Introducing Simcenter SCADAS ES: Flexible, scalable, and versatile data acquisition within the next-generation SCADAS portfolio
What’s new in the Simcenter SCADAS data acquisition family
From automotive and aerospace to energy, infrastructure, and heavy equipment, engineering teams need trusted measurements that scale with the test. Discover how the next-generation Simcenter SCADAS portfolio combines Simcenter SCADAS ES and Simcenter SCADAS RS for a modular, rugged, and distributed data acquisition with a common workflow to support physical testing across industries.
What does an electric vehicle on a proving ground have in common with an aircraft cabin acoustic comfort optimization test campaign, a wind turbine under load, or a household appliance in an acoustic lab?
Each test brings a different product, environment, and sensor mix. Yet the engineering challenge is similar: capture trusted data across several physical domains, validate it before the test window closes, and carry it into analysis without rebuilding the workflow.
Modern data acquisition systems must therefore do more than record data. They need to support the different measurement disciplines a test team may run, from NVH and acoustics to durability and general field testing, while adapting to the scale and setup of each campaign. Using one configurable platform across these disciplines can reduce the need for separate acquisition systems and help teams retain familiar workflows as test requirements change.
The next-generation Simcenter SCADAS portfolio addresses this need with a common architecture and two complementary options. Simcenter SCADAS ES supports modular laboratory, validation, general field, and distributed testing, while Simcenter SCADAS RS extends the same workflow principles to rugged distributed environments where environmental protection and field connectivity are essential.
Simcenter SCADAS Go and Simcenter Testlab Go streamline the path from measurement to insight. Built directly into the hardware, Simcenter SCADAS Go enables browser-based access from any device, allowing multiple users to configure measurements, monitor tests, and validate data remotely without software installation. Simcenter Testlab Go extends these capabilities with a Windows-based desktop application that delivers instrumentation, visualization, simple validation, and live monitoring tools, helping engineers quickly transform measurement data into actionable insights and trusted engineering decisions. Both solutions are license-free, reducing deployment effort and enabling faster adoption across test teams.
Next-generation Simcenter SCADAS portfolio
Laboratory and real-world testing from automotive to rail systems
Automotive validation moves between components, laboratories, vehicles, and proving grounds. Measurements may combine vibration, acoustic, strain, temperature, rotational, and vehicle-network data.
Simcenter SCADAS ES enables configurable acquisition for test benches, component validation, general field measurements, and distributed test setups for universal testing. Engineers can place acquisition hardware close to measurement points when the test requires it. Simcenter SCADAS RS adds ruggedized hardware and distributed capabilities for campaigns exposed to shock, vibration, dust, water, or temperature extremes.
Both products integrate with familiar Simcenter Testlab workflows. This helps teams preserve measurement practices as a program moves from the laboratory to the road. Testing of large vehicles such as trucks, buses, and trains follows a similar pattern: distributed physical measurements and vehicle-network signals can remain synchronized as engineers investigate ride comfort, structural behavior, and durability.
Simcenter SCADAS ES and Simcenter SCADAS Go for in-field NVH testing of a car
Rugged distributed testing for heavy equipment and marine systems
Heavy-equipment and marine testing can require synchronized multiphysics measurements across laboratory and field environments. Distributed configurations can place acquisition hardware closer to sensors, while rugged Simcenter SCADAS RS systems support demanding real-world operating conditions.
Modular Simcenter SCADAS ES stacks address mainstream indoor and general field work, while Simcenter SCADAS RS extends this modular approach to distributed setups for campaigns where shock, vibration, dust, water, or temperature exposure make ruggedness a primary requirement.
The shared ecosystem supports investigations into heavy-equipment durability and operator comfort, as well as measurements of marine propulsion systems, structures, and onboard equipment. Physical sensors and supported digital bus data coming from heavy equipment machinery can form one synchronized dataset, helping engineers relate operating conditions to machine response.
Simcenter SCADAS RS and Simcenter SCADAS ES perform heavy-equipment testing under harsh conditions
Next-generation Simcenter SCADAS portfolio used in a boat for physical testing
Multiphysics aerospace laboratory and field testing
Aerospace programs span controlled component work, structural tests, modal surveys, and field campaigns. Channel counts can grow quickly, while vibration, acoustics, and structural signals must remain aligned.
Simcenter SCADAS ES for aircraft cabin comfort testing
Simcenter SCADAS ES offers configurable conditioning for voltage, integrated circuit piezoelectric (ICP), bridge, charge, pulse, and digital signals. Engineers can build an acquisition system configuration around the campaign rather than forcing every test into a fixed configuration.
Simcenter SCADAS RS adds ruggedness and distributed setup when the test environment demands them. Because both belong to the same next-generation data acquisition portfolio, teams can select hardware for the environment without creating a separate downstream process for every campaign.
Scalable measurement for energy and infrastructure
Energy assets and civil structures often span a large area. A turbine investigation may combine vibration, strain, electrical, and thermal signals. Infrastructure monitoring may distribute sensors across a bridge, building, or other structure.
The portfolio supports synchronized modular and distributed configurations. Teams can begin with a focused measurement and extend the setup as channel count or signal variety grows.
Next-generation Simcenter SCADAS portfolio supporting vibration, strain, and thermal measurements on a wind turbine
Flexible physical testing for machinery and consumer products
An industrial machine or household appliance can require performance optimization across vibration, acoustic, rotational, temperature, power-related, and structural domains. The signal mix may change from troubleshooting to design validation.
Simcenter SCADAS ES offers conditioning, connector, and channel-density options for these changing questions. Synchronized digital audio can be acquired alongside other measurements when sound and vibration must be correlated directly.
This flexibility supports noise and vibration investigations, rotating-machinery analysis, structural validation, and broader multiphysics data acquisition without creating an isolated measurement workflow for each discipline.
An open measurement ecosystem that protects continuity
Future-ready physical testing depends on openness as much as scalability. Supported third-party signals and applications contribute to synchronized acquisition. Simcenter Testlab then extends the workflow into automated processing, multidomain analysis, reporting, and data management.
The portfolio also supports continuity with existing Simcenter SCADAS investments. Compatible hardware, cables, and connectors can be reused where supported. Established Simcenter Testlab and Simcenter Testlab Neo practices remain relevant, and supported frame-based Simcenter SCADAS configurations can participate in a synchronized measurement setup.
This creates a practical adoption path. Organizations can add next-generation capabilities while retaining proven infrastructure and engineering knowledge, subject to the support matrix for each configuration.
Simcenter SCADAS portfolio with Simcenter SCADAS Go for flexible physical testing
Choose the data acquisition approach that fits the test
Industries differ, but their test teams face a common challenge: more physical domains, more collaboration, and greater pressure to turn trusted measurements into decisions.
Simcenter SCADAS ES provides a modular foundation for laboratory, validation, and general field testing. Simcenter SCADAS RS carries the same portfolio principles into rugged and distributed environments. Together, they form a measurement ecosystem that can evolve with products, workflows, and test needs.
Explore the Simcenter SCADAS portfolio, including Simcenter SCADAS ES for modular laboratory and general field testing and Simcenter SCADAS RS for rugged, distributed testing.
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