Acqiris Expands Product Offering with Wide-Range, Single- and Multi-Start Time-to-Digital Converter
Monroe, NY, February 2006 -- Acqiris, a leading manufacturer of data conversion technology, now offers a wide-range, single- and multi-start time-to-digital converter (TDC) module, expanding the company's extensive product line. The new Acqiris TC840 CompactPCI module, with 50 ps timing resolution, is designed specifically for use in large scale experiments, including hydrodynamics, particle accelerator timing, nuclear fusion studies, and explosive testing, as well as in time-of-flight measurement in mass spectrometry and 3D mapping. In addition, the TC840 features inputs with programmable thresholds, making the module ideal for measuring the time of the rising or falling edge of very fast trigger events.
The TC840, a wide-range, single- and multi-start TDC, has thirteen identical hardware channels. Twelve channels are independent stop inputs; the thirteenth is the common start. The module can operate in either single-start or multi-start acquisition modes with the timing information on all the independent channels encoded relative to the common channel.
The TC840's wide operating range allows start/stop events separated by as much as
20 seconds to be recorded, and the large internal buffer allows the recording of up to 512 stops per channel.
Time measurement on the TC840 can be based on either the internal low jitter
(<3 ps rms), high stability (±2 ppm) clock source, or an external 10 MHz reference input. Digitized data is fed directly to the on-board FPGA-based data processing unit. This handles the data and subsequent fast readout with direct memory access (DMA) mode, for increased data throughput to the PC.
Pricing for the TC840 Wide Range Single- and Multi-Start Time-to-Digital Converter starts at $11,990. Delivery is six weeks ARO.
For more information, please visit www.acqiris.com or contact Klaas Vogel, Acqiris USA, P O Box 2203, 234 Cromwell Hill Road, Monroe, NY 10950; Tel: (877) 227-4747;
Fax: (845) 782-4745; e-mail: klaas.vogel@acqiris.com.
READER SERVICE INQUIRIES: Please direct inquiries to Klaas Vogel, Acqiris USA,
P O Box 2203, 234 Cromwell Hill Road, Monroe, NY 10950;
e-mail: klaas.vogel@acqiris.com.
About Acqiris:
A leading designer and manufacturer of data conversion products, Acqiris' strength lies in combining the skill and talent of its physicists and engineers with the feedback and expertise of its customers. Products for applications in the research, ATE, and OEM markets include CompactPCI, PCI, PXI, and OEM digitizers, and waveform analyzers with Gigasample per second (GS/s) performance. With a focus on technological innovation, and having pioneered a number of breakthroughs in device size, power consumption, measurement fidelity, and data throughput, Acqiris is leading the way in high-speed digitizer and analyzer products for systems used in industries as wide spread as synthetic instrumentation, airport radar, and particle accelerator experiments.
With a global sales and support network, including headquarters in Europe, the USA, and the Asia-Pacific region, Acqiris continues to provide the most advanced technologies that make data conversion more powerful and much more usable to a wider number of users.
For more information, visit www.acqiris.com
