Spectrum unveils total measurement solution

The system is available with two to sixteen-channels of fully synchronous data acquisition. Each channel has its own ADC and its own pre-amplifier, with either 8 or 16 bit resolution and sampling rates up to 200 MS/s. 

Each amplifier can be individually configured to allow the selection of several different input ranges (from ±50 mV up to ±10 V), 50 Ohm or 1 MOhm input impedance and AC or DC coupling. Data is stored in an internal 1 GB (512 MSamples) memory and can be readout via Ethernet for processing and analysis. The 16 bit analogue inputs offer single-ended (referenced to ground) and true differential input mode. All inputs are equipped with BNC connectors eliminating the need for special cabling or adapters. 

In addition, the instrument offers various recording modes and an extremely comprehensive trigger engine. For example, the two external trigger sources, as well as each input channel, can all be used to produce a valid trigger. Users can select from edge, level, window, spike or pulse width trigger modes. Each individual trigger input can be combined with others to create conditional pattern triggers with standard AND/OR logic. Supported recording modes include single shot (Transient Recording), streaming (FIFO), segmented (Multiple Recording), gated (Gated Sampling) or the combination of segmented and slow chart recorder operation (ABA mode).  

Controlling and accessing collected data is done by connecting it via GBit Ethernet to a host computer (e.g. laptop or workstation) or anywhere on the corporate network. The platform is fully LXI compliant (following Core 2011 Specifications) and offers an IVI compatible interface for the IVI Scope and Digitizer classes.  

The digitizerNETBOX comes complete with Spectrum's software SBench 6 Professional. The software supports all the control modes and settings of the hardware through an easy-to-use interface. The software is able to run the cards in oscilloscope mode as well as streaming mode for long time transient recording.  A special feature of SBench 6 is the segmented view that displays segment-based signals together with signals acquired with a second time base (ABA mode) along with precise trigger timestamps.  Additionally, SBench 6 has a host of built-in features for data analysis and documentation. These include FFT analysis, XY display, a function interpreter, several integrated analysis functions, export into ASCII, Wave, MATLAB, comment functions for signals and display details as well as a simple printout function.