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AE-Amp Acoustic Emission Amplifier MK II User Manual AE-AMP Boxed AE-Amp Rack...
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Thank you! • Installation (Over voltage) • Category II (Main Supply Connector) and Thank you for purchasing Elsys AE Measure- Category I (Measuring Terminals) ment Equipment. • Pollution Degree 2 For more information, please visit •...
Two different Base Unit chassis available: Amp-BU-24-AE (for up to 12 modules / 24 channels) Amp-BU-48-AE (for up to 24 modules / 48 channels) • USB interface (emulated COM port) for accessing all installed amplifiers (Internally over RS485) AE-Amp User Guide Elsys AG...
AE-Base-Unit Box variant only CH 2 IEPE 5VDC 28VDC Signal In Gain: 0 dB RS485 20 dB 40 dB Signal Out 60 dB AE-Amp Hardware Architecture of a full AE-Amp, Base Unit, HV Pulser System Elsys AG AE-Amp User Guide...
The front LED is red when the pass-through mode is activat- ed. Activation is done over software. The applied voltage to the sensor is also passed to the amplifier output attenuated by 100. AE-Amp User Guide Elsys AG...
The second signal is normally fed to a digital input of the DAQ to distinguish HV pulses from passive AE events. • Input: high voltage input which is multi- plexed to a sensor/actuator. Elsys AG AE-Amp User Guide...
(see Sequence Diagram) Pulse Interval Time period between each pulse [ms] on the same channel Chn. Delay Delay between the last pulse on one channel until a new pulse on a second channel is applied AE-Amp User Guide Elsys AG...
Alternatively, a tool for operation can be pro- grammed yourself via the serial interface using the programming instructions. 5.1 Driver Download Download the drivers for the USB to RS485 converter chip directly from the FTDI web-site: http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm Elsys AG AE-Amp User Guide...
HV pulses are to be sent can be added. Pulse generation can be started or stopped using the Start/Stop button. The program must remain open for the se- quence to run. AE-Amp User Guide Elsys AG...
12 V DC, max 8 W 110 - 240 V AC, max 75 W Interface USB (emulated COM Port) Dimensions 108 x 45 x 170 mm Amp-BU-24-AE: 19’’ x 3U x 32.5cm Amp-BU-48-AE: 19’’ x 6U x 32.5 cm Elsys AG AE-Amp User Guide...
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File Revision: Date Description 27.05.2024 Manual Update MK2 AE-Amp User Guide Elsys AG...
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