CRONOScompact: Modular Data Acquisition for Mechanical Measurement and Control

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From test stand and bench top, to mobile and remote field installations, imc CRONOScompact provides you with a modular data acquisition system, integrating hardware and software, for use in electromechanical and mechanical measurement and control.

The modular structure of CRONOScompact, and its universal connectivity offer the flexibility you need for a diverse range of multi channel, mixed signal measurement and control tasks, all with one instrument: voltage/current, high voltage/high isolation, strain gauge/measurement bridges, noise and vibration, including accelerometers and microphones (IEPE/ICP, conventional), temperature, pressure, humidity, speed, etc. are synchronously recorded with fieldbus (CAN Bus, FlexRay), GPS (time, position, velocity), and calculated virtual channels.

imc CRONOScompact Works without a PC

CRONOScompact works independently of the PC. Captured data are stored within the device on ruggedized IDE hard drive or removable solid state CF-cards. The data carriers ensure seamless storage of measured data and provide the maximum safety for data. If direct live display of measured data is desired, the PC is not the only option: the robust and bright TFT graphical terminal is an excellent alternative. A variety of different setups, and graphical data display modes are available at the push of a button.

Remote Control and Data Transfer

Wireless access to CRONOScompact is possible via WLAN, UMTS or GPRS data links. An internal modem allows long-term monitoring and notification of, for instance, value limit violations, by SMS or E-Mail. This can be extended with constant online monitoring and remote parameterization via the Internet.

Universal, Network-Capable Intelligence

With its freely configurable measurement amplifier design, CRONOScompact allows direct connection of any desired signals and sensors, and provides both power and conditioning.

This enables ideal system adaptation to a wide variety of measurement tasks. Besides the acquisition of raw data, freely defined processing of channel signals can be performed in real time. All analog or digital channels, as well as computed data streams, are available for use in openand closed-loop control tasks, or for value limit monitoring. Meanwhile, measurement channels carried on the CAN/LIN-Bus, and encoded in a variety of protocols, can be acquired in synchronization with the others and processed in the same way as the analog measurement channels.

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