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Introduction
Product Description
SmartScan Single Board Interrogator (SBI) is designed to interrogate FBG gratings and determine their peak
wavelengths. It is intended for
Original Equipment Manufacturer
(OEM) use for integration into a client
’
s
equipment or system. It requires a Processing Module with compatible PC-104 connection to set up its
hardware registers and read spectrum and peak location data from its buffers. Usually the SBI is supplied
with a TS-7200 Processing Module for this purpose, a PC-104 compatible Single Board Computer (SBC) with
an ARM processor but the OEM is free to use any suitable off-the-shelf SBC or design their own interface
electronics.
The SBI together with the Processing Module operates as a complete interrogator for dynamic
measurement of Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors, it is particularly suited to industrial environments. This
Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) instrument is based on an agile, tunable laser source that enables
high-resolution interrogation at multi-kHz frequencies.
SmartScan SBI is available with up to 4 optical channels; multiple sensors can be multiplexed on each fibre
without reducing acquisition speed or performance.
OEM Options
When purchasing an SBI the OEM has a number of options on how to integrate it into their own
equipment, each option requires progressively more development by the OEM:
Option 1
–
Purchase an SBI and TS-7200 Processing Module, design your own housing and qualify to the
relevant CE or equivalent regional standards for your market sector and operating environment. With this
option the equipment operates as a fully functioning interrogator out of the box and is compatible with the
SmartSoft PC application which can be used for configuration and data presentation.
Option 2
–
Purchase an SBI and TS-7200 Processing Module, design your own housing and qualify to the
relevant CE or equivalent regional standards for your market sector and operating environment. Instead of
using SmartSoft Develop your own customised PC or PLC application for configuration and data
presentation.
Option 3
- Purchase an SBI and TS-7200 Processing Module, design your own housing and qualify to the
relevant CE or equivalent regional standards for your market sector and operating environment. Develop
your own bespoke embedded application to run on the TS-7200, a C library, cross-compiler and
documentation is available to download from our website.
Option 4
–
Purchase an SBI only and develop your own PC-104 interface and processing electronics or
integrate with your existing processing electronics, a C library, cross-compiler and documentation is
available to download from our website and may be used to provide an example framework. The whole
equipment design will need to be qualified to the relevant CE or equivalent regional standards for your
market sector and operating environment.
