The invention relates to a 
data acquisition unit for on-line detection of 
transformer partial discharge and a detection method thereof. The 
data acquisition unit detects and acquires the 
transformer partial discharge signals and transmits the signals to a host computer for 
processing via a 
transformer partial discharge signal amplification module, a high speed 
data acquisition module and a 
remote communication module. In the invention, proper 
program control filtering and amplifying circuit are designed and manufactured, the precision of signals is high, the design and manufacturing of a high-speed and large-capacity multiple-channel synchronous 
data acquisition module circuit are finished, the requirement of detecting external multi-channel circuits can be met, and the adaptability is good; the invention is characterized by rapid sampling rate and large storage capacity, etc.; the whole acquisition 
system can be divided into a plurality of channels, the maximum sampling rate of each channel can reach 20MHz and the maximum storage depth can reach 512 K words; the 
data acquisition unit finishes 
digitization of partial 
discharge signals and upload the signals for 
processing, thus effectively reducing the 
distortion and aberration of the partial 
discharge signals during transmission, meanwhile, the data is transmitted by adopting the GPRS 
wireless communication technology, which reduces the cost and facilitates the construction and installation.