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ACE is able to directly power integrated circuit piezoelectric sensors without additional signal conditioning electronics. ICP coupling, standard on ACE, adds to AC/DC coupling (each, single-ended or differential) to provide signal input choices for virtually any test. The optional TEDS compatibility makes set up of channel sensitivities and engineering units effortless.

Powered by Quattro, ACE provides 32 bit floating-point DSPs delivering up to 204.8 kHz sample rate on all channels simultaneously. All inputs are coupled to dedicated 24 bit sigma-delta ADCs while both outputs have 24 bit DACs. Integral anti-aliasing filters protect the inputs and outputs. This horsepower provides over 120 dB dynamic range with up to 94 kHz real-time rate while measuring and displaying 1600 line Transfer Functions, Coherence and all other related measurements. It facilitates high-resolution measurements to 25,600 lines, real-time Zoom, waterfall measurements and simultaneous disk recording. All signal processing is done by the DSPs embedded in Quattro; your computer running Windows, acts merely as the human interface and data display. The high computation speed gives you overlap processing for faster averaging. It allows capture of machine run-ups, speech signatures and other rapidly changing time/frequency events as they happen. Your computer screen becomes an instantaneous viewport into the activity and content of your signals.

Outstanding Dynamic Range

ACE incorporates high quality Sigma Delta converters, 32-bit floating-point arithmetic, leading edge analog design and accurate signal processing algorithms. This combination of carefully integrated ingredients produces measurements of astonishing dynamic range and fidelity. ACE can identify and separate two closely spaced tones differing in amplitude by a factor of 1,000,000: 1. In concert with Zoom and High-Resolution options, the high dynamic range allows you to detect features normally not observed in spectral measurements.