Measurement & Simulation
Highland Technology offers a wide array of tools for measurement, simulation, and control. Tachometers, thermocouples, RTDs,
precision voltages, current loops, strain gauges, and more can be measured or simulated by Highland's products.
Simulator of capacitive fuel or oil liquid level sensors can measure and report realtime excitation voltages and frequencies and simulate sensor faults.
- Three ranges of 3-wire capacitance
- Three ranges of resistance/conductance
- 16 bit capacitance and conductance resolution
Simulates a wide range of inductive proximity and eddy-current transducers, such as jet engine blade tip sensors and automotive engine measurements.
- Two I/Q quadrature modulator channels
- Precision linear modulation of RF carrier inputs
- Transformer isolated inputs/outputs
Voltage source thermocouple simulator/calibrator for system-level testing of process control and critical systems.
- 8 fully isolated analog output channels
- Thermocouple simulator types K, J, T, etc.
- 20-bit resolution
Sinewave processor intended for both simulation and acquisition of LVDTs, RVDTs, synchros, and resolvers.
- 12 transformer-isolated channels
- Generalized ADC-DAC-DSP architecture
- Polyphase sine wave generation
RTD and resistance simulator intended for system-level testing of process control systems, FADEC engine controllers, and other critical systems.
- 4-wire resistance simulation on all channels
- Resistance programmable: 5Ω-5MΩ in 5 ranges
- Programmable for 100Ω & 1kΩ platinum RTDs
3-phase AC power source and permanent-magnet (PMA) alternator simulator can power shunt/chopper type voltage regulators in jet engine controller FADECs and other aircraft equipment.
- Isolated/transformer-coupled 3φ sine wave out
- Frequency range 120 Hz to 4 KHz
- Output up to 200 VA per channel, 600 VA total
Five wide-range time stampers can snapshot the time of the rising edge of one electrical input.
- Five-channel time-interval counter and stamper
- 12.2 picoseconds resolution
- 48-bit (3236 second) range
VME bus master crate controller, usable as a crate slot 0 arbiter or as a secondary controller.
- Cabled PCIe connects to PC
- Provides 8192 16K VME mapping pages
- Includes concurrent Ethernet and USB ports
VXI bus master crate controller, usable as a crate slot 0 arbiter or as a secondary controller.
- Cabled PCIe connects to PC
- Provides 8192 16K VME mapping pages
- Includes concurrent Ethernet and USB ports
Allows accurate and comprehensive measurement of AC power circuits by acquiring powerline current and voltage inputs.
- Pulse counting and KWH pulse output capability
- Analog input capability
- Waveform acquisition option
VME-2210 compatible relay module includes 64 SPDT relays and drivers, user-configured to operate in static or latching modes.
- Provides 64 VME-controlled SPDT relays
- Operates in static or latching mode
- 2 A, 60 W, 250 VAC/220 VDC relay contacts
Drives and senses transducers in computer or PLC-based control systems, and simulates complex industrial processes.
- 0-24 mA output using internal power source
- Independently isolated/programmable channels
- Continuous voltage and current measurement
VME-3122 compatible analog input module provides high channel-count data acquisition for dense monitoring applications.
- Automatically-scanned differential input
- 16-bit resolution
- 3 individually programmable bipolar input ranges
Provides 64 non-isolated channels of digital input/output.
- Programmable pull-ups and input thresholds
- Inductive-load flyback clamping
- Directly drives LEDs, SSRs, and FET gates
Provides 48 isolated digital inputs, with independently programmable rise and fall time responses for contact debounce or AC inputs.
- 24V and 5V nominal input versions
- Overvoltage and reverse-voltage protection
- Glitch-catch capability
Acquires low frequency inputs from industrial speed sensors and measures frequency and period over a wide dynamic range.
- Period/frequency/RPM measurement
- High noise immunity
- Conditions direct input from common speed sensors
Provides V360 functions plus four independent overspeed blocks, each programmable to trip on static or latched overspeed or underspeed conditions.
- Period/frequency/RPM measurement
- High noise immunity
- Accepts direct input from common speed sensors
Excites and measures up to eight strain gauge load cells, and includes tare (zero reference), DSP-based high-order filtering, averaging,
and triggered weighing.
- Supports digital filtering/triggered weighing
- 16-bit resolution after tare compensation
- All module functions are programmable
Excites and measures up to eight strain gauge load cells, with separate, remotely sensed excitation supply for each channel.
- CMRR better than 100dB
- Faster access to raw sensor data
- Generic bridge-type transducer applications
The V410 is a 6U VME module that provides sixteen independent analog inputs that may be used to read cryogenic diodes, RTDs, thermistors,
and other similar resistive sensors.
- 16 independent, non-isolated input channels
- 4-, 3-, and 2-wire sensor compatibility
- Measures 1 ohm to 3 Megohms
Eliminates transient errors associated with relay switching, and provides for monotonic resistance changes using entirely solid-state simulation.
- Resistance ranges from 5 ohms to 65.5 Kohms
- Isolated channels, wide-range, 2/4 wire
- RTDs, thermistors, strain gages, load cells
Acquires a wide range of DC voltages, including thermocouple temperatures, and includes four precise RTD reference junction sensors.
- Fully isolated analog input acquisition
- Input ranges from ±25 mV to ±250 volts
- Reports temperature for types J K E T R S B N
Measures nearly any mixture of resistive-, bridge- or semiconductor-type sensors, using 4-wire connections.
- Ideal for cryogenic temperature measurement
- Ultrastable constant current source
- Includes precision analog-to-digital converter
Simulates most common thermocouples with sixteen independent, isolated analog outputs that may be user-programmed to operate as voltage outputs or
thermocouple simulators.
- Thermocouple types J K E T R S B and N
- 4 non-isolated precision RTD signal conditioners
- Outputs from microvolts to ±12 V
Provides triggerable, simultaneous data acquisition for mid-speed tasks with programmable preamplification and filtering.
- DSP filter modes from 1 Hz to 100 KHz
- Simultaneous realtime and FIFO-buffered data
- Sample rate up to 500 Ks/s per channel
Performs LVDT and synchro/resolver simulation and acquisition using internal or external excitation.
- 24 transformer-isolated channels
- Generalized ADC-DAC-DSP architecture
- Realtime voltage and frequency measurement
Acquires position data from up to 8 LVDT (linear variable differential transformer) position sensors.
- Self-scanning with onboard microprocessor
- 16-bit resolution w/ programmable noise filtering
- Better than ±50 PPM accuracy
Records the time of occurrence of twelve independent electrical pulse inputs, in time-interval or timestamp modes.
- 32-bit resolution timestamper
- Measures time intervals up to 6.71 seconds
- Jitter typically < 75 picoseconds RMS
Records the time of occurrence of eight independent electrical pulse inputs, each measured relative to a single, common reference input.
- 48-bit, 48-picosecond resolution
- Fast readout available 200 ns after events
- Jitter typically < 40 picoseconds RMS