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High-Speed Digitizers – Optimized for Automated Test NI 5154, NI 5153, NI 5152 NEW! • • • • • 2 GS/s maximum real-time sample rate 1 GHz, 500 MHz, and 300 MHz bandwidths 8-bit resolution 8, 64, or 256 MB memory per channel Edge, window, hysteresis, digital, immediate, and software triggering • PXI and PCI versions Operating Systems • Windows Vista/XP/2000 • LabVIEW Real-Time Recommended Software • • • • LabVIEW LabWindows™/CVI Measurement Studio for Visual Studio LabVIEW SignalExpress Calibration • Gain, offset, triggering, and timing self-calibration • 2-year external calibration interval Driver Software (included) • NI-SCOPE driver • LabVIEW Express VIs • NI-SCOPE Soft Front Panel Overview NI 515x high-speed digitizers/PC-based oscilloscopes provide the industry’s first gigahertz solutions optimized for automated test. A digitizer optimized for automated test leverages a highthroughput bus to lower test times, provides picosecond-level synchronization between modules, and integrates with the entire suite of NI hardware – including arbitrary waveform generators, high-speed digital I/O, and other digitizers – so you can build and customize a complete mixed-signal or high-channel-count test system. Applications Communications xDSL Wireless communications Baseband I & Q Consumer Electronics DVD, DVD-R, and PVR Set-top box Gaming console Biomedical and Scientific Research Ultrasonic medical imaging Mass spectrometry Particle physics Aerospace/Defense RADAR, SONAR, and LIDAR Satellite Signal intelligence Triggering, Clocking, and Synchronization • Edge, window, hysteresis, and digital triggering with 5 ps timestamping • Pretrigger and posttrigger acquisition in single- and multiple-record mode • Internal 1 GHz clock or external clock from 350 MHz to 1 GHz • Phase lock to PXI 10 MHz reference or external reference from 1 to 20 MHz Software • IVI-compliant NI-SCOPE driver for NI LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Microsoft C++, and Visual Basic • NI-SCOPE Soft Front Panel for interactive control • More than 50 built-in measurements with NI-SCOPE Ordering Information NI PXI-5154 ........................................................................780319-0M1 NI PCI-5154 ........................................................................780320-0M1 NI PXI-5153 ........................................................................780317-0M1 NI PCI-5153 ........................................................................780318-0M1 NI PXI-5152 ........................................................................779772-0M1 NI PCI-5152 ........................................................................779945-0M1 1M Dual 1 GS/s, 8-Bit Input Channels • 2 GS/s real-time sampling on 1 channel • 1 GS/s real-time sampling on 2 channels, simultaneously sampled • 1 GHz (NI 5154), 500 MHz (NI 5153), or 300 MHz (NI 5152) input bandwidth with noise filters • 20 GS/s equivalent-time sampling (ETS) for repetitive signals • 2-year calibration interval and 0 to +55 °C operating temperature Deep Onboard Memory • Take advantage of 8, 64, or 256 MB of memory per channel • Capture more than 1 million triggered waveforms in multiple record mode with trigger rearm time as fast as 1 µs • Stream data continuously from onboard memory to host memory or disk (memory per channel): 1 (8 MB), 2 (64 MB), 3 (256 MB) Includes NI-SCOPE driver and NI-SCOPE Soft Front Panel BUY NOW! For complete product specifications, pricing, and accessory information, call 800 813 3693 (U.S. only) or go to ni.com/digitizers/highspeed. High-Speed Digitizers – Optimized for Automated Test NI High-Speed Digitizers: Optimized for Automated Test Prior to these products, high-bandwidth digitizers and oscilloscopes have incorporated features and functionality best suited for benchtop use. An unaddressed area in this high-bandwidth space has been the automated test use model, where measurement throughput and test system footprint can dramatically affect overall cost of test. NI high-speed digitizers are the first high-bandwidth digitizers on the market that share three characteristics making them uniquely optimized for automated test: high data throughput, tight synchronization between channels, and ease of integration with other instrumentation. Tight Synchronization between Channels The PXI backplane offers a built-in common reference clock for synchronization of multiple digitizers in a measurement or control system. Each slot has a 10 MHz TTL clock, transmitted on equal-length traces, providing picosecond-level synchronization between digitizer modules for high-channel-count systems. For example, it is possible to have 34 phase-synchronous 1 GS/s channels in a single PXI chassis, and even scale to higher channel counts. High Data Throughput Bus bandwidth and latency, two common considerations for an automated test system, dictate the overall speed of your measurement system. Latency describes the amount of time it takes for an instrument to respond to a remote command, like a measurement query. Bus bandwidth refers primarily to the data throughput capacity of the data bus that connects the measurement instrument with the host PC or controller. The PXI platform – upon which NI high-speed digitizers are built – provides high speed due to the high-bandwidth and low-latency PCI and PCI Express buses. Both PXI and PXI Express data throughput rates are significantly faster than that of GPIB, USB, or LAN – other popular buses for automating test instrumentation. This translates to lower test times. Figure 2. The PXI platform delivers picosecond-level synchronization between instrument modules. Ease of Integration with Other Instrumentation Test systems typically contain many instrument types, including signal sources, measurement devices, and switches. The PXI platform has unparalleled breadth, with modules for analog and digital I/O, highspeed instrumentation, vision, motion, and numerous bus interfaces. More than 1,500 PXI modules are available from the more than 70 members of the PXI Systems Alliance (PXISA). So you can not only build a comprehensive test system in a single chassis but also synchronize modules in that chassis to picosecond-level accuracy when using NI modular instrumentation. Figure 1. The PXI platform provides the best combination of high-bandwidth and low-latency measurement throughput. Figure 3. The PXI platform supports more than 1,500 instrument modules. BUY ONLINE a t ni.com o r CALL 800 813 3693 (U.S.) 2 High-Speed Digitizers – Optimized for Automated Test For rapid initiation of an automated test sequence, use preconfigured Express VIs to quickly set up your digitizer to immediately acquire data. LabVIEW SignalExpress is an interactive environment you can use to acquire, analyze, and log your data with no programming required. Achieve Flexible Performance Using NI Software-Defined Instrumentation NI high-speed digitizers offer several advantages over traditional stand-alone oscilloscopes by delivering an open architecture and flexible software. With an NI digitizer, you can not only perform standard oscilloscope measurements but also easily build other instruments such as spectrum analyzers, transient recorders, and ultrasonic receivers. And NI offers a comprehensive library in LabVIEW of prebuilt functions and example programs geared at getting you up and running quickly. Open Architecture: NI-SCOPE Driver and the Application Programming Interface (API) Using the full power of a PC-based measurement device requires the ability to programmatically define and control its behavior. You can programmatically control all NI digitizers using the NI-SCOPE instrument driver, which provides: • High-level functions for getting started quickly as well as low-level control for accessing all the digitizer features • More than 50 prewritten example programs that illustrate how to access the full functionality of any NI digitizer • Programming examples available for LabVIEW, C++, and Visual Basic Figure 5. With LabVIEW SignalExpress, you can quickly set up your digitizer to immediately acquire data. Flexible Software: Define Your Instrument In an automated test environment, there are times when the ability to quickly troubleshoot an issue is crucial. For those occasions, the NI-SCOPE driver offers the measurement features and responsiveness of a traditional benchtop oscilloscope through the NI-SCOPE Soft Front Panel user interface. Take advantage of the more than 50 prebuilt measurement and analysis functions included with the software. While a quick signal check is valuable at times, other circumstances may call for custom measurements. Stand-alone instrumentation, such as dedicated oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers, delivers common functions that appeal to the needs of many engineers. As you can imagine, these standard functions do not meet every application need, particularly in automated test applications. But with LabVIEW and the NI-SCOPE API, the digitizer that you use as a general-purpose oscilloscope for one application can be used as a custom instrument for more specialized measurements. Figure 6. Custom measurements, such as those required for mass spectrometry, are enabled through the combination of LabVIEW and NI modular instruments. Figure 4. The NI-SCOPE Soft Front Panel provides measurement features and responsiveness comparable to traditional benchtop oscilloscopes. BUY ONLINE a t ni.com o r CALL 800 813 3693 (U.S.) 3 High-Speed Digitizers – Optimized for Automated Test Input coupling NI 5154, NI 5153 ............................ NI 5152 ........................................... AC coupling cutoff frequency (-3 dB) NI 5154, NI 5153 ............................ NI 5152 ........................................... Specifications These specifications are valid for 0 to 55 °C unless otherwise stated. AC, DC AC, DC, GND 114 kHz, 50 Ω 106 kHz, 50 Ω; 12 Hz, 1 MΩ Acquisition System Number of channels............................ 2 simultaneously sampled Vertical resolution............................... 8 bits Bandwidth (-3 dB) NI 5154..................1 GHz minimum NI 5153.............500 MHz minimum NI 5152: Range (Vpp) All except 0.1 0.1 50 Ω 340 MHz, typical 300 MHz, minimum 165 MHz, typical 135 MHz, minimum 1 MΩ 300 MHz, typical 260 MHz, minimum 135 MHz, typical 110 MHz, minimum Accuracy DC Accuracy NI 5154 NI 5153 NI 5152 Typical Typical Typical 0.1 to 1 Vpp 2 to 5 Vpp 0.1 to 1 Vpp 2 to 5 Vpp 0.1 to 1 Vpp 2 to 5 Vpp ±(1.0% of Input + 1.3% of FS) ±(1.4% of Input + 1.3% of FS) ±(1.0% of Input + 1.3% of FS) ±(1.4% of Input + 1.3% of FS) ±(1.26% of Input + 1.0% of FS + 500 µV) ±(1.26% of Input + 1.0% of FS + 5 mV) Bandwidth limit filters (software-selectable) .............................. 20 MHz noise filter Maximum sampling rate..................... 1 GS/s (2 ch) or 2 GS/s (1 ch) real-time sampling, 20 GS/s equivalent-time/randominterleaved sampling Onboard sample memory.................... 8, 64, or 256 MB per channel (8, 64, or 256 million samples) Memory/Channel 8 MB 64 MB 256 MB 1More Channel-to-channel crosstalk .............