WHAT IS CHAMELEON?

The DAQ Solution

Chameleon’s unique architecture provides incredible power and flexibility with an easy-to-use interface. Other DAQ solutions can be overly complex and inflexible - Chameleon provides the same intuitive interface, whether configuring basic or high channel count systems.  Expand your system in any direction while using the same user-friendly software tools.

Chameleon offers compatibility with a wide variety of National Instruments controllers and data acquisition modules so you can configure a system to meet your specific application requirements. Have your system up and running in minutes, acquiring static and dynamic signals at multiple sample rates from a variety of sensor types. 
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Key features

  • Simple, intuitive, Out-of-the-Box setup and operation
  • Mixed sensor configurations including microphones, accelerometers, bridge sensors, thermocouples, RTD’s, and current sensors
  • Single or multiple chassis configurations using MXI, USB, or Ethernet with cross chassis time synchronization
  • Data visualization, multiple traces and graphs, with live or pre-recorded data
  • Mixed sample rates across modules
  • Analog or digital triggering with pre-triggering
  • Strain and bridge sensor calibration (offset and gain adjustment)
  • Calculated virtual channels with and equation builder with editable on-the-fly while recording
  • Channel alarms with visual, audible or digital output indicators
  • Analog output with predefined or arbitrary waveforms
  • Data logging at a rate less than the sample rate with on-the-fly logging rate update 
  • Automatic re-triggering for repeated measurements with incremental data file naming
  • Data export to popular file formats for post test analysis
  • External control of Chameleon using VI Server or ActiveX for easy integration with third party programs
  • Scripted measurements with the option to run on power-up

Specifications

  • Scalability to 1000+ channels
  • Signal Types Voltage, IEPE, strain, bridge-based, thermocouples, RTDs, current, resistance
  • Hardware Form Factor NI PXI and PXI Express, NI CompactDAQ
  • Synchronization Inter-channel skew as low as 5 ns
  • Sampling Rates From less than 1 S/s up to 2MS/s
  • A/D, D/A Conversion 24-bit with up to 118 dB dynamic range
  • Coupling AC or DC
  • External Timing Source GPS, IEEE 1588, IRIG-B
  • Multiple chassis configuration with distributed controllers or MXI interfac
  • Multiple chassis time synchronization