, without the need for special drivers or version-dependent operating systems. If desired, records of data values as they existed just prior to a triggering event can be included in the stored data file. The touch of a button will display a scrollable spreadsheet report of all currently logged data, including time and event indication.
Multi-channel data display	For instant operator interpretation of measurement results, the backlit color LCD furnishes real-time display of measured and calculated values in a number of programmable formats, including: bargraph —for rapid visual comparison of up to sixteen active parameters trend - for simultaneous, independently scalable timeplotting of up to four active parameters. Ideal for comparing energy and process/production parameters for energy reduction studies scope - for live display of up to four active waveform inputs in a conventional oscilloscope mode discrete Fourier transform (DFT)—for harmonic analysis of a selected
Fast & Easy touchscreen setup	Using MeasuringPAD's unique touchscreen pages, setting up the instrument literally takes seconds. Simple user selections and clear, intuitive pathing make the setup process both easy to use and easy to learn. Once created, multiple test-specific setups can be stored for instant reloading.

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