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The Kistler Group known for its complete range of measurement technology for passive vehicle safety is unveiling a fully remodeled system component for airbag and seatbelt system tests. The new KiTimer 2.0 is more compact lighter safer and even more reliable than its predecessors and it comes equipped with an attractive series of additional features.Crash tests help to improve vehicle safety and as requirements change over time the tests themselves continue to evolve. Among the key elements in these procedures are tests on vehicle components that enhance passive safety. For example more and more airbags are being installed in the latest vehicles and seatbelt pretensioners have become equally indispensable these devices are also triggered pyrotechnically and in the event of a collision they must ensure that the required protective function is performed within fractions of a second.As a leading system provider for passive vehicle safety the Kistler Group is constantly working to expand its portfolio in this segment the offering includes the advanced THOR dummy integrated sensors and corresponding instrumentation with in-vehicle measurement technology and load cell walls for crash tests with various geometries. Customers across the globe benefit from a complete system of intercoordinated components all available from one single source.More functionality in less spaceThe new KiTimer 2.0 is a DC pulse generator with 16 channels so it can function simultaneously as a measuring instrument for pyrotechnically triggered vehicle components such as airbag and seatbelt systems. As the replacement for older predecessor products the KiTimer 2.0 offers a host of new features developed in response to customers requirements. Advantages for users include Robust compact design size and weight are significantly reducedIgnition sequences are recorded for each channel including ignition current and voltageParameters for ignition can be set flexibly across a wide rangeDual safeguarding via a connector on the device or via software according to choiceAdditional event channels to trigger individual igniters independently of SRT0Precise measurements and multiple protectionThe built-in recorder captures the current and voltage profiles for each connected airbag or seatbelt pretensioner with a sampling rate of 100 kHz and 16-bit resolution. On the KiTimer 2.0 itself there is an additional RDY-LED for each channel to indicate whether the measured resistance of the connected igniter is within the defined range choice of two- three- or four-wire measurement. The KiTimer 2.0 is equipped with a CrashLink2 bus and two event channels so that triggers can be set independently of SRT0. All settings on the KiTimer 2.0 can be performed comfortably and efficiently using CrashDesigner the software from Kistler that is already well established on the market.Plug-in module for stationary laboratory system now under developmentAs well as the crashproof solution for in-vehicle use Kistler is developing an additional version of the new product in the form of a plug-in card for the KiDAU Stationary laboratory measurement system. Customers will then be able to use KiTimer 2.0 as part of a universal laboratory data acquisition system that combines various technologies including measurements with analog or digital DTI sensors. The market launch of this additional version is expected at the end of 2021.
