A signal averaging package released by Spectrum Instrumentation can revolutionise the way that signals can be acquired and averaged. Signal averaging plays a crucial role in applications where signal details, hidden in random noise, need to be extracted and analysed.

The Acoustics Research Group at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, USA is researching into the use of Time Reversal (TR) signal processing to focus waves sound with high amplitudes in a room. TR focuses waves to a selected location that converge from all directions to produce a virtual source of spherical waves and then diverge from that location.

Particle accelerators to investigate the structure of matter at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) run 24/7 for international experimenters so it is vital to have reliable equipment that can work perfectly for many years. Spectrum Instrumentation has become one of DESY's suppliers of choice for digitiser cards for the past fifteen years because of its reputation for quality.

For complete flexibility of application, Spectrum Instrumentation has announced stand-alone versions of its recently launched, ultra-high precision, PCIe digitizer card. The new DN2.59x digitizerNETBOX series has state-of-the-art, 16-bit ADC technology to deliver 256 times more resolution than the usual 8-bit technology.

Stuttgart University has chosen a Spectrum Arbitrary Waveform Generator for its experiments in which single atoms in a diamond are replaced by nitrogen atoms. This method is a base for applications like a magnetic field detector at the atomic level or a qubit in a quantum computer.

Currently digitisers have a bottleneck caused by having to use either the host PC’s central processor with eight or 16 cores or a FPGA that is complex to program. Spectrum Instrumentation says it has solved this problem with its SCAPP software option – the Spectrum CUDA Access for Parallel Processing – that opens an easy-to-use yet extremely powerful way to digitise, process and analyse electronic signals.

A smooth technology upgrade path is always welcomed by engineers and it is a practice which is a founding principle of Spectrum Instrumentation. It is at the heart of a new digitiser platform launched by the company. The M2p will be the PCIe base for all upcoming products for the next years, while the new 59xx module will be available in many variations. The M2p platform and 59xx module form 13 different new digitiser cards with lots of options r...

The Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information at the University of Innsbruck, Austria has chosen a Spectrum Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG) to generate a wide variety of signals for its research.  Because of the variety of experiments that it would be used for, it was important to have an AWG that is easy to program using a PC so that the output could be easily customised to each use. 

Spectrum Instrumentation has extended its product warranty from two years to five years. "This is significantly better than any of our competition and reflects the extremely high level of quality that we build into our products that enables us to provide a five years warranty," explained Gisela Hassler (pictured), Spectrum Instrumentation's CEO.  

Advanced electronic systems are increasingly turning to parallel design architecture to increase their overall performance in applications such as MIMO, radar, quantum computing and multi-lane serial bus testing. To develop these systems, and those with similar multi-receiver/emitter or multi-sensor technology, it is helpful to have the ability to generate multiple synchronised waveforms.

A new function has been added to Spectrum’s range of modularly designed digitisers.  The Boxcar averaging function smooths out high frequency noise to give a clear signal.  It is most useful in situations where signals have been oversampled and it can be used to increase vertical resolution, lower noise and improve dynamic characteristics such as signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and spurious free dynamic range (SFDR). 

Looking to increase the sensitivity and therefore absolute resolution for low amplitude signals in the ±40 mV up to ±0.5 V range Spectrum has announced an option (M4i.22xx-ir40m) for high-speed 22xx series of digitiser products.  The current products are optimised to acquire, store and analyse signals in the ±200 mV up to ±2.5 V range.

Multi-channel high-frequency signal acquisition and analysis has become much easier with the release of the DN6.22x series of LXI digitisers from Spectrum GmbH. The new series extends the company’s lineup of popular digitiserNETBOX products by adding eight models that feature high-channel count, fast sampling rates and wide bandwidth. The entry level DN6.221 models offer versions with 12, 16, 20 and 24 channels, with each channel capab...

A range of high-speed 14- and 16-bit LXI-based digitiser products for applications where multiple electronic signals need to be acquired and analysed has been released by Spectrum. Twelve new instruments with up to 24, fully synchronised channels extend Spectrum's digitizerNETBOX family. The 16-bit ADC models offer sampling rates of either 130MS/s or 250MS/s, while the 14-bit units feature sampling rates of 500MS/s.

The line of PXIe-based (PXI Express) high-speed digitisers from Spectrum has expanded with nine cards. The M4x.22xx series includes modules that offer one, two or four fully synchronous channels. Each channel is equipped with its own Analogue-to-Digital Converter (ADC), with real-time signal sampling at rates from 1.25-5GS/s.

The M4x series of PXIe Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWGs) from Spectrum offer a cost effective solution for automated testing applications that require fast and accurate electronic signal generation. Based on the modular PXIe instrumentation standard, the M4x series includes five new modules that provide one, two or four channels.

A new line of arbitrary waveform generators (AWGs) based on the LXI instrumentation standard has been unveiled by Spectrum Instrumentation. The company says that it opens new doors for engineers and scientists who need to generate electronic signals in automated test and remote applications. The new generatorNETBOX series features seven new models to give users a wide choice of performance levels.

A number of academic tools that can be used to learn the basics of waveform generation, acquisition and analysis are being made available by Spectrum. The tools are freely available for download on the Spectrum website and are designed so that they can be used by teachers and other educators for structured learning classes or by students who wish to follow a self-tutorial style process.

The acquisition and analysis of electronic signals in remote locations has become easy thanks to the release of a new option for Spectrum's Ethernet-based digitiser products. The Embedded Server option, DN2.xxx-Emb, can be ordered with any of the company's digitizerNETBOX series of LXI instruments. It effectively turns them into PC-based data acquisition units that can operate independently or, when connected to a LAN, as parts of a larger system...

A series of Digital Data Acquisition cards from Spectrum are claimed to represent a major performance breakthrough for test engineers who require high-speed digital data logging with multi-channel logic analysis over extended time periods. Based on Spectrum's proven M4i series PCI Express (PCIe) platform the cards are small and compact.