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I have a DAQ with many inputs that can measure within +-10 V, and I want to go up to +-30 V. Using a resistor voltage divider could be an option, but this lowers the input impedance. I would prefer using an op-amp.
Is there any device that can divide all inputs with high impedance?
Like an array of 16 or more op-amps?
Or do I have to design it myself?
You're in fairly rarefied territory with voltages in that range, and you'll get some mediocre DC specs and high prices along with a lot of power consumption.
For example, if you use +/-36V supplies with 32 OPA454 chips, you'll have 4mV Vos maximum, and total power consumption typically in the 7W range (which won't help the offset voltage drift during warm-up). That doesn't count the power consumption of the dividers on the op-amp outputs. The LTC6091 is another possibility, but the chips alone would be in the $400 USD range.
Be careful of the loss in bandwidth with using dividers (with or without the op-amp) if that matters at all to you. For example, if you used 200K/100K dividers, divider input impedance would be 300K and output impedance of the divider 66K so the settling time would be in the 150us-200us range. Error due to that divider output impedance should be more than acceptable (66K/10G * 2^16 = 0.4 LSB).
You might want to consider just buying a more appropriate data acquisition subsystem.
You have to design it yourself. Linear Tech (ADI), Burr Brown (TI), Apex (?) and others make high voltage opamps that will run on the +/-36 V or so that you would need for a +/-30 V output. Some are available in duals; don't know about quads.
Another approach is to use the DAQ input impedance to your advantage. Depending on the input circuit, it might be low enough and repeatable enough to form the shunt leg of an input attenuator. Do you know what the input impedance value and tolerance are? Also, what is the minimum load impedance your signal sources can handle without affecting accuracy?
