µCAT, EtherCAT Miniature Smart Pressure Scanner
- Intelligent EtherCAT pressure scanner module with engineering unit output
- Compatible with all 32 and 64 channel PSI Pressure Scanners
- Up to 0.05% FS accuracy output
- Up to 1.5Khz per channel measurement frequency
- Output over EtherCAT and CAN
- Rugged enclosure for on-vehicle applications
- Supplied with full software for configuration, calibration and data logging
- Data output with time stamping at source for dynamic measurements
The use of EtherCAT gives the user the following advantages:
[1] Increased bandwidth. EtherCAT is many times more efficient than Ethernet making the acquisition of high speed data from multiple units much more straight forward.
[2] Non-vendor specifi c protocol. As the MicroCAT adheres to the EtherCAT standard, no special code needs to be written in order to interface with it.
[3] Integrated time stamping. The EtherCAT protocol includes a distributed clock that time stamps the data to within ±20μS
[4] Network topology independent. EtherCAT is insensitive to network topology and the units are designed to be daisy-chained in loop or star configuration.
The MicroCAT contains a PSI ESP™ pressure scanner with which it interfaces, providing the user with a straight-forward digital interface. Where
available, the MicroCAT takes full advantage of the DTC technology within the scanners.
The DTC scanners contain all their coeffi cients in an EEPROM and the temperature of every transducer is measured to calculate the compensation. The DTC scanners also contain a 3X deranging option and shuttle valve position sense and all these functions can be accessed by the supplied software.
The MicroCAT may also be used with conventional scanners and provides the user with a scanner temperature measurement so that thermal mapping
of the scanner can be carried out using the supplied software.
| MicroCAT32-NS | No Scanner |
| MicroCAT32-C | Conventional Scanner |
| MicroCAT32-DTC | DTC Scanner |
| MicroCAT64 Add-P | Purge option suffix (required for 64 channel scanner only) |
| MicroCAT64-NS | No Scanner |
| MicroCAT64-C | Conventional Scanner |
| MicroCAT64-DTC | DTC Scanner |
μCAT Pressure Scanner Datasheet |
Pressure Scanner, Quick Disconnect, Stainless Steel Datasheet |