Case Studies

Non Destructive Testing (NDT) of Concrete Structures

Our customer needs to perform Non Destructive Testing (NDT) to test concrete. The testing method involves using a special hammer mounted with a geophone, which serves as a transducer. They strike the concrete structure with the hammer and record the results for analysis. A definitive echo in the signal will be appear should there be a crack or a weak point in the concrete.

GAGE'S SOLUTION

The customer was looking for a low-cost board that would be able to sample at 20 MHz or more, so we recommended the CompuScope 225. It is a low-cost solution with a relatively fast sampling rate of 50MHz. Since it was a specialized application, we suggested a Software Development Kit, so that he could build his own data collection application.

PRODUCT RECOMMENDED

CompuScope 225-1M
CompuScope SDK for C/C++ for Windows

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