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iTestSystem Application: TestView Plus
TestView Plus is an iTestSystem application for quick and easy viewing and analysis of data recorded in .TDMS files. Test engineers can open data files and then simply drag and drop data channels into a variety of graphs and tables. Data plotting algorithms allow for viewing and zooming into even the largest data files without…
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Collect Vehicle CAN Bus data with NI 9862 and iTestSystem
Automotive and off-highway engineers and designers often need to log vehicle bus data along with vibration, strain gauge, and other sensor data during normal operation to evaluate their design. Using data from all these sources enables these engineers and designers to pinpoint a vehicle’s response to staged or damaging events. For example, engineers can see…
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cDAQ, CompactDAQ, Instrumentation, iTestSystem, NI-9236, strain gauge service, structural health monitoringITM Gathers Dam Spillway Data During Midair Strain Gauge Project
Suspended in a harness 30 feet above a concrete spillway in central North Dakota, ITM engineer Ryan “RJ” Matthews instruments the gate of one of the world’s largest earthen dams with dozens of strain gauge sensors. Integrated Test & Measurement’s field service technicians and engineers have installed strain gauges on civil structures and machinery around…
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Prevent Costly Mistakes on Industrial Monitoring Hardware Updates
Are you contemplating updates to your industrial monitoring hardware? Perhaps a COVID slowdown has given your team time to finally upgrade to that latest and greatest National Instruments controller. Before you make that leap, there’s one extremely important factor to consider, and that is the software running your equipment. If your code isn’t ready, there…
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Strain Gauge Installation – M-Bond AE-10 Epoxy
This video shows how to install a strain gauge on a curved surface using M-Bond AE-10 two part epoxy.
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Engineering Data Acquisition Tools: NI 9218 Universal Input Module
The NI-9218 Module is a 51.2kHz, 24bit, 2-Channel C Series universal analog input module. It provides versatility when developing test plans because it is compatible with accelerometers, powered sensors, full-bridge sensors, voltage and current measurements, and quarter, half, and full bridge strain gauges. Our test engineers use this data collection module in rugged measurement system…
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