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News Release from: Dataquest Solutions | Subject: SPViewIT
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 28 September 2004
Software captures speedy signals
SPViewIT is a new generation of ultra-high-speed signal capture software that overcomes the problems typically encountered when capturing external signals at extreme speeds directly onto a PC.
Capturing external signals at extreme speeds directly and continuously onto a computer inherently has its problems, most notably the hard drive, where storage rates can rarely exceed 20Mbyte/s Many ultrafast analogue and digital signal cards can only operate at their highest speeds by using onboard memory, which is inherently limited in size
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 20 Aug 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Spectrum, one of the leading designers of ultra high-speed capture cards, has met the challenge with SPViewIT; a new generation of ultra-high-speed signal capture software.
Using its support of Serial ATA hard disks with RAID systems, data transfer rates of to 80Mbyte/s are possible.
This outstanding jump in performance is combined with a user interface that requires no code programming, provides the flexibility of real time displays, on screen disk space monitoring and advanced mathematical and filter functions.
A particularly useful tool is the event marker, which is instantly activated by a key press during runtime, which may be combined with zoom facility for a closer look.
All events are logged for later retrieval as part of a post process for investigation and documenting, indeed it is documenting of test measurements has become particularly important task - often to meet ISO9000 compliance.
SPViewIT can automatically generate protocol using ActiveX "hot-scripts" to automate and reduce the burden of this task, exporting the data into professional formatted reports, with direct linking to many third-party software packages, including Excel, Matlab, FlexPro and DIAdem.
It is also possible to save in the ASCII format for almost universal access.
Dataquest Solutions is the official distributor in the UK and Ireland for Spectrum.
SPViewIT is currently priced at just GBP 695 plus VAT for the standard package, which includes the full complement of display and processing modules.
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