The perfect match: Kistler RoaDyn wheel force transducer and Simcenter SCADAS<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAn example of a state-of-the art sensor is the\u00a0Kistler RoaDyn\u00ae wheel force transducer. This transducer is one of the key instrumentation devices in durability and vehicle dynamic testing. It measures simultaneously forces and moments acting on a spinning wheel, as well as the rotational speed and angular position of the wheel. Such a rotating transducer consists of a four to six triaxial force cells. These cells send the data via telemetry to an electronic device – the\u00a0Kistler KiRoad Performance Interface. Here, all individual signals are combined and recalculated into a set of forces and moments according to the vehicle coordinate system.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nSiemens Simcenter\u00a0recently launched (read more about the Simcenter Testlab release here<\/a>) a new Simcenter SCADAS<\/a> module, the SCM-WFI2-KR, which connects to the Kistler KiRoad Performance interface and gathers all data of all 4 wheels through one single connection<\/u><\/strong> – in a digital format!<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Simcenter](\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Simcenter-SCADAS-Kistler-Wheel-Force-Transducers-1.png\")
Simcenter SCADAS connected to Kistler Wheel Force Transducers <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe main benefits of this digital solution are productivity and ease-of-use: the complex wheel force transducers are calibrated with the Kistler on-board electronics, and all data is digitally transferred via one single cable to the Simcenter SCADAS, based on an Ethernet protocol. A clock and trigger line guarantee perfect synchronization with the other Simcenter SCADAS data streams, such as analog data, GPS and video signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This means that time-consuming and tedious jobs like, instrumenting tens of analog cables, channel-by-channel calibration or even off-line time data synchronization of the measured data streams, belong in the past. Now, you only need to connect the Simcenter SCADAS and the Kistler KiRoad Performance, define the sample rate and start measuring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Siemens Simcenter\u00a0recently launched (read more about the Simcenter Testlab release here<\/a>) a new Simcenter SCADAS<\/a> module, the SCM-WFI2-KR, which connects to the Kistler KiRoad Performance interface and gathers all data of all 4 wheels through one single connection<\/u><\/strong> – in a digital format!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The main benefits of this digital solution are productivity and ease-of-use: the complex wheel force transducers are calibrated with the Kistler on-board electronics, and all data is digitally transferred via one single cable to the Simcenter SCADAS, based on an Ethernet protocol. A clock and trigger line guarantee perfect synchronization with the other Simcenter SCADAS data streams, such as analog data, GPS and video signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This means that time-consuming and tedious jobs like, instrumenting tens of analog cables, channel-by-channel calibration or even off-line time data synchronization of the measured data streams, belong in the past. Now, you only need to connect the Simcenter SCADAS and the Kistler KiRoad Performance, define the sample rate and start measuring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n