For the systems developer or test engineer, working with sensors, this platform provides the sensor to printout hardware solution. By migrating three proven data acquisition products into one industrialized product, portable data acquisition/analysis is offered with flexibility, ease of use and a graphical user interface. The M4000 merges standard software, Pentium computer hardware and signal/sensor conditioning into a rugged, metal package.

The M4000 overcomes many of the difficulties of portable automotive, aerospace and field testing. Such testing typically requires a wide variety of sensors, each with special set-up and calibration circuits. The M4000 provides quality, integral sensor conditioning without the cumbersome multiple boxes, cable assemblies and PC typically required. Among the available sensor/signal modules are LVDT, acceleration, pressure, temperature, strain, F/V, RMS and filter. 

Designed for the portable test and diagnostic market, special design attention was given to reduce real life problems. Power distribution design yielded (3) supplies to isolate the circuit needs of digital, analog conditioning and sensor powering. Cabling was simplified through the backplane design to reduce noise problems. And the modular design provides an easy to configure, maintain and service sensor input platform. The PC will run when closed. The display features an "inertial" hinge. Even Analog Devices’ signal conditioning modules are supported with an optional backplane.

The M4000 is a standard PC, supporting typical industry software and development environments. National Instrument’s LabVIEW, HP’s VEE, and HEM Data’s Snap-Master can be supplied.

Using PC hardware and Windows software, the entire package is simple to use and inexpensive to maintain. The M4000 can be used in a fixed installation or in the field and can accommodate 16 integral channels of sensor conditioning. The M1000 Signal Conditioner product family, utilizing the same signal conditioning modules, can be used to expand beyond 16 channels.