ATM Network Data
Acquisition System
Fully Synchronised Data
Acquisition
Solutions
SeaDAQ Analogue
Data Acquisition Unit
Voltage Input Card
AD2416VF Interface
Voltage Input Card
AD2416VF Interface
Strain Gauge Card
AD2416VF Interface
RS-422
Synchronised
High Speed Interface
Small Scale
Synchronised /
Distributed ATM DAQ Solution
The diagram below shows the basic
layout of a fully synchronised data acquisition system using the SeaDAQ
8 channel ATM data acquisition and the KC-Sonet
Nodes.
0 -
20 km Mono-mode fibre
Introduction
Keynes Controls manufactures a
series of hardware synchronised data acquisition solution using the ATM
(Asynchronous Transfer Mode) ATM network for data transmission. Unlike
the Ethernet /LAN ranges of synchronised systems, the ATM solutions use
the network clock to provide all of the timing signals. This means that
all of the data acquisition hardware is using the same clock signal to
synchronise their operation. Any slight fluctuation in the timing
signal is passed to all units simultaneously and synchronisation is
maintained.
The Keynes Controls range of ATM
network product can be used on copper/cable networks as well as the
fibre optic network as shown below.
Large Scale
Distributed Solution
The image above shows how a fibre
optic distributed ATM application is put together using the SeaDAQ and
AD2408/AD2416VF interface cards and media converters. The ATM rack
system supports all the components required to connect the interface
cards to the Fibre network.
The AD2408/AD2416 cards all use
individual ADC per input and contain in built digital filtering and
automatic calibration operations. All the anti-ailias
filtering is undertaken digitally and so cannot drift with temperature
or age. Signal conditioning can be customised for a range of different
sensor inputs.
The signal
conditioning boards are
fitted separately to the communications interface for the AD2416F
series cards and this enables the signal conditioning to be customised
on demand.