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RAIL	Keeping the Railway Network On Track and On Time: Our client is a blue chip technology services company providing a wide range of solutions and services to the transport industry.

ROAD/ AUTOMATION	Digital Self service for manned/unmanned petrol stations Our client required a reliable system for a self-service point of sale (POS) for manned/unmanned petrol stations, accepting card payments in a simple and easy fashion.

SECURITY	Efficient security surveillance system for the Police force Our client required a flexible and robust embedded PC that could be integrated into the existing police infrastructure, to enable rapid ePolicing.

PROCESS CONTROL	Reliable data centre condition monitoring system Our customer required a sleek powerful HMI panel PC to aid in Data Center Condition Monitoring, providing a fast, reliable, cost effective front-end solution for graphically outputting environmental conditions.

MARINE	Hydraulic Power Unit automation system on-board an offshore construction vessel Find out how Amplicon, using the EDS-400A-PN Ethernet switches, helped to build the network infrastructure for a marine hydraulic power unit automation system.

RAIL	Rail testing for rack cabinet Our client required the installation of a rack cabinet which was compliant to statutory European rail standards and their own EMC requirements.

ROAD	Kerbside self-service kiosk for car rental systems Our client required cost-effective, self-service stations to manage the subscription/application process of their rental services.

POWER/ENERGY	Remote Terminal Unit solution for Power application Our client required a solution to monitor single and three phase RMS power measurements at a number of remote sites.

RAIL	Central Control of Passenger Information System Our client required to install a series of serial RS-485 based LED displays into a fleet of metro carriages.

TEST SYSTEMS	Characterisation of Photovoltaic Cells Our client needed a test system to test and measure the photovoltaic cell characteristics of their solar panels.

TEST SYSTEMS	Test System for RF and wireless communication standards testing Our client required a flexible, high performance test system to test a variety of RF and wireless communication standards.

TEST SYSTEMS	Automotive Electronics Functional Test system Our client required a reliable and affordable test system to perform design and production validation testing on a variety of ECUs.

TEST SYSTEMS	Audio testing and Acoustic measurement Test System Our client required a flexible and cost effective test system for testing a variety of audio speakers utilised in the manufacturing of their DAB radios.

RAIL	Rolling stock condition monitoring system Our client required a compact ruggedized solution to remotely monitor and control on-board systems such as emergency alarms and door indicators on trains, and also reducing maintenance costs.

ROAD	Wireless in-vehicle CCTV and fleet monitoring systems The client required a solution which would allow for locally stored vehicle bus data and IP CCTV data from a vehicle management system to be automatically uploaded to a server when the vehicles are stationed at a depot.

Process Control	Auditorium Centre Monitoring and Control System The customer required a system to control, monitor and optimise the lighting and room temperature of an auditorium centre, which would dramatically cut down their energy bill.

Rail	Integrating legacy train management and diagnostic system Our customer required to integrate legacy serial RS-232 based equipment with modern Ethernet based networks on-board a fleet of UK based trains.

Rail	Wayside Condition Monitoring Our client required a system to remotely monitor and record data from wayside equipment devices from two control locations to increase operational reliability, safety, sustainability and reduce maintenance cost.

Process Control	Wind-Turbine control and monitoring complete solution The client is an innovator in wind technology and a driving force in the development of the wind power industry with installations all over the globe.

Process Control	Intelligent temperature monitoring alarm and control for a pumping system The client is a global leader in the storage, supply and distribution of high quality water services to the domestic, commercial and industrial markets.

Process Control	Production monitoring and control in Factory Automation Our client is a UK based food manufacturer specialising in canned foods and soft drinks; they also supply large volumes of own branded goods via some of the top supermarkets in the UK.

RAIL	Rail Track Inspection System The application required an NDT solution to inspect the condition of railway tracks across the UK.

ROAD	PXI Improves Production Testing on Vehicle Dashboards The project was to provide a bespoke end of line test system for testing the dashboards used in a new range of vehicles being produced at a UK car manufacturing plant.

POWER/ENERGY	High Voltage Switchgear Condition Monitoring System The design and supply of a data acquisition system that was able to withstand the harsh environment and offer the 24/7 continual operation needed in a critical industrial application.

AEROSPACE	Aerospace Test Solution The project called for the development of an automated test system for the functionality testing of flight deck control panels.

MARINE	Real-time networked sonar system for ships Using managed Ethernet switches to form a redundant network between the sonar system in the hull, and electronic devices on the bridge.

MARINE	Improving the berthing aid system Intergating embedded computers into the BAS to aid in the speed and distance detection of vessels using infared rays.

MARINE	Ethernet for Ship Engine Monitoring Systems Many types of Ethernet devices are available to help the commander or operator collect information about the condition of the engine.

MARINE	Integrating systems using Industrial computers on the Bridge A marine computer and an embedded computer used for intergrating the ECDIS, conning, and radar systems on the bridge of a ship.

RAIL	Signal system upgrade The Central Line of London Underground required a complete update of its signalling system.

RAIL	Rail track recording Railway is the main artery of China's national economy and the skeleton of China's transportation system.

ROAD	Roadside ANPR engine/storage server With the increasing need for "Automatic Number Plate Recognition" (ANPR) in Policing, Congestion Charging and Access Control applications.

ROAD	Speed cameras go digital Industrial PC platform that with the appropriate software package would enable the detection of speeding motorists.

RAIL	Signal & control systems upgrade Amplicon were approached by a leading contractor for the London Underground JNUP project to supply industrial computers capable of meeting the stringent approvals required by London Underground.

RAIL	CCTV Security on French railways Amplicon’s French distributor GMI Databox were approached by the main Integrator for a major CCTV application.

ATE	Measurement of 25 Lines of Resistance Using PXI Traditional testing methods can prove to be a major restriction. This can be solved with Automated Test Equipment (ATE).

ROAD	Isle of Man TT racing control system Amplicon were approached to provide a number of control systems used on display boards at the famous Isle of Man TT race.

RAIL	Rail monitoring system Amplicon works with one of the world's leading suppliers of non-destructive rail testing systems.

RAIL	Rail CCTV upgrade Amplicon were approached by a major London Railway operator to update their existing analog CCTV system with an IP solution.

ATE	PXI based mobile phone testing station A global manufacturer of mobile phones wanted to update their PXI based ATE system.

ROAD	Formula one Amplicon was approached to provide the latest system in 1U form factor, offering a wide operating temperature Industrial PC's for receiving car and track data and telemetry.

PROCESS CONTROL	Wireless 4-20mA Process Control Loop A well known food and beverage company approached Amplicon to come up with a solution to monitor a remote water pumping station.

ATE	Amplicon standardise on PXI for in-house testing The introduction of Amplicon's new PCI 230+ and PCI 260+ range of data acquisition boards.

Security	New Control Centre Installation The client company is a large national concern, involved with safety critical applications and operates on a 24/7 basis.

Marine	Sea freight food monitoring Amplicon was approached by a systems integrator looking for a temperature monitoring system to watch cargo hold climates.

Security	CCTV Camera Control Project for installing CCTV equipment in to a large city centre.

BROADCAST/ MEDIA	Voice recording system Implement a new voice recording system for its main UK call centre without disruption to the existing IT infrastructure.

ATE	Automated Test Equipment (ATE) rig for testing Variable Speed Drives after production A world leading Industrial Automation provider, our client focuses on the design and manufacture of variable speed drives.

RETAIL	Point of sale Amplicon was approached by a large retail outlet, to provide a cost effective point-of-sale system.

ROAD	PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFORMATION SYSTEM Recent changes to legislation make it a requirement that all passengers in coaches and minibuses must use seatbelts to reduce the chance of injury in the event of an accident.

Security	Roadside cabinet alarm system Amplicon was approached to provide a solution that would remotely turn the hardware off and then on in case of a system error.

Security	Remote connectivity for fire monitoring The client is a market leader in fire safety, fire protection, risk control and the control and management of crisis incidents.

PROCESS CONTROL	Process Control in the food industry A leading manufacturer of hand cooked potato based snacks was looking for a method of monitoring the flow of packets of crisps along a production line, to ensure that the correct number were packed in a box.

POWER/ENERGY	Amplicon's Oil & Gas test system saves '100,000 An instrumentation manufacturer for the oil and gas industry approached Amplicon for a solution to test flow computers as they come off the production line.

RAIL	Passenger information system upgrade The requirements were to upgrade an existing system to deliver more reliable train information to stations and passengers.

EDUCATION	Real Time Data Acquisition System A leading scientific research organisation required a high speed real time data acquisition system.

BROADCAST/ MEDIA	Amplicon bring tailored on-demand TV to luxury hotels across the globe Amplicon were approached by a start-up company back in 2006. The technical director had an idea for bringing free to air satellite channels into the luxury hotel market.

Security	ANPR (Automatic number plate recognition) Design of a PC platform and consutancy in specifying the additional hardware to run an ANPR application.

ENVIRONMENTAL/ CLIMATE	Real time data collection dual system Amplicon was approached by a government funded research institute tasked with investigating the world's climate.

ENVIRONMENTAL/ CLIMATE	Weather Monitoring Station Our customer is a market leader in solar technology. Their focus is the integration of solar power solutions in areas.

EDUCATION	PCI expansion system A well known Test & Measurement company approached Amplicon to provide a solution to add PCI slots & extra hard drives.

PROCESS CONTROL	Pharmaceutical Data Logging A local pharmaceutical company had a requirement for recording and archiving temperature measurements from a set of temperature controlled environmental chambers.

MARINE	Container Loading and Uploading Crane Monitoring Amplicon was approached to provide a strain monitoring system to monitor the load bearing characteristics on a ship based crane.

PROCESS CONTROL	Automated Fuel Tank Monitoring and Control Test and characterise a variety of engines at their engine manufacturing plant.

PROCESS CONTROL	Distributed Data Acquisition and Control in a Water Treatment Plant Environmental protection is becoming more and more important as industry develops. And in many manufacturing plants, environmental monitoring is essential.

application stories

Our client is a blue chip technology services company providing a wide range of solutions and services to the transport industry.

Our client required a reliable system for a self-service point of sale (POS) for manned/unmanned petrol stations, accepting card payments in a simple and easy fashion.

Our client required a flexible and robust embedded PC that could be integrated into the existing police infrastructure, to enable rapid ePolicing.

Our customer required a sleek powerful HMI panel PC to aid in Data Center Condition Monitoring, providing a fast, reliable, cost effective front-end solution for graphically outputting environmental conditions.

Find out how Amplicon, using the EDS-400A-PN Ethernet switches, helped to build the network infrastructure for a marine hydraulic power unit automation system.

Our client required the installation of a rack cabinet which was compliant to statutory European rail standards and their own EMC requirements.

Our client required cost-effective, self-service stations to manage the subscription/application process of their rental services.

Our client required a solution to monitor single and three phase RMS power measurements at a number of remote sites.

Our client required to install a series of serial RS-485 based LED displays into a fleet of metro carriages.

Our client needed a test system to test and measure the photovoltaic cell characteristics of their solar panels.

Our client required a flexible, high performance test system to test a variety of RF and wireless communication standards.

Our client required a reliable and affordable test system to perform design and production validation testing on a variety of ECUs.

Our client required a flexible and cost effective test system for testing a variety of audio speakers utilised in the manufacturing of their DAB radios.

Our client required a compact ruggedized solution to remotely monitor and control on-board systems such as emergency alarms and door indicators on trains, and also reducing maintenance costs.

The client required a solution which would allow for locally stored vehicle bus data and IP CCTV data from a vehicle management system to be automatically uploaded to a server when the vehicles are stationed at a depot.

The customer required a system to control, monitor and optimise the lighting and room temperature of an auditorium centre, which would dramatically cut down their energy bill.

Our customer required to integrate legacy serial RS-232 based equipment with modern Ethernet based networks on-board a fleet of UK based trains.

Our client required a system to remotely monitor and record data from wayside equipment devices from two control locations to increase operational reliability, safety, sustainability and reduce maintenance cost.

The client is an innovator in wind technology and a driving force in the development of the wind power industry with installations all over the globe.

The client is a global leader in the storage, supply and distribution of high quality water services to the domestic, commercial and industrial markets.

Our client is a UK based food manufacturer specialising in canned foods and soft drinks; they also supply large volumes of own branded goods via some of the top supermarkets in the UK.

The application required an NDT solution to inspect the condition of railway tracks across the UK.

The project was to provide a bespoke end of line test system for testing the dashboards used in a new range of vehicles being produced at a UK car manufacturing plant.

The design and supply of a data acquisition system that was able to withstand the harsh environment and offer the 24/7 continual operation needed in a critical industrial application.

The project called for the development of an automated test system for the functionality testing of flight deck control panels.

Using managed Ethernet switches to form a redundant network between the sonar system in the hull, and electronic devices on the bridge.

Intergating embedded computers into the BAS to aid in the speed and distance detection of vessels using infared rays.

Many types of Ethernet devices are available to help the commander or operator collect information about the condition of the engine.

A marine computer and an embedded computer used for intergrating the ECDIS, conning, and radar systems on the bridge of a ship.

The Central Line of London Underground required a complete update of its signalling system.

Railway is the main artery of China's national economy and the skeleton of China's transportation system.

With the increasing need for "Automatic Number Plate Recognition" (ANPR) in Policing, Congestion Charging and Access Control applications.

Industrial PC platform that with the appropriate software package would enable the detection of speeding motorists.

Amplicon were approached by a leading contractor for the London Underground JNUP project to supply industrial computers capable of meeting the stringent approvals required by London Underground.

Amplicon’s French distributor GMI Databox were approached by the main Integrator for a major CCTV application.

Traditional testing methods can prove to be a major restriction. This can be solved with Automated Test Equipment (ATE).

Amplicon were approached to provide a number of control systems used on display boards at the famous Isle of Man TT race.

Amplicon works with one of the world's leading suppliers of non-destructive rail testing systems.

Amplicon were approached by a major London Railway operator to update their existing analog CCTV system with an IP solution.

A global manufacturer of mobile phones wanted to update their PXI based ATE system.

Amplicon was approached to provide the latest system in 1U form factor, offering a wide operating temperature Industrial PC's for receiving car and track data and telemetry.

A well known food and beverage company approached Amplicon to come up with a solution to monitor a remote water pumping station.

The introduction of Amplicon's new PCI 230+ and PCI 260+ range of data acquisition boards.

The client company is a large national concern, involved with safety critical applications and operates on a 24/7 basis.

Amplicon was approached by a systems integrator looking for a temperature monitoring system to watch cargo hold climates.

Project for installing CCTV equipment in to a large city centre.

Implement a new voice recording system for its main UK call centre without disruption to the existing IT infrastructure.

A world leading Industrial Automation provider, our client focuses on the design and manufacture of variable speed drives.

Amplicon was approached by a large retail outlet, to provide a cost effective point-of-sale system.

Recent changes to legislation make it a requirement that all passengers in coaches and minibuses must use seatbelts to reduce the chance of injury in the event of an accident.

Amplicon was approached to provide a solution that would remotely turn the hardware off and then on in case of a system error.

The client is a market leader in fire safety, fire protection, risk control and the control and management of crisis incidents.

A leading manufacturer of hand cooked potato based snacks was looking for a method of monitoring the flow of packets of crisps along a production line, to ensure that the correct number were packed in a box.

An instrumentation manufacturer for the oil and gas industry approached Amplicon for a solution to test flow computers as they come off the production line.

The requirements were to upgrade an existing system to deliver more reliable train information to stations and passengers.

A leading scientific research organisation required a high speed real time data acquisition system.

Amplicon were approached by a start-up company back in 2006. The technical director had an idea for bringing free to air satellite channels into the luxury hotel market.

Design of a PC platform and consutancy in specifying the additional hardware to run an ANPR application.

Amplicon was approached by a government funded research institute tasked with investigating the world's climate.

Our customer is a market leader in solar technology. Their focus is the integration of solar power solutions in areas.

A well known Test & Measurement company approached Amplicon to provide a solution to add PCI slots & extra hard drives.

A local pharmaceutical company had a requirement for recording and archiving temperature measurements from a set of temperature controlled environmental chambers.

Amplicon was approached to provide a strain monitoring system to monitor the load bearing characteristics on a ship based crane.

Test and characterise a variety of engines at their engine manufacturing plant.

Environmental protection is becoming more and more important as industry develops. And in many manufacturing plants, environmental monitoring is essential.