Acquisition
- Hardware acquisition gates; unlimited number of
software gates
- Synchronization of gates
- Acquisition trigger on event (e.g. threshold,
detected echo)
- Acquisition on user specified trigger (e.g. time,
mechanical trigger)
- Acquisition of raw signals and/or summed data
- Choice of data acquired (e.g. RF, peaks)
- Real-time image display during acquisition
- User definable inspection configuration
- Public file format for parameters (XML) and data
(binary)
- Maximum data flow > 30 MB/s.
- Maximum acquisition rate: 20 kHz
Phased-array
- Customized focusing, electronic scanning, and
sectorial scanning
- Inspection mode: pulse echo or transmit receive
modes (same probe or two probes)
- Dynamic Depth Focusing with electronic selection of
elements
- Fast multiplexing of focal laws during electronic
scanning via storage of focal laws on 32Mo hardware RAM
- Imaging adapted to focusing
- Corrected images (e.g. linear, sectorial BScan)
Pulsers
- Adjustable voltage: 30 to 200 V with 1V steps
- Negative rectangular pulse, adjustable width: 30 ns
to 1.2 µs, steps of 2.5 ns, fall time < 10 ns (200 V, 50Ω)
- Maximum PRF 30 kHz with change of focal laws
Receivers
- Bandwidth: 0.5 to 25 MHz
- Adjustable gain on each channel from 0 to 80 dB
- Adjustable analog DAC 80 dB (max. 20 dB/µs)
synchronized on events
- Crosstalk between two channels: gain > 50 dB
- Maximum input signal amplitude ± 1V
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Digitizer
- Digitizing and real-time summation on 8-channel
boards
- Maximum sampling frequency: 100 MHz (adjustable from
100 MHz to 6.6 MHz)
- Range: 10 bits
- Input impedance: 50Ω
- Global delay: 0 up to 1.6 ms, steps of 10ns
- Delay laws at transmission/reception: 0 to 20 µs,
steps of 2.5 ns
- Digitizing: up to 65,000 samples
- Digital and analog FIR filters
Simulation of ultrasonic field, focal law computation
- Simulation tools (CIVA subset)
- Complete description of the testing configuration
- Focal law and associated ultrasonic field
computation
- 3D interactive display
Input-Output
- USB2 for data transfer
- 2 FRB (Hypertronix) for phased-array probe
- Encoders input
- External power supply input
Online processors
- 2 CPUs (PowerPC) on CPU board allow fast and
flexible processing options
Platform
- Software environment: Windows XP
- Usb2 link between hardware and PC (desktop or
laptop)
Compatibility
- Multi2000 and MultiX imaging and analysis compatible
with CIVA
- NDT configuration compatible with CIVA
- MASERA Software: data analysis
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