December 3, 2002
Delfín offers unprecedented performance of high-channel count 24-bit analog capture and playback with a C6711 DSP on 64-bit PCI card.
The Matador family keeps growing! Following the success of Vista, Toro and Conejo, Delfín offers a new solution for applications requiring high-dynamic range, flexible triggering and real-time processing. With 32 simultaneous channels of 24-bit sigma-delta A/D converters, 6 24-bit D/A outputs, capable of 192kHz each, and extremely flexible triggering schemes, Delfín is the champion of high-performance data acquisition. Combine this front end with the powerful, user-friendly C6711 DSP and you have a smart, flexible processing solution that can be tailored to the most challenging applications. Delfín is perfect for high-precision instrumentation, advanced SONAR development, acoustic or vibration monitoring and analysis, and professional real-time audio processing.
CompactToro offers the Award Winning Toro architecture to CompactPCI system developers
Our Toro card has been very well received by PCI system developers, so we are now offering the same proven architecture on a compactPCI form factor. While CompactToro retains the 16 simultaneous channels of 16-bit ADC and DAC capable of 250kS/s each, along with all the other peripherals from Toro, it features the new, higher-performance 225MHz C6713 DSP from Texas Instruments. In addition to a 50% increase in speed, compared to the C6711, the 6713 also has a large 256KB of on-chip memory while retaining the efficient two-level cache controller. CompactToro delivers an unprecedented combination of analog channels and on-board processing bandwidth for high-end servo-control systems, complex data acquisition applications, stimulus-response testing, phased-array sensors, state space control.
Real-Time Solution of the Month: Orbital Sine, Life-Cycle Mechanical Stress System
Sonnet Control Systems LLC has developed a two-axis cyclic stress test machine for pipe flange welds controlled with an SBC6711 and an A4D4 OMNIBUS module. The system is an accelerated life-cycle test bench used by automotive and heavy equipment manufacturers to stress test prototype exhaust components. Articles are tested to the point of fatigue, just short of failure, so that components may be analyzed to determine location and mode of the incipient failure. The system novelty resides in the use of two decoupled axes and the independent measurement of force (transducers) and motion (accelerometers). This allows magnitude control on force and phase control on displacement, as well as detection of fatigue prior to failure. Using software and support provided by Innovative Integration, Sonnet developed this control system and user-interface in a record time of six weeks!
