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 400 V with 1V steps
- Negative rectangular pulse, adjustable width: 50 ns
to 10 µs, steps of 10 ns, fall time < 10% pulse duration
(400 V, 50Ω)
- Maximum PRF 30 kHz with change of focal laws
- Library of 30 editable pulses
Receivers
- Bandwidth: 50 kHz to 5 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 > 45 dB
- Maximum input signal amplitude ± 2V
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Digitizer
- Digitizing and real-time summation on 4-channel
boards
- Maximum sampling frequency: 50 MHz (adjustable from
50 MHz to 2 MHz) with real-time averaging
- Range: 12 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 50,000 samples
- Digital and analog FIR filters (9)
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
- Phased-array and conventional probes connectors
- 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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