IEPE-Link-LXRS Wireless IEPE Sensor Node, 1-Channel

The IEPE-Link™ -LXRS® specialized high-speed node is designed for synchronized, periodic burst sampling of piezoelectric devices.

Product Highlights

  • Designed for high speed, high resolution periodic burst sampling of Integral Electronic Piezoelectric (IEPE) and Integrated Circuit Piezoelectric (ICP®) accelerometers
  • Ideal for vibration sensing in challenging applications, such as critical structure and machine health monitoring
  • High resolution data with 24-bit A/D converter
  • User-programmable 1 KHz to 104 KHz sample rates
  • 109.5 dB dynamic range
  • User-selectable low pass filtering

Specs

General

Sensor input channels

IEPE accelerometer, 1 channel

Resolution

24-bit resolution

Dynamic range

109.5 dB dynamic range

Anti-aliasing filter bandwidth

5th order low-pass Butterworth filter with programmable cutoff frequencies from 26 Hz to 33 KHz

Digital finite impulse response

(FIR) filter

100 dB in frequency band from 1/2 to 8 times the sample rate

IEPE Accelerometer Requirements

Excitation voltage

23 V dc

Excitation current

2.3 mA

Output voltage

± 5 V dc

Sampling

Sampling modes

Synchronized (periodic burst sampling only)

Sampling rates

Periodic burst sampling: 1 kHz to 104 kHz

Maximum burst periods

150 seconds @ 1 kHz; 3 seconds @ 50 kHz; 1.3 seconds @

104 kHz

Measurable signal bandwidth

1 Hz to 33 kHz

Sample rate stability

± 3 ppm

Network capacity

Up to 125 nodes per RF channel (and per gateway) depending on the number of active channels and sampling settings. Refer to the system bandwidth calculator: http://www.microstrain.com/configure-your-system

Synchronization between nodes

± 32 μsec with 10 sec beacon interval (synchronized mode)

Operating Parameters

Radio frequency (RF)

transceiver carrier

2.405 to 2.470 GHz direct sequence spread spectrum over 14 channels, license-free worldwide, radiated power programmable from 0 dBm (1 mW) to 16 dBm (39 mW); low power option available for use outside the U.S.A.- limited to 10 dBm (10 mW)

RF communication protocol

IEEE 802.15.4

Range for bi-directional RF link

70 m to 2 km line of sight with RF power setting

Power source

Internal: 3.7 V dc, 650 mAh rechargeable battery

External: 3.2 V dc to 9 V dc

Power consumption

 

1 burst /10 minutes: 2.9373 mA (10.57 mW), 1 burst/hr: 0.6957 mA (2.50 mW), 1 burst/4 hrs: 0.2875 mA (1.04 mW), 1 burst/24 hrs: 0.1738 mA (0.63 mW) (all sampling @ 10 kHz with 5 second burst duration). See battery life calculator: http://www.microstrain.com/iepe- link-lxrs-battery-life-calculator

Operating temperature

-20 ˚C to +60 ˚C (-40 ˚C to +85˚C available with external battery)

Physical Specifications

Dimensions

94 mm x 79 mm x 21 mm

Weight

114 grams

Enclosure material

Aluminum

Environmental rating

Indoor use

Integration

Compatible gateways

All WSDA® base stations and gateways

Compatible sensors

IEPE type sensors that operate within the node input specifications and have an output within ± 5 V dc (custom options available)

Connectors

10-32 coaxial (IEPE input), terminal block (future use)

Software

SensorCloud™, SensorConnect™, Node Commander®, Windows 7 (or newer)

Software development

Open-source MicroStrain Communications Library (MSCL) with sample code available in C++,Python,and.NET formats (OS and computing platform independent): http://lord-microstrain.github.io/MSCL/

Regulatory compliance

FCC (U.S.), IC (Canada), ROHS

 

Software

SensorConnect

Free

SensorConnect is the next generation in desktop sensing software.

From configuration of nodes and starting networks, to collecting and analyzing data in real-time, SensorConnect provides a modern, powerful experience with our Wireless, Inertial, and Displacement products.

Using our intelligent data collection and graphing algorithms, you are able to visualize massive amounts of data instantly, and then zoom in on points of interest just as fast.

Built in MathEngine functionality allows for both real-time and post-processed math, such as generating FFTs, averages, RMS, etc.

SensorCloud

Free and paid plans available

SensorCloud is a unique sensor data storage, visualization, and remote management platform that leverages powerful Cloud computing technologies to provide excellent data scalability, rapid visualization, and user programmable analysis.

LORD sensors can instantly upload their data to SensorCloud via an ethernet-connected WSDA-2000. Once uploaded, your data is securely stored in the Cloud and can be accessed from anywhere, or downloaded for offline use.

Configurable alerts can be set to help notify you of real-time event in your data.

MathEngine allows you to perform analytics on your data, all in the Cloud. Pre-built functions are available for ease of use, while IPython Notebooks allow advanced users to write custom scripts to be run on their data once, or on a schedule.

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Free and open source API

The MicroStrain Communication Library (MSCL) makes it simple to write code that interacts with our Wireless, Inertial, and Displacement sensors.

MSCL is completely open source and hosted on GitHub under the MIT license.

Full documentation, example code, and a quick start guide are provided to help you get started.

Available for C++, Python, and .NET.

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