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SIRIUS XHS is a high-speed DAQ system (15 MS/s) capable of high-bandwidth transient recording and very high dynamic alias-free data acquisition.

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SIRIUS XHS - High-speed Data Acquisition System

SIRIUS XHS is a high-speed data acquisition system (15 MS/sec) with the new Hybrid ADC technology capable of high-bandwidth transient recording and very high-dynamic, alias-free data acquisition.

Modern data interfaces such as USB 3.0, GLAN, XCP, CAN, and OPC UA, with PTP synchronization allow for open and flexible connectivity.

Voltage

High Voltage

Current

IEPE

Charge

LVDT

Thermocouple

RTD

DSI compatible

TEDS compatible

Vibrations

Sound

Sound pressure

USB 3.0

Ethernet

XCP/CCP

OPC UA

IP50

-10°C to +50°C

Shock rating 50g

Highlights

HYBRID ADC TECHNOLOGY: Offers everything you ever wanted out of a high-end data acquisition system. Software selectable per channel.
15 MS/s SAMPLING RATE AT 5 MHz BANDWIDTH: Up to 15 MS/sec sampling rate with 5 MHz bandwidth captures even the shortest transients. The sampling rate is software selectable per each analog input channel.
HIGH DYNAMIC ALIAS-FREE DAQ: Alias-free filtering allows perfect acquisition of signals with up to 160 dB dynamic range. That is a similar performance that our best DualCoreADC SIRIUS DAQ system. It's better than a 24-bit resolution.
PERFECT SYNCHRONISATION: Even though users can select some channels to be high bandwidth and some to be alias-free, filtering is made in the way that all signals are perfectly time aligned with zero phase shift.
MODERN DATA INTERFACES: GLAN interface allows the distribution of devices with the PTPv2 synchronization. The USB3 interface is there for the fastest data transfer with a fast connection to the PC computer.
OPEN PROTOCOL SUPPORT: Data is transferred to any host using the open OPC UA industry-standard protocol. In parallel the data is available over XCP protocol, allowing connection to ECU calibration software packages like ETAS INCA or Vector Canape.
HIGH GALVANIC ISOLATION: High channel-to-channel and channel-to-ground isolation prevents damage to the systems from excessive voltage and avoids ground loops.
SMALLEST FORM FACTOR: With the standard SIRIUS sized chassis you can easily carry the SIRIUS XHS in your backpack along with your laptop for field measurements.
SOFTWARE INCLUDED WITH FREE LIFETIME UPGRADES: The easy-to-use but rich in functionality, award-winning Dewesoft X data acquisition software is included. All upgrades to the software are free forever with no hidden licensing or maintenance costs.

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The Same Looks But Completely Redesigned Heart and Brain

The new SIRIUS XHS looks the same on the outside, but on the inside, it is a completely new beast. Everything is new and designed from scratch and for the future:

Newly developed ADC converter technology which is being able to operate at 15 MS/sec. We call it the Hybrid ADC technology.
Totally new amplifiers that follow the capability of the new Hybrid ADC converter.
We have a new, much more powerful FPGA with an ARM processor running on the Linux operating system.
A new mainboard with even better galvanic isolation technology for channel-to-channel and channel-to-ground isolation.
New data transfer interfaces (USB3.0 and GLAN) to support huge data sampling speeds.

We have been developing SIRIUS XHS for the last 5 years and the results are astonishing. We simply love how and believe it is the future of data acquisition.

The Same Looks But Completely Redesigned Heart and Brain

Hybrid ADC Technology

Wolrd is arguing. Which ADC converter is better. SAR ADC or Delta-sigma ADC? Well, now it doesn't matter anymore. SIRIUS XHS introduces new ADC technology called Hybrid ADC. The technology allows the user to select three modes of operation for each analog input channel:

High bandwidth mode: with no filtering and 5 MHz bandwidth and 15 Ms/sec sampling rate, SIRIUS XHS can perfectly acquire impulse, step, and square signals without any ringing or overshoot. Such a mode is perfect for transient recording and power analysis. Such acquisition mode is typically found in SAR ADCs.
High dynamic alias-free mode: up to 1 Ms/sec data can be acquired with 160 dB dynamic range. The data is totally alias-free, so all higher frequencies are fully rejected. Such a mode is perfect for sound, vibration, and general data recording applications. Such acquisition mode is typically in Sigma-Delta ADCs.
Ring-free filtering: rarely seen option, alias-free acquisition perfect for square signals with no overshoot.

By today's standard, you would need two totally separate data acquisition devices for the mentioned measurements and applications. But the new SIRIUS XHS data acquisition system allows you to select per channel, depending on the measurement application, the appropriate mode of ADC operation. Totally new amplifiers that follow the capability of the new Hybrid ADC converter. Both modes are available also in parallel acquiring two channels at different rates per one input slot.

High-end Signal Conditioning Amplifiers

The input channel configuration of the SIRIUS XHS device can be freely chosen from available amplifiers:

SIRIUS XHS HV: Highly isolated CATII 1000V input. It can directly measure from 20 V to 2000V peak range at 5 MHz bandwidth with down to 0.03% accuracy. This amplifier is perfect for the direct connection of the high voltage signals.
SIRIUS XHS LV: Highly isolated voltage input. It can directly measure from 0.05 V to 100V range at 3 MHz bandwidth, with down to 0.03% accuracy, and sensor excitation. This amplifier is perfect for a direct connection of low voltage signals and current transducers.

Noise floor, common-mode rejection, gain and offset drifts of both amplifiers at lower bandwidth are comparable to standard DualCoreADC SIRIUS line of instruments.

These amplifiers are perfect for e-mobility measurements such as power analysis, and power quality analysis.

The amplifier for IEPE is shortly before being released and other types will follow to measure acceleration, sound, strain, stress, etc.

Perfect Data Synchronization

If you mix channels from Sigma-Delta and SAR devices (high-bandwidth and alias-free), then channels are delayed due to Sigma-delta filtering group delay. But with the SIRIUS XHS, both modes are perfectly aligned and synchronized, due to the nature and design of the chosen filter.

As on any other Dewesoft DAQ device, data can be synchronized to other data sources such as vehicle bus interface (CAN, CAN FD, XCP, CCP, FlexRay), GPS & IMU devices, video, digital counters, and others.

Multiple SIRIUS XHS devices can be synchronized between each other using the PTPv2 synchronization method, IRIG, or PPS signal. This also provides absolute time synchronization using in-house time servers or GPS time. Each device can act as a clock master or slave, allowing standalone operation.

SIRIUS XHS is also backward compatible and it can be synchronized with any other Dewesoft DAQ devices like standard SIRIUS, KRYPTON, IOLITE, DEWE-43, ...

Intuitive and Easy to Use

Using SIRIUS XHS does not require any complex configuration setups or programming.

With plug and play functionality, smart sensors, and advanced TEDS sensor support, making measurements with SIRIUS XHS is easier than riding a bike. You will get it right the first time and you will be ready to measure in no time.

Getting precise and graphically rich results is easier than ever. Just drag and drop one of the many flexible visual displays and connect them to your channels. Voila! It works like magic.

Open Data Interfaces and Standard Protocols

SIRIUS XHS has two ways of transmitting the data to the PC:

Ethernet interface (GLAN) is intended for distributed data acquisition
USB 3.0 (Type C connector) is intended for very high-speed transmission.

The system is acquiring the data with a very low CPU load. We are using DMA transfer on the system level to reduce loads.

In today’s world of open toolchain and intercommunication, devices should be compliant with standard protocols. SIRIUS XHS can serve acquired data via these standard protocols, all in parallel.

OPC UA: Is the industry standard. Actually, it is more than a standard, it is a perfect framework where the device can be described and set up in any system, including SCADA, MES, ERP, mobile devices, and others.
XCP: Starting with version 1.4., XCP became a very powerful interface protocol in the automotive industry for data exchange. In the modern age of e-mobility, the required sampling rates are much higher than ever and 1 GBIT XCP interface allows data transfers with as high as 5 Ms/sec.
CAN and CAN FD: Vehicle bus systems can be read through the CAN FD interface while the measured data can be also transmitted through this “golden” standard protocol.

Open Data Interfaces and Standard Protocols

Power Analyzer and Power Quality Analyzer

SIRIUS XHS device is a perfect all-in-one next-gen power analyzer and power quality analyzer device with the highest measurement precision.

Dewesoft X data acquisition software will automatically calculate and store not only raw data from the voltage and current transducers but also all the power parameters: P, Q, S, D, Cos φ, power factor, P, Q, cos φ for each harmonic and other relevant power parameters.

Each parameter can visually be displayed in a time recorder, digital or analog display.

Using a computer graphics card as a multi-threaded calculation platform, the Dewesoft X power module can calculate all those parameters up to a full speed of 15 Ms/sec sampling rate.

Learn more about SIRIUS XHS and power measurement.

Power Analyzer and Power Quality Analyzer

E-mobility Power Measurement Device With Integrated DC-CT Current Transducer

The SIRIUS XHS 1xHV, 1xHA DAQ device is well suited for in-vehicle electric power measurements. It features an integrated patented DC-CT current transducer that allows very precise current measurements even in the most demanding applications such as very high current peaks as well as the leakage current measurement.

The current transducer uses special patented fluxgate technology. It offers 100A, 500A, and 1000A range in very small chassis, 1 MHz bandwidth, immunity to external magnetic fields, low offsets, and excellent linearity.

The device can also directly measure the voltage 2000V peak (CAT II 1000V) with up to 5 MHz bandwidth.

The device is small and perfect for the installation directly into a vehicle in the power lines. It offers an IP65 degree of protection which allows the usage in harsh environments and during rough drives.

E-mobility Power Measurement Device With Integrated DC-CT Current Transducer

Channel-to-Channel Galvanic Isolation

SIRIUS instrument comes with high galvanic channel-to-channel, channel-to-ground isolation (±1000 V), and even includes isolated sensor excitation.

With such isolation, we have no problem measuring high voltage potentials and no problem with common-mode voltages. We are also safe with measurements like vibrations, temperatures, or any other measurement where non-isolated sensors are placed next to the high voltage potential against the DAQ system ground. In such cases, a non-isolated DAQ system would burn or at least give faulty wrong results. With SIRIUS it is just one thing less to worry about.

Digital isolation has another big advantage - preserving the frequency bandwidth of the amplifiers. SIRIUS provides "worry-free" measurements, less noise, no ground loops, and the best possible signal quality.

For less demanding applications and lower cost, SIRIUS is also available with only channel-power supply isolation, without channel-channel isolation.

Expand and Distribute

SIRIUS XHS slices can be used as a stand-alone DAQ unit or stacked and daisy-chained together into a larger channel count system with simple click-mechanism.

For the distributed systems, you can easily distribute SIRIUS XHS devices via the GLAN interface where both data and synchronization are available using a single RJ45 cable.

Not only that you can combine multiple SIRIUS XHS devices, you can only combine them with other Dewesoft DAQ systems like SIRIUS, KRYPTON, or IOLITE.

The configuration for working with multiple instruments is as easy as working with a single unit.

The Tribute To SIRIUS Data Acquisition System

SIRIUS XHS has been in development for more than 5 years. At first, there was a dream, an idea, a drawing about something that we didn't know could work. After numerous revisions of electronics, firmware, and software versions, we realized that the dream finally became a reality.

SIRIUS XHS is an effort of several hardware, software, and mechanical engineers and is definitely a data acquisition system of the future.

To celebrate the release of SIRIUS XHS we have recorded a special video tribute to the very successful SIRIUS data acquisition system. We climbed the tallest chimney in Europe (360m) and we compared the climb to 20 years of the Dewesoft company history.

Enjoy the video.

The Tribute To SIRIUS Data Acquisition System

Data Acquisition Software Included for Free

All Dewesoft data acquisition systems are bundled with award-winning Dewesoft X Professional DAQ software. Dewesoft X is the world's most advanced and easy-to-use data acquisition and analysis software. Dewesoft X's flexibility and power will help you unleash the DAQ system to its full potentials and gives you many advantages over other DAQ systems. Functionalities like plug-and-play, hardware auto-detection, smart TEDS sensors, advanced storing and data analysis features will take your measurement and analysis needs to a whole new level.

Plug and Play

Connecting the DAQ system and sensors could not be faster or easier. DEWESoft X will automatically detect the connected DAQ systems and TEDS equipped sensors and will configure the entire channel configuration for you. Features like:

hardware auto-detection,
smart sensors,
sensor database,
advanced TEDS support,
automatic unit conversion,
real-time signal preview,
store setup files

will make you ready for measurement in seconds. Spend less time configuring your DAQ systems and be more productive. Time is money!

Measure and Store

Powerful storing capabilities with more than 500 MB/s sustained stream rates means you can always store data at full speed and never again worry about losing data that could compromise your tests. DEWESoft X features:

real-time data acquisition,
synchronized acquisition of analogue, counter, video, GPS, CAN bus, and many other sources,
advanced triggering and alarms,
single or multi-file storage,
remote and distributed network storing,
automated test sequences.

Even if you store gigabytes of data, our innovative data file format will ensure you can load and analyze your data as fast as a blink of an eye.

Analyse and Publish

From Vehicle Dynamics, NVH to Power analysis and much more. Forget about using several and complex software solutions just to analyze and visualize your data. DEWESoft X offers advanced data visualization, analysis, and reporting tools:

online and offline mathematics,
flexible real-time visual displays,
synchronized video support,
PDF reporting tools,
data export to many standard file formats,
unlimited FREE licenses to view and analyze stored data files.

DEWESoft X is designed with the mindset of a test engineer and offers a complete solution in a single software package that is a joy to use.

Learn more about Dewesoft X

FAQ

Does SIRIUS XHS includes a data acquisition software?

Yes. All Dewesoft DAQ systems come bundled with an award-winning Dewesoft X Professional data acquisition software. The software offers advanced data recording, visualization, analysis, and reporting functionalities. Software is very intuitive to use, received multiple international awards and features lifetime FREE upgrades.

What is HybridADC technology?

Hybrid ADC is the new AD converter technology developed by Dewesoft. The technology allows the user to select two modes of operation for each input channel:

High-bandwidth mode: offers 3 MHz bandwidth and 15 Ms/sec sampling rate. This mode can perfectly acquire impulse, step, and square signals without any ringing or overshoot. Such a mode is perfect for transient recording and power analysis. Such acquisition mode is typically found in SAR ADCs.
Alias free mode: up to 1 Ms/sec data can be acquired with extremely high dynamic range, similar to our dual 24-bit SIRIUS DualCoreADC devices. The data is totally alias-free. All higher frequencies are fully rejected. Such a mode is perfect for sound, vibration, and general data recording applications. Such acquisition mode is typically in Sigma-Delta ADCs.

What sampling rate does SIRIUS XHS offer?

SIRIUS XHS offers high bandwidth acquisition (3 Mhz) up to 15 MS/s per each channel or if you want to use a high dynamic alias-free acquisition than the sampling rate is limited to 1 MS/sec.

Does the SIRIUS XHS provides electrical galvanic isolation?

Yes. SIRIUS XHS data acquisition devices are protected with high galvanic channel-to-channel, channel-to-ground isolation (±1000 V), and they even include an isolated sensor excitation. You can learn more about SIRIUS galvanic isolation in this video.

What physical quantities can you measure with SIRIUS XHS?

SIRIUS XHS amplifier range offers to measure high voltage and low voltage signals as well as IEPE, charge, bridge, strain, stress, temperature, and other parameters with signal adapters.