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Components of the Force Plates System
The system has a number of components:
- AMTI Force Plates
- Amplifiers
- A/D Interface Unit (ADIU)
- Event and Video Control Unit (E&VCU) (for use with Peak Video/Optical Motion Capture System)
- Data Acquisition Computer with A/D converter card.
The Data Acquisition Computer, A/D Interface Unit and two Event and Video Control Units are located on a black moveable trolley, as shown in Figure 1. The two amplifiers are located on a second moveable trolley as shown in Fig 2.
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The rear of the black moveable trolley, showing the Data Acquisition Computer, Video Control Units and A/D Interface Unit and two Event (top to bottom). |
The front of the black moveable trolley, showing the Data Acquisition Computer, two Event and Video Control Units and A/D Interface Unit (top to bottom). |
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The front of the force platform trolley, showing the 2 amplifiers. |
The rear of the force platform trolley, showing the 2 amplifiers. |

