Components of the inertial Testing Solution Lab
Executive Software & Data Acquisition System
The “iTS Lab Executive Software” is a software application written by ACUTRONIC in LabView and TestStand
designed to operate our Data Acquisition system.
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Graphical User Interface to create, view and modify “Test
Scripts”
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Easy configuration of the system and UUT interface
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Executes the test script while communicating with temperature
chamber and table motion controller
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Collects data from the UUT (via: SPI, I2C, CAN, Analog)
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Generates xml files including raw data
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Generates reports with device main characteristics (bias,
sensitivity, etc…)
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Data Acquisition System
The Data Acquisition system available at the lab is a state-of-the art chassis from National Instruments. The chassis
contains boards to support all expected needs of the lab. The chassis has been integrated with the AC277 rate table
and temperature chamber. ACUTRONIC has developed a custom test application which can be configured to meet
customer specific test profiles and store data in a deliverable database.
The National Instruments PXI chassis is made out of the following components:
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PXIe-1065 NI Chassis – Hosting all boards described below
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PXIe-8108 Controller – Host of Windows 7 Pro. & LabView 2010. Runs ACUTRONIC’s “iTS Lab Executive
Software”; Runs COTS applications from NI such as Oscilloscope, DMM, etc.
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PXI-5152 Digital Oscilloscope – Although mostly used for troubleshooting integrations of new UUT into the
iTS Lab, the fact that the PXI-5152 is optimized for automated test, it makes it suitable for use as part of the
automated test of the UUT
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PXI-4461: Dynamic Signal Acquisition and Generation – Used for high precision sampling of UUTs with
analog output
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PXI-4072: DMM – A Digital Multimeter (DMM) is essential in any lab with electronic equipment; this is a DMM
that can be programmatically incorporated into the test scripts used to test the UUT
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PXI-5412: Waveform Generator – A Waveform Generator is another essential tool in a lab; this integrated
functionality can also be incorporated into the UUT test scripts
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PXI-6552: High Speed DIO – In reality this is much more than a simple DIO board, it is truly a sophisticated
digital waveform generator/analyzer. The iTS Lab uses this board to implement communication schemes
such as SPI and I2C to exchange data with UUTs that have these interfaces
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PXI-7853R: FPGA – The availability of the FPGA board opens up to doors to all kind of on-the-fly
customization the user of the iTS Lab may need to test the UUT
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PXI-4130: DC Power Supply – This programmable power supply is used to power the UUT. The Lab
Executive Software includes script commands to vary the voltage of the UUT for cases where susceptibility to
voltage is to be measured
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PXI-8512/2: 2-Port High-Speed NI-XNET CAN Interface – This board is used to interface to UUTs that have
a CAN interface
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