Strategic Test Releases 400 MS/s 14-bit Digitizer PCI Cards

By DE Editors

Strategic Test Corp. has announced two new 400 MS/s 14-bit digitizer cards for the PCI bus. The UF3-4142 has two analog inputs and can sample at 400 MS/s on one channel or 250 MS/s on both channels simultaneously, while the UF2-4140 is a single-channel card that samples up to 400 MS/s.

Both cards are supplied with 128 MSamples (256MB) onboard memory. The memory can be expanded to 2 GSamples giving a measurement time of up to 5 seconds on one channel at 400 MS/s. PCI Express versions of the cards are due to be released in June.

These cards are the first in the new UF3 Series, which is based on a new baseboard design. A feature on the two digital I/O lines allows them to be programmed as digital inputs that are synchronous with the analog channels, or as synchronous digital I/O lines used to control external equipment or receive status signals, or as additional trigger inputs that can be “and/or” with the main external trigger input.

Drivers and programming examples for Microsoft Windows Vista, XP64, XP, and Linux (RedHat, Fedora, SuSe, Sarge) are supplied with the card, as well as the SBench 6.0 oscilloscope program. Software development kits for MATLAB, LabVIEW, and LabWindows/CVI are available as options.

The single channel UF3-4140 card is priced at $7,495 and the two channel UF3-4142 is $8,495 with volume/OEM discounts available.

For more information, contact Strategic Test Corp.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.