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 Comparison of 16 Bit SAR & 24 Bit SD A/D Conversion
Paper Description: Pacific Instruments' Vice President of Engineering, Scott Swinford, explores and compares 16-Bit SAR & 24-Bit Sigma-Delta A/D conversion and what it means for quality measurements.
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Rocket Engine Testing with Series 6000 DAS
Application Requirement: Upgrade the signal conditioning and data recording and display systems for seven rocket motor test stands at the Aerojet test facility near Sacramento, California.
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Subsonic Wind Tunnel Testing with Series 6100
Application Requirement: After three years of inactivity, the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field California is set to reopen for testing. Initial tests will be on the UH-60 independent blade control system. In order to resume operation, the facility requires new 240-channel and 276-channel data acquisition systems.
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Structural Earthquake Testing with Series 6000 DAS
Application Requirement: Provide specimen instrumentation for the new Real Time Multi-Directional (RTMD) facility located in the ATLSS Research Center at Lehigh University. The RTMD provides multi-directional real-time seismic testing, combined with real-time analytical simulations, to investigate the seismic behavior of large-scale structural components, structural sub assemblages, and super assemblages (systems).
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How to Calibrate for Highest Accuracy Measurements
Paper Description: An application note that describes the Pacific initial instrument calibration process, the PI660 software voltage calibration process and options for engineering unit conversion and calibration for highest accuracy measurements.
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Basics of Strain Gage Instrumentation
Paper Description: An informational application note provided by Pacific Instruments, Inc. to teach the basics of strain gage instrumentation, including in depth applications, common techniques and mathematical concepts involved in strain gage measurments taken with electronic instrumentation.
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