PC Oscilloscopes, Digitizers, Arbitrary Waveform Generators : PCI Express, PXI, cPCI cards

<body> <h1>Transient Recorders, PC Oscilloscopes, Arbitrary Waveform Generators, high-speed Digital I/O and Pattern Generators</h1> <h2>PCI Express, PCI, PXI and CompactPCI boards </h2> <h3> </h3> <h3>Overview</h3> <p>Strategic Test offers the widest range of high-speed Transient Recorders, PC Oscilloscopes and Waveform Generator boards, with more than 200 different PCI Express x1, PCI, 3U PXI/CompactPCI and 6U CompactPCI boards in the UltraFast(TM) range. </p> <h3>Transient Recorders, Oscilloscopes, Waveform Digitizers</h3> <p>Transient Recorders, Oscilloscopes and Waveform Digitizers are devices that record analog signals at high speed. The UltraFast PC Express, PCI, PXI and CompactPCI cards are cost-effective and more versaatile alternatives. Unlike low-cost data acquisition boards, these devices use one Analog-to-Digital (ADC) converter per channel so that all the signals are recorded at the same time ('simultaneous sampling' and without any phase errors. In addition, every channel has it's own programmable amplifer providing various voltage ranges that can be chosen to best match the signal input. </p> <p> Strategic Test's Transient Recorders are available with maximum sampling rates from 200 kS/s to 500 MS/s, A/D resolutions of 8, 12, 14 or 16 bit ADC's, up to 16 analog input channels per board. All cards provide true simultaneous sampling, extensive triggering features and a memory segmentation option for RADAR applications. The Arbitrary Waveform Generator PCI Express and PCI boards are supplied with 64 MBytes memory as standard but can be expanded to 4 GBytes.The PXI and CompactPCI Arbitrary Waveform Generator boards come with 16 MBytes memory. The PXI boards can be expanded to 128 MB, while the CompactPCI boards go up to 512 MB. </p> <p>Drivers for Linux, Windows, MATLAB, LabVIEW, LabWindows, DASYLab, VEE, Excel, c/c++, Visual Basic and Delphi are available. </p> <p> </p> <h3>Arbitrary Waveform Generators </h3> <p>Arbitrary Waveform Generators, also known as AWG's or ARB's, are used to generate high-speed analog signals. Unlike function generators that have a fixed menu of signal types that can be output (sine, square, triangle, etc), Arbitrary Waveform Generators are able to generate very complex waveforms. </p> <p>The waveforms are either created in software or recorded using a Waveform Digitizer. The user can develop the software themselves using a low-level language such as c/c++ or Delphi, or use a high-level tool such as LabVIEW; MATLAB, VEE, DasyLab or LabWindows / CVI. </p> <p>Once the signal has been defined, it can either be downloaded to the memory in the Arbitrary Waveform Generator board and then output once or continuously until the board is stopped, or the waveform data can be continously transferred to the Arbitrary Waveform Generator board for continous output. Continous transfer or 'streaming' has the advantage that signals much longer than the memory on the Arbitrary Waveform Generator board can be generated. However, this transfer speed has to be within the limits of the PCI Express, PCI, PXI or CompactPCI bus. </p> <p>Strategic Test offers Arbitrary Waveform Generator boards with both 14 bit and 8 bit Digital-to-Analog (DAC) converters. Every channel has it's own DAC so that multiple channels can be output simultaneously and without phase errors. Each channel also has three different low-pass filters for signal reconstruction. In effect the filters remove the sharp edges from the generated signals, so that instead of steps these are smooth. The Arbitrary Waveform Generator PCI Express and PCI boards are supplied with 64 MBytes memory as standard but can be expanded to 4 GBytes.The PXI and CompactPCI Arbitrary Waveform Generator boards come with 16 MBytes memory. The PXI boards can be expanded to 128 MB, while the CompactPCI boards go up to 512 MB. </p> <p>Drivers for Linux, Windows, MATLAB, LabVIEW, LabWindows, DASYLab, VEE, Excel, c/c++, Visual Basic and Delphi are available</p> <h3>High-Speed Digital Inputs and Outputs </h3> <p>High speed Digital I/O boards are used to either record or generate fast digital TTL signals, with a maximum clock rate of up to 125 MHz. Often the cards are used for testing semiconductors as it is possible to output test patterns and record the response. </p> <p>There are high-speed Digital Input and Output boards with 16 Bits, 32 Bits or 64 Bits. Some of the Digital I/O boards can be configured to simultaneously input and output on 16 or 32 Bits. However, it is not possible to change the Bit to input or output on the fly, so the boards are not useful for communications applications that require handshaking. </p> <p>The digital signals can be recorded to the board memory for later transfer to the PC, or continuously streamed to the PC during the recording. When generating digital signals, again the digital patterns can either be downloaded to the card memory and output once or continuously until the board is stopped, or you can stream the data continously to generate long signals. Streaming speed is limited by the PXI Express, PCI, PXI or CompactPCI bus speed.</p> <p>The Digital I/O PCI Express and PCI boards are supplied with 64 MBytes memory as standard but can be expanded to 4 GBytes.The PXI and CompactPCI Digital I/O boards come with 16 MBytes memory. The PXI boards can be expanded to 128 MB, while the CompactPCI boards go up to 512 MB. </p> <p>Drivers for Linux, Windows, MATLAB, LabVIEW, LabWindows, DASYLab, VEE, Excel, c/c++, Visual Basic and Delphi are available</p> <h3>Digital Pattern Generators </h3> <p>Semiconductor manufacturers and engineers involved with ATE are particularly interested in the Digital Pattern Generator boards. The Pattern Generator cards are available with either 16 or 32 bits and up to 40 MHz clock rates. Uniquely, each group of 4 bits can be independently programmed with logic output levels between -2 and +10V, allow multiple logic families, including differential logic, to be supported by a single card. </p> <p>Once the digital pattern has been defined, it can either be downloaded to the memory in the Digital Pattern Generator board and then output once or continuously until the board is stopped, or the waveform data can be continously transferred to the Digital Pattern Generator board for continous output. Continous transfer or 'streaming' has the advantage that signals much longer than the memory on the Digital Pattern Generator board can be generated. However, this transfer speed has to be within the limits of the PCI Express, PCI, PXI or CompactPCI bus. </p> <p>The Digital I/O PCI Express and PCI boards are supplied with 64 MBytes memory as standard but can be expanded to 4 GBytes.The PXI and CompactPCI Digital I/O boards come with 16 MBytes memory. The PXI boards can be expanded to 128 MB, while the CompactPCI boards go up to 512 MB. </p> <p>Drivers for Linux, Windows, MATLAB, LabVIEW, LabWindows, DASYLab, VEE, Excel, c/c++, Visual Basic and Delphi are available</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="/bb/index.php" target="_blank">Forum</a><br> <br> <a href="/sitemap.xml" target="_top">Site map </a></p> <h1>Marvell XScale PXA320, PXA270, PXA255 Development Kits and System-on-Modules </h1> <p>Strategic Test supplies the widest range of single board computers (SBC's) and Development Kits based on the Intel XScale PXA320, PXA270 and PXA255 processors. The PXA320 and PXA270 Kits are available with Linux, Windows CE 5.0 and Windows CE 6.0</p> <p>The low-cost Triton PXA DIMM (SOC) modules are smaller than a credit card and contain the PXA320, PXA270 or PXA255 processor, SDRAM and Flash memory. 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