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The NI SC Express family offers PXI Express data acquisition with integrated signal conditioning for measuring strain gages, bridge-based transducers, thermocouples, and high-voltage analog input signals. Increased accuracy, high data throughput, and tight synchronization are key features that make this family ideal for advanced measurement systems from low to high channel counts.

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For fracture mechanics studies, these COD gages are in compliance with standardized test methods, such as ASTM E1820 for determination of fracture toughness properties of metallic materials. (read more)
 

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