QuantumX MX840B Universal Amplifier + catmanEasy Software Package

Flexible and Efficient Data Acquisition

This is a basic hardware+software package for measuring a variety of quantities including force, displacement, pressure, acceleration, vibration and shock for efficient mechanical and structural testing. The package enables uncomplicated measurement parameterization, individual data visualization, data storage and reporting.

The package includes: QuantumX MX440B universal amplifier, power supply, 4 transducer plugs with TEDS, Ethernet cross­over cable, catman^® Easy software and software maintenance for the first 12 months.

Key hardware features

• 8 individually configurable inputs (electrically isolated)
• Connection of more than 17 transducer technologies including:
  • Strain gauges: full-, quarter and half-bridge
  • Current fed piezoelectric transducers (IEPE, CCLD, ICP^®)
  • Piezoresistive full bridge
  • Resistance thermometers: Pt500, Pt100, Pt1000
  • Thermocouples type K, N, R, S, T, B, E, J with cold junctions in the plug
  • Resistance transducer (for example, PTC, NTC, KTY): 5000 Ω
  • Potentiometric transducer
  • Inductive full or half bridge sensors
  • Linear variable differential transformer (LVDT)
  • Electrical voltage transducer: 100 mV, 10 V or 60 V
  • Electrical current transducer: 20 mA
  • Torque sensors
  • Incremental encoder
  • Pulse counter
  • Frequency measurement
  • Rotational speed (rpm)
  • Synchronous serial interface (SSI)
• Data rate: max. 40 kS/s
• 24-bit A/D converter per channel for synchronous, parallel measurements
• Supply voltage for active transducers (DC): 5 to 24 V
• Digital low pass filter: Bessel, Butterworth
• TEDS support
• 1 × Ethernet port with PTP support
• 2 × FireWire ports
• Factory calibration data in accordance with DIN/ISO10012 saved on the device (generate certificate using MX Assistant)

Key software features

• Online and offline setup
• Acquisition and recording of data
• Event monitoring
• Online visualizations
• Annotations
• Error detection, logging and diagnosis
• Filtering and phase correction
• General scientific math
• Structural durability math
• Save and export data in various formats

Typical applications

• Component and system test stands
• Mobile data acquisition in vehicles or machinery
• Service and field diagnostics
• Monitoring of mechanical, electrical, and thermal parameters
• R&D and multi‑sensor experiments requiring rapid setup and high accuracy

Ready for any system architecture

The MX840B integrates effortlessly into the QuantumX modular data acquisition system for scalable distributed setups with synchronized measurements provided by FireWire and Ethernet PTPv2 support.

To expand the capabilities of the system, the catmanEasy software can be combined with one or both of the following add-on modules:

• EasyMath: Mathematics module and auto sequences
• EasyScript: Free programming under VBA in measurement and analysis mode