Alligator Technologies' New PCI Signal Conditioning, Filter, and Instrumentation Amplifier Card Provides Flexibility For Data Acquisition.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2003 Alligator alligator, large aquatic reptile of the genus Alligator, in the same order as the crocodile. There are two species—a large type found in the S United States and a small type found in E China. Alligators differ from crocodiles in several ways. Technologies, a leading supplier of data acquisition and signal conditioning products, today introduced their new AAF-3PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , a signal conditioning instrumentation amplifier and filter card. Extremely configurable in a wide variety of uses, the AAF-3PCI is a fully programmable 2 to 8 channel plug-n-play PCI board with optional low-pass and high-pass filters, amplifier, or amplifier/filter/band-pass combination formats, including software. The new card is compatible with all 12 or 16-bit A/D A/D See advance-decline line (A/D). boards and is ideal for filtering applications in sound and vibration testing, ultrasonics ultrasonics, study and application of the energy of sound waves vibrating at frequencies greater than 20,000 cycles per second, i.e., beyond the range of human hearing. , acoustics, structural analysis, industrial, test, scientific and laboratory data collection and applied mechanical applications in electronics, aerospace, field research, automotive, and process control industries. The AAF-3PCI provides the user the ability to mix and match filter characteristics and independently select and program each channel's coupling (AC or DC), corner frequency, gain steps up to x1000 in either single-ended or differential measurements. Multiple AAF-3PCI boards can operate in the same PCI computer or in a standard PCI extension chassis. Most filter products are too limiting and inflexible for many applications. As is not the case for the AAF-3PCI, each of its four channel-pairs can be configured as dual channels of 8-pole elliptic el·lip·tic or el·lip·ti·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or having the shape of an ellipse. 2. Containing or characterized by ellipsis. 3. a. , linear pass, Butterworth or Bessel filter in any combination making the board one of the most flexible signal conditioning cards in its class. Selectable filter characteristics are just the beginning. Each channel can be independently selected for a differential or single-ended measurement, attenuation Loss of signal power in a transmission. Attenuation The reduction in level of a transmitted quantity as a function of a parameter, usually distance. It is applied mainly to acoustic or electromagnetic waves and is expressed as the ratio of power densities. up to 90 dB, and AC or DC coupled, all under software control. The board has four internally routed frequency sources and four external sources providing programmable corner frequency from 0.1 Hz to 200 kHz (depending on the filter characteristic of the channel-pair) for each channel-pair as well as syncing for tracking applications. A flexible software package of menu-driven programs and drivers completes the AAF-3PCI package. Designed for ease of integration, the software includes DLL (1) See data link layer. (2) (Dynamic Link Library) An executable program module in Windows that performs one or more functions at runtime. DLLs are not launched by the user; they are called for by an executable program or by other DLLs. drivers that can be called form LabView, HP-VEE, DASYlab, Visual Basic, Visual C++ and other graphical and non-graphical programming environments. The software package also includes a ready-made windows application that allows the user to quickly program all the boards' parameters with a few mouse clicks. Configurations can be saved and recalled for fast setup and execution. Pricing and Availability Available from stock to three weeks ARO, the AAF-3PCI is priced as low as $1,098 for two filter channels to $2,998 for 8 channels. It comes with a one-year limited factory warranty. For More Information Founded in 1984, Alligator Technologies has been developing an expanding line of filter and amplifier cards since 1991. The company's current product line also includes the SCS-800 high performance portable or rack mount signal conditioning system with special function adapters for strain gauge, accelerometer accelerometer Instrument that measures acceleration. Because it is difficult to measure acceleration directly, the device measures the force exerted by restraints placed on a reference mass to hold its position fixed in an accelerating body. , RTD RTD returned to duty (US DoD) RTD Rated RTD Ready to Drink RTD Richmond Times-Dispatch RTD Regional Transportation District RTD Research, Technological Development RTD Research and Technology Development RTD Real-Time Data , thermocouple, 0-20mA devices, accelerometer and piezo-bridge sensors. For more information about the AAF-3PCI or about other products from Alligator Technologies, customers should contact Robert Galter, Alligator Technologies, 2183 Fairview, Suite 220 Costa Mesa 92627. Tel: 714/850-9984. E-mail: rgalter@alligatortech.com or visit http://www.alligatortech.com. Note to Editors: Slides available by contacting Fred Golightly at Fred@seeyouinprint.com or calling 949/706-3100. |
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