Proposal for retrofitting and functional enhancement to realize the reuse of dispersed measurement environments.
In the field of development and evaluation, it is common to combine multiple measuring instruments such as power analyzers, data recorders, and multimeters to acquire data. However, there are challenges on-site, including: - Different communication specifications for each measuring instrument, resulting in acquired data not being aligned on the same time axis. - A significant amount of labor required for manual data matching and organization. - The desire to refresh the measurement environment while utilizing existing measuring instrument assets and idle equipment. Seagoat Co., Ltd. offers "measurement retrofitting and function expansion" that integrates the measurement environment through software while leveraging existing measuring instrument assets. By synchronizing and integrating measurement data on the same time axis based on LabVIEW, we build an integrated measurement environment that utilizes existing equipment. This enables a reduction in labor for measurement tasks, rapid system response, and the realization of high functionality while keeping investments low.
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Integrated Measurement Architecture Based on LabVIEW Our measurement integration is built on the development platform "LabVIEW," which is globally utilized in the measurement and control field. LabVIEW is equipped with a rich set of drivers that support various communication standards such as GPIB, CAN, Ethernet, serial communication, and DAQ, along with an abstraction layer that absorbs hardware differences. Therefore, even in environments where the types of measuring instruments, resolution, and sampling periods differ, it is possible to flexibly configure integrated measurement software that synchronously processes data on the same time axis. Furthermore, by leveraging high-speed processing capabilities through a parallel data flow execution model and deterministic timing control through Real-Time/FPGA collaboration, we achieve a highly accurate and reproducible measurement system. This enables us to efficiently build an integrated measurement platform optimized for the measurement conditions of each customer.
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Our company integrates distributed measurement environments into software, creating a measurement platform that can handle data from multiple measuring instruments on the same time axis. It simultaneously captures diverse measurement data within a single application, automatically aligning and synchronizing differences in resolution, sampling periods, and communication interfaces. This integration consolidates measurement information that was previously managed individually onto the same time axis, eliminating the need for manual data reconciliation tasks. Furthermore, a significant feature of this service is its ability to refresh the measurement environment while leveraging existing measurement instrument assets. By utilizing equipment accumulated within the company, such as power analyzers, multimeters, and loggers, we absorb and integrate differences in communication specifications and resolution on the software side, reconstructing it into a measurement system with high synchronization. This approach does not require significant investment for equipment updates, maximizes the use of existing assets, and achieves reductions in manual work, improvements in data reliability, and overall productivity enhancements in measurement operations—this is the "measurement retrofit and functionality enhancement" offered by Seagote.
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In traditional measurement system development using C language or Visual C++, it was necessary to individually design not only the PC-side software, embedded control, and communication processing, but also the graphical user interface and data generation functions, leading to increased development time and labor as challenges. In this regard, LabVIEW provides each function as a pre-prepared module, allowing the entire measurement system to be constructed simply by connecting and configuring these modules, without the need to be aware of the host side or embedded side. This significantly reduces development labor while enabling rapid system deployment, facilitating quick responses. Furthermore, by integrating control and measurement technologies such as HMI, real-time control, and FPGA into a single application, it is possible to consistently execute operations of various measuring instruments, data acquisition, evaluation, and report generation with high synchronization and determinism. As a result, it achieves an environment where the entire measurement process is integrated and managed as software, simultaneously enhancing operational efficiency and data reliability.
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Our company is engaged in measurement and control applications, test simulation proposals, replacement and functional enhancement of test equipment and measurement, and the provision of original hardware. With the mission of "making the world simpler and better" through software and electronics technology, we create value through technological development and will continue to contribute sustainably to various industrial fields. Please feel free to contact us when you need our services.