Signal capture cards

	Spectrum M2i digitizer cards provide exceptional performance for applications such as radar, telecommunications, ultrasonics and spectroscopy...to name but a few, in fact just about any application that requires high and ultra high speed signal capture in the MHz range. Each channel is equipped with its own ultra fast A/D converter, ensuring perfect synchronisation hence zero phase difference when comparing results. High channel count, wide gain ranges and useful options like time stamp of triggers adds exceptional versatility to this popular range
	Spectrum M3i digitizer cards: Building on the success of the existing M2i range and utilizing the very latest analogue to digital converters we can provide digitizers with 12 and 14 bit resolution and sample rates up to 1 Giga sample per second, this series of instrumentation cards provides one of the best resolution verses speed combinations available on the market today. Also included as standard are additional connectors providing two digital inputs, sampling synchronous to the analogue channels - and configurable as polled digital outputs too for general control and monitoring. M2i and M3i cards are available in slot formats PCI-Express and PCI/PCI-X.
	Up to 4 GBytes of on-board memory, 512 MBytes as standard! Available with the latest generation PCI-Express PC bus interface PCI-X interface allows more than 200MB/s sustained data rate to PC* Also 100% compatible to PCI 32 bit slots Up to 16 fully synchronous channels Synchronisation of multiple cards ABA mode available. Go from slow continuous to rapid acquisition on trigger events Programmable trigger delay Optimised clock section, internal or external clock reference Multiple Recording/Gated Sampling with pre-trigger, post-trigger, fast rearm & time stamp Versatile and wide ranging software support   *PCI-X currently provides best streaming performance, typical range 170 to 245MByte/sec. Find out more about PCI-X. Click here for more information Find out more about PCI-Express. Click here for more information IMPORTANT A dedicated fan for cooling the card bay of your PC, hence inserted cards, is recommended. Essential for multiple card installations and any number of the more powerful M3i series.

M3i PCI/PCI-X and PCI-Express A/D SIGNAL CAPTURE CARDS Please click on the images for more information MODEL SERIES RESOLUTION MAXIMUM SAMPLE RATE (MS/s = Mega samples per second) NUMBER OF CHANNELS M3i.21xx 8 bit 1000MS/s 1 , 2 M3i.32xx 12 bit 500MS/s 1 , 2 M3i.41xx 14 bit 400MS/s 1 , 2 M3i.48xx 16 bit 180MS/s 1 , 2 M2i PCI/PCI-X and PCI-Express A/D SIGNAL CAPTURE CARDS M2i.20xx 8 bit 200 MS/s 1 , 2 , 4 M2i.30xx 12 bit 200 MS/s 1 , 2 , 4 M2i.31xx 12 bit 25 MS/s 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 M2i.40xx 14 bit 50 MS/s 1 , 2 , 4 M2i.46xx (replaces M2i.45xx) 16 bit 3 MS/s 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 M2i.47xx 16 bit 0.5 MS/s 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 16 M2i.49xx 16 bit 60 MS/s 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 Cards of a special design within the Spectrum range M2i.40xx radar card 14 bit 20 & 50MS/s 1 A/D + digital inputs A range is also available in PXI and compactPCI formats using the well proven "Mi" architecture. This extensive list of cPCI and PXI cards provides industrial users with all the performance and resolution, but in a particularly modular and robust format. PXI is also notable by the fact that synchronisation and triggering wiring is neatly wired across a back plane of a chassis. PXI and Compact PCI A/D SIGNAL CAPTURE CARDS PXI 8 to 16 bit 0.2 to 200MS/s 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 cPCI 8 to 16 bit 0.2 to 200MS/s 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 16 For users of older Spectrum cards, who simply wish for a drop-in replacement, we can still supply many types. Please click the card image for further information. ORIGINAL Mi SERIES PCI A/D SIGNAL CAPTURE CARDS All Mi A/D series 8 to 16 bit 0.2 to 500MS/s 1 , 2 , 4 , 8

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