Polytec has developed standard hardware, sensor and software modules as the initial building blocks for any PNA system. These modules can be used to quickly construct systems for R&D applications or for development prototypes for industrial measurement (QC) applications. Standard modules are designed to be integrated with specialized software, hardware and customer-specified equipment to form a complete production measurement solution or end-of-line test. All PNA systems are designed to comply with appropriate standards and operating practices.
A typical PNA test system contains several basic hardware elements. Depending on the design requirements, the Data Management System (DMS) can be built from a powerful industrial PC using standard data acquisition and control plug-ins or a compact, portable laptop using PCMCIA-type plug-ins. A variety of data acquisition boards cover signal bandwidths from 80 kHz to 1 MHz. All PNA software runs on the industrial PC platform while Quick Analyzer software is recommended for applications using laptop computers. |
