Acellent Technologies' SMART Suitcase™ is
a portable powerful signal generation and data acquisition
instrument. The Smart Suitcase interfaces with Acellent's
SMART Layer® seamlessly. It can also be used with other sensor
systems developed by a third-party company in multi-channel data
acquisition. Using the latest technology for waveform generation and
data acquisition, the SMART Suitcase™ and Acellent's intelligent
data interpretation software, ACESS/SmartComposite,
provide a cutting-edge structural health monitoring system.
Acellent recently released the
next generation SMART Suitcase system – ScanGenie. The ScanGenie is
a USB-interfaced high-performance, portable device for the ultimate
SHM application.
For local mode, the layer is connected
directly to the local port, the channels are limited up to 8
PZT actuators and 8
sensors. For remote mode, Acellent
designed a Switch Amplifier Box to be used with the ScanGenie.
Switch Amplifier (SA) Box is a remote high voltage switching and
amplification hardware device that supports up to 64 PZT
actuators/sensors and two temperature sensors. It can be
located close to the monitored structure,
which makes a large scale distributed sensor
network possible. The distance between the SA box and the
ScanGenie can go up to 50 feet. It
connects to the ScanGenie remote port via a 25-pin
connector. The SA box boosts up the input sensor signal
before the signal is transmitted to the
ScanGenie, which increases the signal/noise
ratio during signal transmission. The SA box has two 37-pin
connectors to interface with sensors on
the structure. Each 37-pin connect can
connect up to 32 actuators/sensors and one temperature sensor.
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ScanGenie with SA box |
ScanGenie |
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| Physical Dimensions & Weights |
8"W x
3"H x 11"D
Weight: ~7 lbs |
| Interface
System |
USB 1.1/2.0
interface to PC computer |
| I/O Channels |
Supports up to
64 channels |
| Signal Generation |
Programmable arbitrary waveform generator
and adjustable
waveform output magnitude and frequency |
| Transmit
Voltage Range |
Maximum
transmission peak-peak voltage: 160v |
| Transmit Frequency |
10kHz to 700kHz
transmission frequency |
| Receive
Frequency |
10
KHz to 5 MHz
bandwidth |
| Data Acquisition |
12-bit
resolution |
| Sampling Rate |
Up to 40MS/s
sampling rate |
| Temperature
Measurement |
Integrated
temperature measurement ability |
| Diagnostic
Ability |
Integrated
sensor and system diagnosis ability |
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SCS-4300 High Speed
Suitcase |
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Physical Dimensions & Weights |
8"W x 12"H x
16"D
Weight: ~24 lbs |
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Operating System |
Microsoft Windows
XP pro |
Acellent also provides high-speed
Suitcase for customers who need to work with very high frequency
signals. The high-speed suitcase is SCS-4300. The specifications of
the SCS-4300 high-speed suitcase are:
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Arbitrary waveform generation conversion rate: 300MHz,
150MHz, 75MHz |
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Output
range: 1.74v peak-peak single-ended to 50 Ohm resistor load; 4.32v
peak-peak single-ended to 1 kOhm resistor in series to PZT sensor
mounted on a metal plate |
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Output frequency: 75Hz up to 150 MHz |
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Output bandwidth: >100MHz |
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Output resolution: 12-bit |
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Number of outputs: 4 |
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Connection: SMA connector |
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Output accuracy: ±3% excluding offset |
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Memory length of waveform generation: Up to 1 M
Samples each channel |
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Data acquisition at up to 400MHz rate in
single-channel mode and up to 200Mhz in dual-channel mode |
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Data acquisition resolution: 12-bit |
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Data acquisition connectors: BNC |
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Input impedance: 1Mohm 40 pF or 50 ohm.
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Data acquisition input ranges: ±100 mV,
±200 mV, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V (±5 V is only available in 50 ohm) |
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Data acquisition bandwidth: 200MHz |
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Acquisition memory: 16M at dual channel
(can upgrade to 1G) |
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Number of channels via relay: 30 |
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Working mode: single-channel or
multiple-channel (up to 30 channels) |
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