At a glance 

• Portable and rack-mounted enclosure options
• Modular reconfigurable hardware adaptable to changing testing requirements
• Supports virtually any physical sensor
• Sophisticated and intuitive triggering system
• Versatile storage options including onboard removable flash media
• Networkable with other imc systems for synchronous acquisition of thousands of channels
• Onboard real-time data analysis and reduction
• Standalone, remote or interactive operation
• Configuration and operation software: imc STUDIO
• Comprehensive data analysis and reports: imc FAMOS

imc CRONOScompact: Models

A complete and autonomous measurement system with a variety of possibilities for the integration of hard- and software solutions.

imc CRONOScompact is a "rack"-based series of devices, which can accommodate several conditioners as plug-in modules in a device frame. These "CRC plug-in modules" do not have either their own housing nor their own power supply. The available analog, digital and fieldbus modules can be combined freely.

 

Mounting Systems for imc CRONOScompact 

 

Test Stands 

• imc CRONOScompact - benefits for test stand applications:
• Rack-mounted enclosure options
• Measurement, open and closed-loop control, and simulations all with one synchronous system
• Easily integrates into any testing environment
• Automation of operation, analysis and documentation
• Adaptable user interface for custom measurement task

Applications

• Dynometer testing
• Structural test, durability test
• Climatic tests and optimization
• Brake tests
• Component test field applications
• Powertrain testing HiL test stands - hardware in the loop testing

 

Vehicle Testing

Combine analog, CAN, FlexRay, LIN, ...

Vehicle type testing has grown increasingly complex, thanks in part to almost limitless information now available via vehicle ECU. “Unfortunately, when we were conducting proof-of-concept testing, we ran into a problem of incompatible vehicle buses and protocols - some CAN, some LIN, some FlexRay even.” But your testing needn’t slow down, since imc CRONOScompact systems may be ordered with multiple synchronized vehicle data bus options. You can bring all of the different subsystem data together into one central location, along with signals from actual sensors installed on the vehicle.

 

imc CRONOScompact - benefits for vehicle testing:

• PC-less data logging
• Utilize pre-configured experiments
• Intelligent power adapter with UPS
• Optional: Lithium-ion battery
• Optional: extended temperature range
• (-40° to +85°C, 0 to 100%RH ), condensation allowed
• Shock and vibration rated

 

Applications:

• Drivability, dynamic behavior
• Comfort measurements
• Safety and security
• Climatic tests and optimization
• Brake performance testing
• Chassis measurements
• Engine and powertrain testing
• Car performance testing

 

Adaptable Measurement Solutions for Dynamic Testing Requirements

In environments where measurement needs frequently change or temporary test setups are required, flexibility is key. The imc CRONOScompact system offers a modular and adaptive approach to meet these demands. With its versatile hardware and intuitive software, you can quickly respond to a wide range of measurement tasks.

 

Simply insert the appropriate measurement modules into the base system, and the intelligent software automatically identifies them. The configuration process is seamless—just read the TEDS, and you’re ready to go.

 

Need more channels? No problem. Easily link multiple systems to create a measurement network, allowing you to expand the number of channels as needed. Additionally, with the integration of CAN or EtherCAT interfaces, you can extend your setup with decentralized imc CANSAS or CRONOSflex measurement modules. These modules connect digitally, enabling distributed configurations for even greater flexibility.

 

Measure & Simulate

Given the short development cycles now common, test engineers are being called on to provide test data earlier and earlier in the development component cycle - often before the entire system is actually ready. Be ready to meet the developers demands: with an imc CRONOScompact system equipped with the imc HiL option, you can quickly incorporate the Simulink models that the developers have already created directly into your test stand, combining virtual and actual signals to complete the test, yet following existing test standards and without modifying your existing test procedures.

imc CRONOScompact: Software 

User Experience: imc STUDIO 

The imc CRONOScompact is configured and operated through the included imc STUDIO software package. Offering a comprehensive solution to configuration, visualization and reporting, imc STUDIO is designed to adapt to your needs in interacting with your test and measurement instrumentation, and is fully integrated with imc CRONOScompact.

 

imc STUDIO is far more than the limited "one-size-fits-all" software included with most data acquisition devices. Through an easily customizable user interface, imc STUDIO eliminates the need for time consuming and complex programming, debugging, and software maintenance chores.

 

Whether you are a mechanical engineer gathering your own development data in the field, a test engineer creating a multi-user test cell operator console, or an engineering manager responsible for enterprise level measurement and control strategy, imc STUDIO provides a multi-purpose, multi-use & scalable solution all under one umbrella.

 

 

Ready to Meet Your Requirements

At its heart, imc STUDIO is a complete toolbox, combining many separate tools in a seamless and entirely integrated environment:

• imc SETUP governs the configuration of the data acquisition, triggering, data display and storage aspects of the instrumentation. In addition, synchronously captured video/audio and position (GPS) data is also available.
• For the test rig applications, an additional real time control system including closed-loop control and signal output is available.

 

• imc PANEL provides the visual interface ("GUI") for the configured system, including:
• Familiar 2D and 3D data displays of imc CurveWindow, where any arrangement of curves is possible, including the ability to change the scaling even during a running measurement.
• A wide range of easily configured graphical I/O devices, the imcControls (or Widgets), a library of pre-defined input and output elements such as gauges, meters, tapes, indicators, switches, etc.

 

• Complete test programs are realized through interactive elements of the imc PANEL, by semi-automated sequencing of measurement steps with the imc SEQUENCER, and/or through an entirely autonomous measurement and control environment of the imc AUTOMATION.

 

• The integrated measured data analysis program (imc FAMOS) and convenient report composition capability complete the measurement process. This can even be automated as an event-driven routine using a freely programmable sequence generator triggered automatically by the measurement process or user controls.

 

• Administration of measured data and project management by means of metafiles in various formats ensure gap-free traceability of the course of a test program.

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