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Multiple Analog Channel Recording

07/23/2012 11:12 AM

Does anyone here have experience with collecting and recording multiple (think 480 channels) of single-ended analog data streams?

I want to upgrade from my old-fashioned audio patch panel which doesn't carry near the load that I want/need. That whole panel uses old TRW 80223 isolation transformers and loads significantly when I use a switch box to combine multiple channels.

I would really like a digital solution, A/D of all channels, where I could break out individual channels or group several channels with record and playback capabilities for later analysis.

I have tried google, but have come up empty-handed so far. If I could find a relatively inexpensive analog capture device, internal or external, with multiple channels I would be well on my way. Narrowband (<5kHz) capture/low sample-rate would be preferred as I am only looking at a portion of the spectrum anyway.

Any thoughts?

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Re: Multiple Analog Channel Recording

07/24/2012 1:46 AM

Look at RME if it's audio recording. Also, is scalable to a degree.

www.rme-audio.com

This might be pricey though.

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Re: Multiple Analog Channel Recording

07/24/2012 2:08 AM

That's a lot of channels. What's your budget? You might need a custom engineered solution or if you don't have a budget do it yourself. Did I say that's a lot of channels? That's a lot of channels. For how long are you wanting to record? 5kHz is not much but x 480 x 60 seconds... the data starts building up fast.

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Re: Multiple Analog Channel Recording

07/24/2012 9:56 AM

Have you looked at National Instruments PXI solutions? A single PXI card could capture (16 differential / 32 single ended) at 16 bit, 1 MS/s. Gang together a couple of chassis with several cards would fit your request, however the cost is going to be in excess of $20k for 480 se channels with this particular setup. Lower resolution with slower sampling rates are available at lower cost, but would probably still be in excess of $10K. There is a plus side to this solution though, expandability. This system could be adapted to almost any future requirement.

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