PA72 - Generation and capture PXI platform

The PA72G16400 is a 16-bit arbitrary waveform generator, capable of generating waveforms at speeds up to 400Msps. The high resolution and the high sample rate allows generating signals with very low quantization noise levels. An onboard offset voltage source allows generating offset signals while maintaining optimal utilization of the DAC’s digital range. With the 8MWord of memory, there is lots of room for uploading several different patterns, allowing switching patterns with minimal bus communication.

The PA72DIOS6100 is the larger equivalent of the PA72DIOS6016. It features a larger FPGA, and also allows differential output signals. The FPGA allows for implementing many different custom applications. The connector has 64 Input/Output pins which can be assigned as TTL or as differential pairs. 128 MByte of DDR2 memory is available to the FPGA, and an onboard EEPROM allows for storing values in non-volatile memory. The I/O bank voltage can be FPGA-selected between 1.2, 1.8, 2.5 and 3.3 Volt, allowing a wide range of electrical standards.

The PA72DIOS6016 is a multifunctional digital design core. The FPGA allows for implementing many different custom applications. The connector has 64 Input/Output pins which can be assigned as TTL I/O or as differential inputs. 128 MByte of DDR2 memory is available to the FPGA, and an onboard EEPROM allows for storing values in non-volatile memory. The I/O bank voltage can be FPGA-selected between 2.5 and 3.3 Volt.

The PA72D14130 is a 14-bit digitizer, capable of capturing waveforms at speeds up to 130Msps. An onboard offset voltage source allows capturing offset signals while still using the optimal range for maximum ADC utilization. Two onboard filters allow suppression of out-of-band noise. The 64MWord onboard memory enables capturing very long waveforms, or sequentially capturing multiple signals with minimal intermediate bus communication.

The PA72D16180A is a 16-bit digitizer, capable of capturing waveforms at speeds up to 180Msps. An onboard offset voltage source allows capturing offset signals while still using the optimal range for maximum ADC utilization. Two onboard filters allow suppression of out-of-band noise. The 64MWord onboard memory enables capturing very long waveforms, or sequentially capturing multiple signals with minimal intermediate bus communication.

The PA72G14180 is a 14-bit arbitrary waveform generator, capable of generating waveforms at speeds up to 180Msps. The high resolution and the high sample rate allows generating signals with very low quantization noise levels. An onboard offset voltage source allows generating offset signals while maintaining optimal utilization of the DAC’s digital range. With the 64MWord of memory, there is lots of room for uploading several different patterns, allowing switching patterns with minimal bus communication.

The PA72BPF daughter board is an additional filter board. It typically contains two selectable differential 3rd order elliptic band pass filters. These filter modules are tailored by Applicos to the customers’ requirements. The filters can be used to filter the output signal of the generator daughter boards to achieve an even better distortion and noise suppression.