PHOTON+ Dynamic Signal Analyzer
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S Y S T E M DATA PHOTON+ Dynamic Signal Analyzer USB 2.0 Powered Real-time Analyzer for Sound and Vibration Analysis PHOTON+™ is a next-generation, ultra-portable, real-time analyzer designed for making fast and accurate vibration measurements with post-processing capabilities. It offers the convenience and speed of the industry standard USB 2.0 interface, and comes with two to four analog input channels, plus a waveform source and tachometer channel. Uses and Features Uses • In-vehicle testing • In-flight testing • Low-level acoustic and vibration testing due to PHOTON+’s extremely low measurement noise floor • Field, laboratory and anywhere you need to make measurements • Remote measurements: PHOTON+ can be placed up to 5 metres (16.4 ft) from the connected PC; with USB hubs used as repeaters, this can be extended to up to 30 metres (98.4 ft) • Portable and lightweight: weighs approx. 227 g (8 oz) • USB 2.0 interface • Power over USB connection – you do not have to carry an extra power supply for PHOTON+ • Expandable multichannel analyzer with two to four inputs, one output (waveform source) and one tachometer • Real-time FFT analyzer with frequency range up to 84 kHz • 32-bit processing • Wide dynamic range • Built-in CCLD signal conditioning • Easy installation: USB interface provides ‘plug and play’ • Covers the full range of FFT analyzer, vibration analyzer and signal analyzer applications With RT Pro™ Software • Dynamic signal analysis: Time series analysis, FFT analysis, spectrum analysis and FRF and coherence • Modal data acquistion compatible with popular modal packages: Force/exponential window and coordinate autoincrementing • Acoustic analysis: Real-time octave analysis and waterfall analysis • Rotating machine diagnosis and analysis: Real-time order tracking, order analysis and waterfall analysis • Environmental testing: Transient capture and SRS analysis • Swept-sine measurements: Tracking filter analysis, log or linear sweeps, auto-gain control and manual sweep controls With RT Pro Software: • Windows®-based applications tailored for noise and vibration testing • High-precision FFT analyzer: 24-bit with full anti-alias protection • Fast real-time processing for quick setup, instant results and on-site data verification • Programmable digital filtering, real-time zoom and signal calculator • One-click real-time measurements, post-processing and data recording • Waveform recording that streams gap-free data to a PC disk drive • Wit

An Ultra-portable Dynamic Signal Analyzer PHOTON+ makes any PC an instrument-quality portable dynamic signal analyzer for multichannel noise and vibration analysis. Powered via its USB 2.0 port, PHOTON+ runs off a laptop PC battery so you can take it with you wherever you go. Fast Real-time FFT Analyzer Designed for real-time signal analysis, PHOTON+ offers remarkable performance in an FFT analyzer with a measurement dynamic range of 115 dB and a 84 kHz real-time rate. The RT Pro software provides a comprehensive set of time and spectrum measurement tools for fast real-time monitoring and...

Specifications – PHOTON+ Dynamic Signal Analyzer Inputs Analog Channels 2 standard, expandable to 4 simultaneous channels. All have differential input with 1 MΩ impedance. Each input channel has overload detection before both the analog and digital anti-alias filters. Setup allows per channel selection of input voltage range (0.01 V, 0.1 V, 1 V, 10 V), transducer sensitivity, sensor type (for example, acceleration, force, pressure, etc.), and coupling selections for DC, AC (high-pass cutoff at 0.5 Hz) and CCLD Ruggedized case encloses low-noise input/output board with 32-bit floating point...

Specifications – RT Pro Signal Analysis and Waveform Source Software Real-time Spectrum Analysis Measurement Controls Real-time Rate 84 kHz for two channels with two auto-spectra and a cross-spectrum computed Dynamic Range Measurement and source panel toggle buttons and toolbar icons provide easy access to test controls. For added convenience, commonly used commands are accessible via keyboard hotkeys Frequency Range DC to 84 kHz in 42 ranges Start/stop, pause/continue, next frame buttons 21 spans from 17 Hz to 10.5 kHz. Max. upper frequency of 21 kHz Time capture, FFT, correlation,...

Signal Calculator Modal Data Acquisition This feature allows you to create customised signals. All signals are calculated and displayed ‘live’ during testing Arbitrary assignment of response–excitation pairs from among available inputs. H1 and H2 FRF calculations Auto-spectra only or auto-spectra and cross-spectra Time Capture Frame size up to 262144 (using deep memory capture) Add Subtract Multiply Divide Single and double integration or differentiation A-, B- and C-weighting Square Square root Mobility Compliance Sine Cosine Tan Arctan Inverse FFT HAV-weighting Conjugate Magnitude...

Specifications – RT Pro Dynamic Signal Analysis Series Data Recorder The data recorder provides a user-friendly tape recorder interface for easy and quick data recording for all active channels and includes voice channel annotation via the PC sound card. The data recorder also provides quick and seamless transition to data playback and processing via the RT Pro Playback option(s). Note that real-time analysis cannot be performed while using the data recorder Max. Rate 524 k samples per second aggregate Data Formats Binary, X–Y ASCII, Y-only ASCII, UFF binary, UFF ASCII, WAV, Agilent SDF,...

Automated Test Overall Limits Fail detection based on the rms, maximum, mean, minimum, or peak value (time and amplitude domain only) Actions on Fail Flag Display alarm message, sound PC beep, generate test report, abort measurement, send email and source on PASS/FAIL LIMITS AND CRITERIA Limits Checking Multiple, simultaneous limit checks on frequency domain, time domain, and amplitude domain signals Limits Definition Pass/fail limit criteria may be defined based on: • User-created Limit tables • Measured signals resident in memory • Signals imported from ASCII files • Synthesized signals...