Spectrum GmbH - M3i.21xx

M3i.21xx: 8 bit PCI / PCI-X / PCI-Express transient recorder with up to 1 GS/s

Our fastest A/D converter board !

Latest generation of monolithic A/D converters

Up to 1G Samples/sec on one channel

Up to 500M Samples/sec on two channels

Simultaneous sampling on all channels

6 input ranges from ±50 mV to ±10V

Input can be offset up to ±100 % for improved resolution

Versatile recording trigger options, including auto re-arm

2 synchronous digital channels with multi-purpose I/O facility

Up to 2 GSample (4 GByte) memory

FIFO (streaming) mode for high-speed data transfer to the PC

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The M3i.21xx series 8-bit digitiser provides an ultra high-speed 1 Giga sample per second capture - the fastest in the Spectrum range of industrial grade PC instrument cards. Each input channel has its own latest generation monolithic A/D converter and amplifier giving synchronous zero phase delay between multiple channels or further cards within a system (see Star Hub option below). The highly configurable amplifier stage consists of eight ranges to make good use of the available conversion resolution, whilst selecting the 50-ohm terminated path provides a bandwidth of up to 500 MHz. In addition each channel has a programmable AC/DC coupling and a selectable low pass anti-aliasing filter to optimise noise figures. The large standard on-board memory of 512 Mbytes can be substituted with up to 4Gbytes to maximise capture time if so desired.

Standard features

FIFO mode for streaming data to PC
8-bit resolution analogue channel trigger
Dedicated connection for external trigger input, programmable in 1 mV (analogue) steps, or for TTL
Dedicated connection for external TTL clock input, or to output the cards sampling clock
Two general purpose digital I/O connectors configurable as asychronous or synchronous to sampling, or as extra TTL trigger lines
Postive and negative edge trigger
Auto re-arm on edge trigger
High and low level trigger
Window trigger
AND/OR multiple trigger event combinations
Progammable delay until trigger recognition
SBench 6.x windows software
Basic memory: 512 MSample (512 MByte)
Selectable input impedance to 50 Ohm or 1 MOhm
20MHz bandwidth (anti-aliasing) filter

Enhancements included

ABA mode - Variable sampling speed, jump to fast capture on trigger
Multiple Recording - multiple sequential signal capture using fast repetative triggers, auto re-arm
Time stamp - records the time of each trigger event

Special (cost) options

BASEXIO - Extra asynchronous digital I/O with additional trigger lines
Memory upgrade to 1GSample , 2 GS, 4 GS
Threaded SMA signal connectors instead of SMB on card end plate
Synchronisation Star Hub - synchronise up to 8 cards

Product range overview

	max sample rate
name	1 channel	2 channel
M3i.2120	500 MS/s
M3i.2122	500 MS/s	250 MS/s
M3i.2130	1 GS/s
M2i.2132	1 GS/s	500 MS/s
PCI-Express versions simply suffixed -exp, e.g. M3i.2130-exp

Pre-Amplifier modules

Recording very small signals? High frequency wide bandwidth pre-amplifiers are available to enhance the gain range of the M3i range.
Click on the image below for more information.

SPA amplifier module - link to information page

Software

Standard drivers Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows 7 and Linux
SBench 6.x signal processing windows software
Drivers for LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI. (VEE and Dasylab by special order)
Driver for MATLAB

Download

[PDF data sheet]
[PDF manual]

[SBench 6.x] Windows/Linux download allows testing of SBench functionality with or without hardware.

More information can be easily requested from our catalogues and pricing web page, or feel free to contact Dataquest Solutions directly.

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