Test rig - I/O board.
Test rig - I/O board.
(OP)
Hi,
I've been threw in at the deep end. I have a bunch of single phase motors (1kw) to test. I'm looking at putting together a test rig to do a basic life test. Start/Stop cycles to begin with.
Can anyone suggest some good I/O board kit that I can hook up to a PC to do this? Only thing I can find I'd need to write software for (comes with a .DLL file that you can throw visual basic at I believe). Ideally I'd like something that comes with software to control the outputs.
I'm in the UK btw but would buy kit through the net no probs.
cheers
Cadbhoy
I've been threw in at the deep end. I have a bunch of single phase motors (1kw) to test. I'm looking at putting together a test rig to do a basic life test. Start/Stop cycles to begin with.
Can anyone suggest some good I/O board kit that I can hook up to a PC to do this? Only thing I can find I'd need to write software for (comes with a .DLL file that you can throw visual basic at I believe). Ideally I'd like something that comes with software to control the outputs.
I'm in the UK btw but would buy kit through the net no probs.
cheers
Cadbhoy





RE: Test rig - I/O board.
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You'll need to add some higher power switching capability to the output of the controller to allow it to switch the motor. A suitably sized contactor and overload relay would be the normal choice.
If you really want to use the PC have a look at Amplicon's website for some examples of industrial I/O for the PC.
www.amplicon.co.uk
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RE: Test rig - I/O board.
Decide to go for a USB I/O setup "Labjack" from www.audon.co.uk.
cheers
RE: Test rig - I/O board.
RE: Test rig - I/O board.
The LabJack has TTL/CMOS outputs, so you will need to do the TT-contactor interface yourself. If you do not have the necessary experience, you will be back on square one. More or less.
Swiching motors usually means that transients are produced (small motors like your 1 kW are not less interference prone than larger ones) and my experience with the LabJack is that it is not designed to work very well in such an environment. Unmanned continuous testing will probably be interrupted by the transients making the PC stall or reboot.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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