Analyze System Faults with High-Resolution Measurements

iba hardware devices are equipped with galvanically isolated I/O inputs designed to operate reliably in electrically harsh environments, such as power substations and industrial energy systems. These inputs comply with IEC 61000-6-5, the EMC standard for equipment used in substations, ensuring robust signal integrity and interference resistance even under demanding conditions.

This makes iba devices ideally suited for fault recording, power quality monitoring, and energy data acquisition, where uninterrupted, high-accuracy signal acquisition is essential for operational reliability and compliance.

Key capabilities

• Galvanic isolation of all I/O channels for protection against ground loops and signal disturbances
• Certified compliance with IEC 61000-6-5, ensuring EMC immunity in substation-class environments
• Safe and interference-free signal acquisition for analog, digital, and pulse-based measurements
• Reliable operation near high-voltage equipment, switchgear, and transformers
• Ideal for integration into critical energy infrastructure with strict EMC and safety requirements

These features ensure that signal data remains accurate, secure, and standards-compliant, even in electromagnetically noisy environments.

Typical use cases

• Fault recording in substations, acquiring fast transient signals without interference
• High-reliability power quality measurements, even near switching equipment and busbars
• Energy monitoring in industrial or utility environments with fluctuating electrical conditions
• Installation in control panels or switchgear, where EMC compliance is mandatory
• Long-term, disturbance-free measurement of sensitive power and process signals

With galvanically isolated inputs and IEC 61000-6-5 compliance, iba hardware delivers robust, standards-ready performance, essential for accurate monitoring in today’s power-critical environments.

iba hardware devices offer sampling rates of up to 100 kHz per channel, enabling precise acquisition of fast electrical transients, disturbances, and waveform anomalies. This high resolution is essential for fault recording and power quality analysis, where detailed visibility into signal behavior is required to diagnose root causes and verify system stability.

With synchronized, high-speed data acquisition, iba devices provide the granularity needed to detect short-duration events, such as fast transients, harmonics, and waveform distortions that standard monitoring systems might miss.

Key capabilities

• Sampling rates up to 100,000 samples per second for ultra-high-resolution signal acquisition
• Detailed waveform recording, ideal for fast transients and power quality events
• Simultaneous acquisition across multiple channels, with precise time synchronization
• Accurate recording of harmonics, flicker, voltage dips, and switching phenomena
• Optimized for triggering and storing high-speed events in combination with ibaPDA and ibaHD-Server

These capabilities support deep insight into power system dynamics, critical for both event analysis and compliance.

Typical use cases

• Fault recording with detailed visualization of fault occurrence, trend, and clearance
• High-resolution power quality studies, providing waveform anomalies and harmonic content
• Analysis of switching operations, including capacitor banks, breakers, and transformers
• Verification of protection relay response times and system behavior during faults
• Post-event diagnostics using time-synchronized, high-speed data

With sampling rates up to 100 kHz, iba hardware enables precision-level insight into every electrical event, supporting fast, reliable decision-making in power-critical environments.