High-Throughput PCI Digitizer Cards Cut Test Times Up To 100-Fold

    Sept. 15, 2003
    A new family of PCI 12-bit digitizer cards features high levels of throughput that reduce automated testing times by a factor of 10 to 100 compared with other methods. The family consists of the 300-MHz, 400-Msample/s DP310 with 64 kpoints of memory...

    A new family of PCI 12-bit digitizer cards features high levels of throughput that reduce automated testing times by a factor of 10 to 100 compared with other methods. The family consists of the 300-MHz, 400-Msample/s DP310 with 64 kpoints of memory (4 Mpoints optional); the 100-MHz, 200-Msample/s, 32-kpoint DP308; and the 100-MHz, 100-Msample/s, 32-kpoint DP306. The latter two have an optional 2 Mpoints of memory. All three deliver up to a 64-dB signal-to-noise ratio, 78 dB of spurious-free dynamic range, and a time base with precision of ±2 ppm. Available now, prices are $9490, $6990, and $4490 each for the DP310, DP308, and DP306, respectively.

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    Roger Allan

    Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

    After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

    He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.

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