Synchronizing Spider-20Es to a High Channel Count System
Dynamic data acquisition and machine monitoring in factories and plants often require data to be acquired synchronously at various parts of the plant or a factory. Some big machines, especially in the aerospace industry also require data to be acquired at different areas synchronously.
A. Introduction
Strain gages setup on our Spider-80SG is one of the most common questions we received. The Spider-80SG is designed to be used with strain gages; wonderfully, software interface is still within the same easy-to-use and intuitive platform of our EDM software. The connection to Spider-80SG breakout box is the final piece of the puzzle and it is a lot simpler than it looks.
What does an automotive engineer, electric engineer, and an airline acoustics engineer have in common? They all had the amazing idea to attend the Crystal-Instruments-sponsored 2017 SAE Noise and Vibration Conference and Exhibition in Grand Rapids, Michigan in June 2017.
Read MoreI recently received a returned CoCo-80 unit from a customer located in India. This customer decided to upgrade their unit to the newer CoCo-80X model. The returned CoCo-80 unit was manufactured and shipped in 2007. This particular unit that was returned to us was the 26th CoCo-80 unit that Crystal Instruments produced.
Read MoreShock Response Spectrum (SRS) Analysis is one of the most often-used methods in Shock and pyro-shock analysis. Recently, Virgin Orbit, a newly formed company under Virgin Groups that target at advanced small satellite business, started to use Crystal Instruments’ Spider-80X to acquire the shock vibration and SRS analysis.
Read MoreThe phrase “Good things come in small packages” is true! Small satellites, also known as CubeSats, are being launched at a record pace with the successful February 15, 2017 launch of 104 satellites of which 88 were Planet Labs’ Dove satellites collectively known as Flock‐3p, aboard an Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India. This amazing launch followed the successful June 22, 2016 launch of 12 Planet Labs’ Flock‐2p satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Center. These spacecraft are shoebox‐sized satellites placed into lower Earth orbit to provide imaging data.
Read MoreDecember 2016 - Crystal Instruments extends a warm welcome to the Femaris SRL team, the newest member of Crystal Instruments' growing network of international distributors. Femaris will be offering dynamic signal analysis solutions, vibration control systems, and vibration data collectors in Romania, Eastern Europe.
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Crystal Instruments Corporation recently received a large order from SpaceX for multiple high channel count vibration control systems. Each vibration control system will be bundled with advanced application software. This is thus far the biggest contract awarded to Crystal Instruments by SpaceX. During the procurement process, SpaceX engineers conducted detailed reviews of products from Crystal Instruments and compared those with options from several different providers. The final decision made was based on the availability of functions, actual testing performance, and the capability of onsite support.
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Crystal Instruments has received the impressive honor of supplying a 64 channel data acquisition system, the Spider-80X, for testing of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope project.
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July 2016 - Crystal Instruments is pleased to announce the appointment of a new distributor in Switzerland, VibroAkustik Consulting & Technology GmbH.
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(Santa Clara, Calif. – June 6, 2016) Crystal Instruments introduces the latest Engineering Data Management software, EDM 6.0, which supports three new hardware releases, enables strain measurement in Vibration Control Solutions (VCS), and creates increased compatibility with diverse sensor types and measurement quantities.
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In response to industry demands for reliable vibration data collection and dynamic signal analysis with complex real-time processing, Crystal Instruments has developed the CoCo-80X. The instrument is equipped with a 7-inch LCD touchscreen, a dual-core DaVinci series 1GHz processor, and a wide-range of connection options including CAN Bus, USB 2.0, HDMI, Ethernet, and SD card. CoCo-80X is also Wi-Fi and GPS enabled.
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