Sensor acquisition in real time

The productivity of a plant can be significantly increased when measurement and control processes run in real time. With the real-time solutions of the series MSX-Box, various signal types can be acquired and controlled on the same hardware base. The systems are robust and equipped with comprehensive protection measures.

Highlights

• For distributed real-time measurement and control applications
• Ethernet-based systems
• Versions for PCI and CompactPCI
• Numerous PCI and CompactPCI boards
• PC boards from other producers can be used
• Fieldbus interfaces: CAN, Profibus, etc
• Open Source operating system: no update obligation
• Extensive adapations of your measuring system possible
• Free development tools

Product overview

MSX-Box  PCI backplane	MSX-Box-CPCI  CompactPCI backplane
PCI boards for sensor acquisition	CompactPCI boards for sensor acquisition

Open system

The real-time PAC systems of the series MSX-Box are open systems. PC boards from other manufacturers which are delivered with Linux drivers can be used.

Functionality

PCI	CompactPCI
Analog I/O	Analog I/O
Temperature measurement	Analog I/O with counter inputs
Length measurement  Length measurement simultaneous	Analog input
Pressure measurement
1- to 8-port serial interfaces RS485	4-port serial interface RS485