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Strategic Test releases data acquisition software for Linux

The sixth generation of the SBench 6 data acquisition software has now been released by Strategic Test, and now the software is available for both Windows or Linux users. SBench continues to support all of the companies PCI Express, PCI, PXI and CompactPCI digitizer, waveform generator and high-speed digital I/O cards, some 300 variants in total. The Base version of Sbench 6 is supplied at no-cost with each UltraFast card. In addition, a fully functional demo version of the Professional Version with a limited run time is also included. The software is also able to run simulated demo cards to allow full software test even without hardware.

For applications that require more features, the SBench 6 Professional version is available for 1190 Euro (USD 1590 at the current exchange rate). 

Key features of the Professional version include:

  • Fast data acquisition supporting RAID disk arrays
  • Designed to acquire and handle GBytes of data
  • Display of analog data, digital data and frequency spectrum
  • Integrated analysis functions
  • Import and export filter
  • Enhanced cursor functions 
  • Fast data preview function
  • State-of-the-art drag-and-drop technology
  • Thread based program structure
  • Easy usage with docking windows and context menus

The software is able to measure in oscilloscope mode as well as long time transient recording mode (streaming mode). A special feature of SBench 6 is the segmented view that allows display of segment based signals together with signals of a second timebase (ABA mode) as well as highly precise timestamps. Besides this SBench 6 data can be exported into ASCII, Wave and MATLAB, 

About Strategic Test

The company’s first high-speed measurement board for PC’s was designed in 1989. Today the product range consists of more than 300 Oscilloscope / Digitizer, Arbitrary Waveform Generator, high-speed Digital I/O and Digital Pattern Generator boards in the industry standard PCI Express, PCI, 3U PXI and 6U CompactPCI formats. 

Strategic Test has offices in Boston USA and Stockholm Sweden.

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