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    Rocket Test Stand App Note #025

    © 2007 United Electronic Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


    Rocket Test Stand — Application:

    A large military research facility needed to acquire high speed dynamic


    data from a rocket test stand. The types of measurements were pres-
    sures, pressure differentials, temperature, strain, fluid flow, force, and mechan-
    boards. Each I/O board accepts voltage or millivolt signals from up to 25 strain
    gauge type sensors and/or thermocouples mounted at various locations
    throughout the test stand — a total capability of up to 375 inputs. Mounting
    ical strain. The application presented several significant design challenges, the Cubes directly on the test stand and using Ethernet for Cube-host com-
    starting with a very tight budget, plus stringent requirements for simultane- munication reduced the need for expensive front-end wiring by almost 80%.
    ous sampling of all measurement sensors.
    The half-bridge strain gauge sensors are used for measuring pressures, pres-
    Wide physical separation of sensors and long cable runs to the host computer sure differentials, fluid flow, and mechanical strain. Excitation voltage is pro-
    system also made the use of multiple PowerDNA cubes mounted directly on vided by a user-supplied power source, the output of which is continuously
    the test stand — and interconnected via Ethernet — a very attractive option. monitored as a separate analog input.

    The need for simultaneous sampling and for running at different scan rates Product Description / Usage
    for two classes of sensors were met by using the standard UEI DNA-AI-225
    Analog Input Layer. The requirement for per-channel signal conditioning DNA-PPC8 Ethernet PowerDNA Cubes, each with up to 6 I/O slots.
    Includes UEIDAQ Framework Software Suite.
    hardware was met by the use of standard UEI accessory panels with individual
    bridge completion resistors (for strain gauge sensors) and with automatic DNA-AI-225 25-channel, 24-bit simultaneous sampling A/D I/O boards
    monitor strain gauge sensors and thermocouples.
    CJC/Open TC detection for thermocouple inputs. The specification for auto-
    matic thermocouple linearization was easily met by the standard UEI Frame- DNA-STP-AI-U Universal Screw Terminal Panels provide cold junction com-
    pensation/open TC detection for thermocouple inputs and
    work software supplied with each Cube. bridge completion resistors/excitation voltage connections
    for strain gauge sensors.
    System Description
    The system was designed as an Ethernet distributed network with three
    multi-layer PowerDNA Cubes, each with up to 6 25-channel Analog Input

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    Rocket Test Stand — UEI Products Used:

    DNA-AI-225: DNA-STP-AI-U:
    The DNA-AI-225 Analog Input Layers each have 25 independent These accessory panels have a facility for adding bridge comple-
    A/D converters, one for each channel, that provide simultaneous tion resistors for strain gauge sensors, and are also designed with
    sampling of 25 analog inputs at scan rates as high as 1000 sam- built-in isothermal block/cold junction temperature sensors for
    DNA-PPC8 ples/second. They accept differential voltage or millivolt signals in
    the range of -1.25V to +1.25VDC.
    thermocouple inputs. The panels also provide open TC detection
    for thermocouples.
    Each Cube handles up to six I/O layers, select-
    ed from as many as 25 standard types, has an
    SD card, external sync input/output connec- Software:
    tor, serial comm port, and standard Ethernet The UEIDAQ Framework Software Suite comes with bindings for all major programming languages and test-programming environments
    In/Out connections. Each cube also includes including C, C++, C#, VB.NET as well as Excel, OPC, MATLAB, DASYLab, TestPoint, Agilent VEE, LabVIEW for Windows, LabVIEW Realtime and
    a powerful data acquisition software suite LabWindows/CVI.
    compatible with all popular data acquisition
    application packages.

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    Founded in 1990, UEI is a leader in the computer based data acquisition and con-

    trol industry. Serving customers world-wide, UEI products based upon PCI, PXI, ISA

    and Ethernet interfaces offer unequaled performance as well as flexibility. We are

    committed to providing the highest quality hardware, software and services, en-

    abling engineers and scientists to interface data-acquisition and control hardware

    to the real world. Through our state-of-the-art technologies we serve the needs of

    individual researchers and developers as well as OEMs.

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