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DSPCon Announces New Portable and Expandable Built-In Signal Conditioning Option for DataFlex-1000/A™ Data Acquisition and Analysis System Series
Date: Nov 11, 2009
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Featured firm in this article: DSPCon Inc of Bridgewater, NJ



BRIDGEWATER, NJ, November 11, 2009
-- Further enhancing its industry-leading, price-to-performance
position among major
data acquisition and analysis system
manufacturers, DSPCon, Inc., a global supplier
of dynamic data acquisition, analysis, archiving and recording solutions for high-value military, aerospace
and rotating machinery applications, today announced that its flagship data acquisition and analysis
products, the DataFlex-1000™ and DataFlex-1000A™, are
now available with fully-integrated, built-in signal
conditioning.
Effectively eliminating the cost and need to purchase and carry a multitude of separate, plug-in signal
conditioning modules, the new software-driven option provides comprehensive, flexible signal conditioning
support for a broad range of applications. It is compatible with all DataFlex-1000 and DataFlex-1000A
models, is self-calibrating, and designed to handle most common strain gauges, RTDs, accelerometers,
IEPE sensors and voltage output devices, easily and cost-effectively.
"In today's economy, many would-be purchasers of
dynamic, high-speed data acquisition and analysis
systems are looking for superior value and performance. With our truly innovative, built-in signal
conditioning option, we believe we can now offer even the most value-conscious buyer a true high-speed,
high-performance data acquisition system with full
signal conditioning and analysis capabilities and a
superior ROI," said Al Brower, president and chief executive officer of DSPCon, Inc.
The DataFlex-1000/A Series has been specifically desig
ned to provide flexible performance that can be
configured to meet exact functionality and budgetary requirements within a broad range of rotating
machinery industries including turbine engine manufacturing and energy generation as well as acoustic
testing within the aerospace industry and high-value shock and vibration testing for major Department of
Defense customers and prime contractors. It can accommodate analog and digital requirements for a wide
variety of vibration, telemetry, voice and video data storage applications, and features a number of high-
capacity, "hot-swappable" storage options, an analog bandwidth capacity of 97.2 kHz per channel with anti-
alias filtering, and no degradation of bandwidth as channel count increases, regardless if channel count is
16 or over 1,000. It produces and accepts a variety of
data formats and directly writes to the DATX format,
which is currently being utilized as the data format of choice at a number of leading Fortune 100
organizations.
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NEWS
For Immediate Release
CONTACT:
Bill Pankracij
DSPCon
Marcom & PR Manager
908-722-5656 Ext. 202
wxp@dspcon.com
DSPCon, Incorporated, 380 Foothill Road, Bridgewater, NJ 08807

908.722.5656

www.dspcon.com
(dspcon-dataflex-W/S.C.//first add) (P. 2)
The DataFlex-1000 features a space-saving design and full system control, set-up and status via an
integrated touch-screen display, making it an ideal choice for laboratory environments. The new DataFlex-
1000A features a sleek, portable, rack-mountable design with full system control, set-up and display
provided by any PC or laptop, making it
ideal for high-vibration environments.
Standard Features & Specifications
Feature Highlights:
¾
Unique touch-screen control
¾
Modular and expandable
¾
Flexible signal inputs/outputs including Etherne
t, IRIG-B, analog monitor channel and audio annotation.
10 MHz reference input.
¾
IRIG--B time code recording with real-time display and output during replay
¾
Produces and accepts a variety of data formats including DATX, CATS, UFF-58, EDAS RAW and others
¾
Compatible with and a replacement for many popular recorder models
¾
Spreadsheet configuration option
¾
Optional software provides functionality of multiple, traditional laboratory instruments without the bulk or
cost
¾
Full graphical replay tool provided for digi
tal replay and flexible analysis of data
¾
Infinite, lossless recording capability with unique, "change-on-the-fly", "hot --swappable" digital media
functionality improves operational efficiency through reduced number of tape transfers
Specifications Highlights:
(Standard, 16- or 32-channel, analog base unit)
¾
Sampling Frequency:
Adjustable 1 Hz to 216 KHz, selectable
¾
Bandwidth:
Up to 97.2 kHz per channel (across all channels), 24 bits rounded to 16
¾
Channels:
Standard 16 or 32 channel base unit, infinitely expandable in 16 or 32 channel increments to
produce large channel count sync
hronously sampled systems
¾
Storage Media:
Dual "hot swappable", front-mounted 750 Gbyte
hard disk drives or optional dual LTO-4
800 Gbyte tape units or solid state memory storage devices
¾
Input Quantization:
24 bits rounded to 16
¾
Input Impedance:
1 mega-ohm
¾
Input Range:
+/-0.1 to +/-10 volts in 1, 2 & 5 steps
¾
Coupling:
AC/DC
¾
DC Offset:
+/- 100% in 1% steps
¾
IEPE Excitation:
3-21 mA
¾
Dynamic Range:
>88 dB (measured at input > +/-1 volt)
¾
Output Impedance:
50 Ohm
¾
Output Level:
+/-10 volts in .01 volt steps
¾
Total Harmonic Distortion:
< -84 dB (Input to Output)
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DSPCon, Incorporated, 380 Foothill Road, Bridgewater, NJ 08807

908.722.5656

www.dspcon.com
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Optional Signal Conditioning Highlights;
¾
Gain:
1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000
¾
Maximum Measurable Input Voltage:
10Vpk, 20Vpp
¾
Maximum Input Voltage Protection:
40Vpk minimum
¾
CMMR:
110 dB, 0-60 Hz
¾
Input Impedance:
10 Mohms
¾
Calibration:
Full end-to-end and shunt
¾
Built-In calibration bus
¾
Differential/Single Ended
¾
Over voltage, compliance voltage, short circuit continuous monitoring on each channel
¾
Built-in test and automated, full-factory acceptance test
About DSPCon:
New Jersey-based DSPCon is a leading systems integr
ator and full-service solution provider of high-
bandwidth, high-performance data acquisition, analysis
and archiving systems for governmental agencies
and commercial enterprises in the military, defense, aerospace, avionics, machinery, manufacturing and
telecommunications industries. Certified to ISO9001:2008 quality standards, DSPCon solutions empower
organizations to streamline test and development
cycles and improve operational and production
efficiencies by slashing the time between data acquisition and processed analytical results.
Today, DSPCon products and services support a wide
variety of mission-critical signal processing
applications including acoustic, vibration, shock and rotating machinery analysis; sonar and radar
processing; digital data recording and jet engine testing. With hundreds of deployed solutions and over a
decade and a half of experience in digital signal processing, systems integration and software development,
DSPCon continues to be at the forefront in meeting the unique data acquisition needs of world-class
organizations such as Pratt & Whitney, Honeywell
and General Dynamics. For additional information,
please visit
www.dspcon.com
.
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