High-Speed Digitizer offers signal peak detection/analysis.
November 12, 2009 -
Model U1084A is dual-channel, 8-bit PCIe digitizer, with 1.5 GHz bandwidth, which can include Agilent U1084A Signal Peak Detection firmware option that allows real-time acquisition/peak-detection up to 4 GS/sec. Unit incorporates 15 ps trigger time interpolator for accurate timing measurement as well as FPGA for real-time signal processing. Providing data throughput at up to 650 Mbps, 4-lane card includes Windows® and Linux drivers for integration/design into existing measurement systems.
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Original Press release
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
5301 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA, 95051
USA
Agilent Technologies Adds Real-Time Signal Peak Detection and Analysis to 4G/s High-Speed PCIe® Digitizer
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the availability of a Signal Peak Detection firmware-processing option for its recently introduced PCI Express® (PCIe) high-speed digitizer with on-board FPGA. The peak detection and analysis firmware allows real-time acquisition and peak-detection up to 4GS/s. Agilent's high-speed data converter platform provides higher sampling rates, faster measurement throughput and even more flexibility to OEMs and many test and measurement engineers, while maintaining precision and cost effectiveness.
The U1084A is a dual-channel, 8-bit PCIe digitizer with up to 4 GS/s sampling rates, 1.5 GHz bandwidth and incorporates a 15 ps trigger time interpolator (TTI) for accurate timing measurement. The real-time signal processing is provided by the on-board FPGA, as defined by the chosen processing firmware.
Firmware options allow the data converter card to perform specific post-processing tasks, which are easily uploaded into the FPGA under program control. They also redefine the way data acquisition can be performed, making the data converter platforms extremely flexible and easy to reconfigure.
The Agilent U1084A Signal Peak Detection firmware option enables the creation of a peak histogram of successive acquisitions, and each histogram bin containing peak counts or summed peak amplitudes. Up to 60 Mpeaks/s can be achieved, whilst having a trigger jitter of just 250ps.
The Agilent U1084A Acqiris high-speed data converter platform leverages the performance of Agilent's leading-edge technology and know-how to meet the most demanding requirements. The product's PCIe form factor and flexible architecture are ideal for use in a range of applications including medical imaging, scientific instrumentation, non-destructive testing, storage testing, LIDAR and even the validation of mixed-signal semiconductors in automated test equipment. The extreme performance of the digitizer is also suited to advanced research in high-energy physics, nuclear physics and astrophysics.
The combination of on-board processing such as the on-the-fly peak detection or averaging with the high-speed PCIe bus maximizes data and measurement throughput. A 4-lane PCIe card, the U1084A digitizer provides data throughput at up to 650 MB/s.
Software drivers for Windows® and Linux enable the U1084A data converter to be easily integrated and designed into existing measurement systems as well as exchanged, replaced or upgraded to other high-speed Acqiris-based data converters.
Related Products
Agilent offers a market-leading breadth of analog-to-digital converter products and systems, which includes cPCI, LXI, PCI, PCIe, PXI, USB, VXI, VME and OEM digitizers from 250 KS/s to 8 GS/s sample rate, resolution from 8 bits to 16 bits, and input voltages from 50 mV to 250 V. Agilent also offers time-to-digital converters with precision to 5 picoseconds, and arbitrary waveform generators with up to 15-bit resolution at 1.2 GS/s performance.
More information about Agilent's line of converters is available at www.agilent.com/find/digitizers and arbitrary waveform generators at www.agilent.com/find/awg.
Availability
The Agilent U1084A High-Speed PCIe Digitizer with on-board signal processing is available now.
More information about this product is available at www.agilent.com/find/u1084a.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 18,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $5.8 billion in fiscal 2008. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.
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