audioTester V3.

0 Features

U.Müller / Mai 2010

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Contens
General...................................................................................................................................3
Spectral Analysies..................................................................................................................3
Measuring Values...................................................................................................................3
Level measurement units...................................................................................................3
Distortion measurement.....................................................................................................4
Sweep measurement.............................................................................................................4
Impedance measurement..................................................................................................5
Thiele & Small Measurement.............................................................................................5
Distortion measurement vs. frequency..............................................................................5
Distortion vs. Level, Power................................................................................................5
Impulse measurement............................................................................................................6
Oscilloscope...........................................................................................................................6
Wavegenerator.......................................................................................................................7
Presets...................................................................................................................................7
Diagramm...............................................................................................................................7
Curves....................................................................................................................................8
Sound cards...........................................................................................................................8
SoundDLL..............................................................................................................................8
Correction files.......................................................................................................................8
Calibration..............................................................................................................................9

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General
This Document will show all possibilities of the audioTester.
Details to the measurements you will found in the detailed help system.

Spectral Analysies
• FFT Point from 64 til 1048576
• 9 dif. FFT Windows (van Hann, Blackman ...)
• Averaging
• available in 2D and 3D
• Measuring with the mouse cursor in diagram (see also in diagram)
• Wiring diagrams, tips and tricks in the help system
• Free configured time domain filter (only for licensed users)

Measuring Values
With the spectral analysies there are many measurement available
• Level values
• Distortion values
• Signal to Noise (S/N Ratio)
• Modulation Distortions
• Wow & Fluttermeasurement

Level measurement units

• dBFS
• dBV *
• dBu *
• dBm *
• dBSPL *
• Pa *
• mV *
• Sone (cominig soon) *
* Calibration necessary
All measurements with 16 dif. filter ( A-B-C weighting, CCIR ARM...)
Adjustable measuring band width

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Results are shown below the diagram
The output text can be scaled in different text sizes. The details of the text can be hide.

Distortion measurement
• THD+Noise
• single harmonics
• Automaticly or manual fundation frequency settings
• Intermodulations distortions
• S/N Ratio
Adjustable measuring band width
Results are shown below the diagram
All measurements with 16 dif. filter Messungen ( A-B-C weighting, CCIR ARM...)

Sweep measurement
• Adjustable sweep step count
• Adjustable digitally output level
• Frequency generating lin or log.
• Adjustable frequency range
• Phase measurement
• Single or continued measurement
• Adjustable pause between measurement possible
• Asynchron measurement for devices which have no input for test signals. MP3
Player, iPhone, car systems ....
• Free configured time domain filter (only for licensed users)
• Wiring diagrams, tips and tricks in the help system

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Impedance measurement
• Input of the serial resistor
• all the possibities of the normal sweep measurement
• Wiring diagrams, tips and tricks in the help system

Thiele & Small Measurement

• Determining of all the Thiele & Small Parameter
• Determining via reference cabinet or extra mass
• Forcing of Rdc or automatic determining
• Wiring diagrams, tips and tricks in the help system

Distortion measurement vs. frequency

• Adjustings like the normal distortion measurement
• Sweep adjustings like the normal level sweep measurement
• Wiring diagrams, tips and tricks in the help system

Distortion vs. Level, Power

• Adjustable test frequency
• Adjustable count of test steps
• Adjustable voltage or power range
• Level up/down measurement
• Separate curves for single harmonics
• Adjustable test level for first checkpegel
• Adjustable bridged or normal amplifiers
• Adjustable load resitor
• Debug window available
• Wiring diagrams, tips and tricks in the help system

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Impulse measurement
• Choice of the stimulus (Dirac, MLS, Burst)
• Reference measurement
• Continous measurement
• 2 channel measurement
• Measurement with external impulses possible
• Automatically detection of external impulses
• Manual calculation possible
• FFT begin adjustable
• Adjustable trigger level (via time diagram)
• Impulse magnifier (time diagram)
• Adjustable echo point (via time diagram)
• Also available in 3D (waterfall diagram)
• Wiring diagrams, tips and tricks in the help system

Oscilloscope
• Adjustable diagram colors
• Simulated beam focus
• Screen settings
• Adjustable X-Position
• Timebase from 20µs/div to 200ms/div
• Auto trigger, manually trigger
• Adjustable trigger delay
• Adjustable trigger slope
• Adjustable trigger channel
• Level from 100µV to 500mV * **
• Adjustable Y-Position
• Channel could be switching on/off, inverted, grounded und added
• Wiring diagrams, tips and tricks in the help system
* System must be calibrated.
** All values are calculated, there is no electriacl voltage divider!

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Wavegenerator
• Sine, square and triangle wave forms
• Pink and white noise
• Sine burst, adjustable count of waves and frequency
• Dirac and MSL Impulse, adjustable Dirac and MLS size
• Dual sine adjustable in level and frequency
• The two signals can be added, mulitply and separate the the two stereo channels
• Wavesynthese vio formel interpreter with many mathematical function and
variables. Test dialog available. Function only for licensed users
• Maximal frequenz: SF/2 depends on max. Samplefreq.
• Adjustable digitaly level

Presets
You can store all adjustments into a Preset. In the presets is stored the analyse settings,
the FFT settings, the wavegenerator settings, the measurement mode settings, the color
setting ... The presets are normal text files.

Diagramm
• Changing the scales, also during a running measuerement.
• Changing the scales with scroller or numeral
• Linear or logarithmical diagram in x and y direction
• Up to 8 different Y-axis
• Adjustable colors for the diagram
• Automatic (default) or manuel Y-Scales
• Automatic diagram adjustment to 0dB@1kHz or 0dB@max.Value
• Cursor measurement of level, frequency and slope
• Adjustable factors and units for the x-axis
• Selectable font
• Pink Noise Filter for the diagram
• More display filters with the analyse dialog
• Rotating 3D diagram
• 3D Grid and surface design
• 3D up to 64 time ribbons
• 3D-Filter none, smooth ...

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 • 3D X and Y-Achse adjustable
• Diagram printable
• Saveing diagrams as BMP and JPG pictures
• Export diagram values to CSV files
• Clipboard support for diagrams

Curves
• Adjustable line color
• Adjustable line width
• Adjustable line mode (dotted ...)
• Adjustable line curve filter (normal, smooth, terce )
• Loading and saving of curves
• Swtch lines on and off
• Setting curves to one of 8 Y-axis
• Y-axis also logarithm
• Curve linking possible (Add., Subtr., Multi., Div., Peak)

Sound cards
Separate sound cards for in- and output possible.

SoundDLL
The audioTester Application access with the SoundDLL and with the windows driver to the
sound card .
There are 4 SoundDLLs available:
SoundDirect Access via DirectX default
SoundWave Access via mmsystem for older Windows versions
SoundAsio Access via ASIO driverr for low latency
SoundFile only tone output to a wave file

Correction files
Cheap sound cards and also measurement microphone can corrected in the frequency
response

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Calibration
For some measuring mode is is necessary to calibrate the input and the microphone