2022 Vibration Institute Annual Training Conference & Expo (VIATC) - Savannah, GA

Crystal Instruments enjoyed sharing handheld and high channel condition monitoring solutions from August 3-4 at the 45th Vibration Institute Annual Training Conference & Expo (VIATC) in Savannah, GA. Vibration practitioners from industries such as nuclear energy to machine monitoring gathered to exchange ideas, learn from industry experts, and interface with various equipment providers.

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Overview of 2022 Automotive Testing Expo-Europe in Stuttgart, Germany (June 21-23, 2022)

The 2022 Automotive Testing Expo-Europe was held from June 21-23 in Stuttgart, Germany as usual this year. Industry leaders in the automotive testing industry gathered together to exhibit their new technologies. All attendees enjoyed socializing after suffering from isolation during the global pandemic. Our team connected with current and new contacts to discuss the latest innovative technologies provided by Crystal Instruments environmental testing and data acquisition systems.

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Calculating the RMS of a Random Profile

There are two common ways to interpret the frequencies between each breakpoint in the Random profile. The most common method is Log-Log (meaning the log of the amplitudes scales with the log of the frequencies.) Another method is Log-Linear, where the log of the amplitudes scales directly with the frequencies).

In this post, we will show how to calculate the acceleration, velocity and displacement RMS values of a Log-Log and Log-Linear Random profile.

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2022 Sensors Expo & Conference Overview

The 2022 Sensors Expo & Conference was held during June 27-29 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. Over 5,000+ attendees and 200+ exhibitors were in attendance. From sensors and chips to cloud applications, the Sensors Converge Conference presents the latest advancements and training for technical professionals designing the future of high-tech innovations.

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Recent Experimental Modal Analysis Seminar with Dr. Pete Avitabile

Crystal Instruments recently hosted an Experimental Modal Analysis Seminar with Dr. Pete Avitabile at the Crystal Instruments Training Center in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Over the course of three days, participants benefited from lectures by Dr. Avitabile in the morning and received hands-on experience with practical modal testing hardware and software in the afternoon.

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New Programming Corner

The Programming Corner offers resources for custom software integration and/or a way to communicate with our EDM software or Spider devices. This page will feature articles written by our lead engineers and senior product managers that show a quick start into how to code specific API integration, a quick look at the available demo programs and much more in the future.

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How to Read Time Data from CI Data Files in Python & Matlab

The ATFX API consists of two DLL files that can be integrated with custom software to directly read and extract data from an ATFX file. This post will show a simple Python & Matlab code example in extracting and creating a DateTimeNano object that has accuracy in nanoseconds.

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