Just add strain gauges for single-box solution

For 32 channels, the total cost per channel - except for the cost of a strain gauge - comes to under US$350, all hardware and software included.

This system can sustain a throughput of 10k samples per second per channel on all channels, and it samples all channels simultaneously.

The system can process acquired data in real time as needed, as well as log raw or processed data to disk, and it can output control signals.

DAPserver 200 packaging includes handles and mounting hardware for standard 19-inch industrial racks.

Its main chassis of 16-gauge stainless steel gives you an industrial-grade instrument far stronger and more durable than industrial PCs made of 22-gauge sheet metal.

You can extend a single DAPserver system with an additional rack-mountable industrial enclosure to handle applications with up to 112 strain gauges.

For 112 channels, the cost per channel comes down below $250.

All systems include hardware and software for networking, and you can control them from any PC on the network.

For larger applications, additional synchronization hardware and software lets you integrate all your data acquisition into a single synchronized network of multiple DAPservers that can sample several hundred channels simultaneously.

Sensor Support.

Factory-installed interfaces provide analog signal conditioning for strain gauges.

They support quarter-bridge, half-bridge, and full-bridge sensors, with voltage excitation, gain, simultaneous sampling, and voltage sense feedback.

You can specify gains of 20, 40, 100, 200, 500, and 1000.

On each board, eight 8-wire connectors, one for each sensor, support a wide variety of connections with two to six wires per sensor.

You supply bridge completion resistors, and place them on small quick-swap daughterboards.

As with other Microstar Laboratories sensor interfaces, another daughterboard option provides an analog anti-alias filter for each channel.