FIFO

The FIFO mode is an operating mode unique to Spectrum’s modular AWG’s. It is designed for continuous data transfer between the host computers memory or hard disk and the AWG. The control of the data stream is done automatically by the driver on an interrupt request basis. The complete installed on-board memory is used for buffering data, making the continuous streaming extremely reliable.

Multiple

The Multiple Replay mode provides fast output of waveforms on multiple trigger events without restarting the hardware. The on-board memory is divided into several equal size segments. Each segment can contain different waveform data, each of which is output with the occurrence of each trigger event. This mode allows very fast repetition rates.

Gated Replay

The Gated Replay sampling mode outputs waveform data controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only replayed if the gate signal is at a pre-programmed level.

Sequence Mode

The sequence mode splits the internal card memory into a number of data segments of different lengths. These data segments are chained in a user set order using an additional sequence memory. The sequence memory determines the order that segments are output as well as the number of loops for each segment. Trigger conditions can be defined to advance from segment to segment. It is possible, in sequence mode, to switch between replay waveforms by a simple software command or to redefine waveform data for segments simultaneously while other segments are being replayed.

SBench 6 Overview

SBench 6 is a powerful and intuitive interactive measurement software. Besides the possibility to commence the measuring task immediately, without programming, SBench 6 combines the setup of hardware, data display, oscilloscope, transient recorder, waveform generator, analyzing functions, import and export functions under one easy-to-use interface.

SBench 6 is a powerful and intuitive interactive measurement software. Besides the possibility to commence the measuring task immediately, without programming, SBench 6 combines the setup of hardware, data display, oscilloscope, transient recorder, analyzing functions and export functions under one easy-to-use interface. All current Spectrum cards are supported.

SBench 6 application areas coverage

• Oscilloscope like usage of digitizers, A/D cards and digital acquisition cards
• Transient recording and display of several GByte of data with a powerful streaming engine
• Hard disk data streaming up to the limit of the used bus and hard disk array
• Logic Analyzer display of data
• Remote access of digitizerNETBOX products
• Use fast digitizers as spectrum analyzer
• Easy-to-use Acquisition front-end for 3rd party products like MATLAB
• Acquisition and replay of data including automatic data resorting
• Data analysis with powerful measurement functions and function interpreter
• Arbitrary Waveform Generator front-end