Product category:
Board-Level Instruments
News Release from: Dataquest Solutions | Subject: Spectrum boards
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 December 2007
Ultra-high-speed cards come in a choice
of formats
Spectrum has added the PCI Express interface to its extensive M2i range of ultra-high-speed cards.
Dataquest Solutions provides the full range of Spectrum ultra-high-speed signal capture, arbitrary waveform generator and digital I/O cards in a comprehensive range of slot formats including PCI, high bandwidth 66MHz PCI (PCI-X), PCI-X and CompactPCI With an operational performance of up to 16bit resolution and 0.5GHz sampling rates this hardware provides some of the most advanced addon computer instrumentation of its type currently available
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Aug 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Acquisition range takes on demanding applications
The Spectrum PCI ultra-high-speed board range is claimed to push forward the boundaries of PC-based data acquisition and waveform generation.
PCI acquisition boards handle fast datastreams
With an aggregate sample rate up to 200Msample/s, the MI30 series of PCI data acquisition boards provides a way to capture the extremely rapid signal events with excellent resolution.
In order to take advantage of the latest moves by PC manufacturers to incorporate PCI-Express on motherboards, Spectrum has added the PCI Express interface to its extensive M2i range of ultra-high-speed cards.
These PCI Express cards are compatible to all PCI Express slots found on current PCs and gives extensive future proofing on purchases and a sustained streaming mode that exceeds standard PCI bandwidth.
All Spectrum boards are supplied with excellent support for Windows and Linux software environments (32 and 64bit).
For Linux we offer kernel drivers for many standard distributions such as Suse, Redhat, Fedora or Debian with access to optional driver source code, should your distribution not be included.
For ease of use programming examples are provided for Visual C++.
Borland C++, Gnu C++, Visual Basic and Delphi code, as well as third party package options; LabView, LabWindows, Matlab, VEE, DasyLab or MS Excel.
To complete the versatile offering every board purchased comes with SBench, a menu driven signal capture and analysis package complete with a scope type display and easy access to board programmable options, allowing a basic working system to be up and running within a few minutes.
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