AWGs output any waveform

Each card in the AWG family can run as a signal and test pattern generator or they can be used via an internal synchronisation option together with one of the digitiser cards of Spectrum.

Spectrum has released arbitrary waveform generators (AWGs) for the PCI Express bus.

The new product series is 100% software-compatible with the PCI cards of the M2i series and use the same analogue modules.

The AWG family contains 10 different models with one to four synchronous channels and sampling rates up to 125Msample/s.

Each card can run as freely programmable signal and test pattern generator or they can be used via an internal synchronisation option together with one of the Spectrum digitiser cards.

It is possible to output any waveform from the onboard memory, which can be up to 4Gbyte.

The whole on-board memory can also be used as a FIFO buffer, allowing it to output data continuously for hours.

Each channel can be individually programmed for offset, gain and filtering.

The single-restart mode allows users to repeat a free programmed waveform on each external trigger event.

The dead time is only four clock cycles, making it possible to react to a new trigger event after only 40ns when using 100Msample/s output rate.

The card is delivered with drivers for Windows 2000, XP, Vista as well as Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6.

On all operating systems the 32bit as well as the 64bit versions are supported.

The easy-to-program drivers and the examples together with the detailed documentation allow the fast development of users' own applications.

Drivers are available for Matlab, LabView, LabWindows, DasyLab and VEE.

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