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  • AC power backup for your Test Station

    At times when a power failure occurs and you need to perform some critical action a Uninteruptable Power Supply(UPS) is added to the test station. This may be to put the test station in a safe mode( removing excitation or setting excitation to safe values, logging of last data and closing file handles, terminating the application.)… Read more

  • Safety and Signs

    During your project with automatic equipment give consideration to safety signs required near,on,inside,around your automatic equipment. Panels and Test Station which have High Voltage inside should have High Voltage safety stickers. If your equipment will start moving parts(any moving parts) add a sign and enclosed area with some barrier or gate. If your equipment starts Automatically… Read more

  • PT connectors Upper and lower case lettering

    On the PT type connector which have Upper and lower case letters look out for the: C,c K,k P,p S,s V,v W,w X,x Z,z The font used for each case look the same just a bit smaller. When designing your cables have drafting highlight the lower case letters  (ex lower case letter with underscore) Do not use  double lower… Read more

  • dBm and power and volts 50ohm system references

    References for dBm,power, and volts with respect to a 50ohms system.   Anritsu Company     RF measuring equipment          http://www.us.anritsu.com/downloads/files/Power_Conversion_Table.pdf Analog Devices Company  RF semiconductor           http://www.analog.com/Analog_Root/static/techSupport/designTools/interactiveTools/dbconvert/dbconvert.html Miniciruits Company          RF components              http://www.minicircuits.com/pages/pdfs/dg03-110.pdf     As always, double check to matchs with power formulas.   Company names above are register to that respective company. Read more

  • 1553 data bus connection

    1553 bus requires a specific way to hookup BusController,RemoteTerminal,or Bus Controls.   The reason for this hookup is to protect the data transmission and protect the data bus.   Transformer coupling is the most popular way to tie into the bus.   The ends of the bus must be terminated with termination loads.     This… Read more

  • Multifunction Work horse DAQ card

    NI-6259 M Series Mulifuctnion DAQ Card Powerful and  Popular Multifunction Daq Card Analog Input             32SingleEnded or 16Differential    16bits Analog Output            4                                                 16bits Digital Input/Output     48 Counter/Timer             2 Some Form Factor PCI PXI USB USB-OEM USB-BNC Look for all related to 6259 for specification and desired form factor Information on 6259 DAQ (data acquistion boards) Programming language I have… Read more