Product Catalog. PCI/PCI-X and PCIe Products

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1 Product Catalog PCI/PCI-X and PCIe Products High-Speed data acquisiton A/D converter boards Transient recorder D/A converter boards Arbitrary waveform generators Digital I/O boards Pattern generators Software Systems + Accessories english version manual date: SPECTRUM SYSTEMENTWICKLUNG MICROELECTRONIC GMBH AHRENSFELDER WEG GROSSHANSDORF GERMANY PHONE: +49 (0) FAX: +49 (0) info@spec.de INTERNET:

2 (c) SPECTRUM SYSTEMENTWICKLUNG MICROELECTRONIC GMBH AHRENSFELDER WEG 13-17, GROSSHANSDORF, GERMANY SBench is a registered trademark of Spectrum Systementwicklung Microelectronic GmbH. Microsoft, Visual C++, Visual Basic, Windows, Windows 98, Windows NT, Window 2000 and Windows XP are trademarks/registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. LabVIEW, DASYLab, Diadem and LabWindows/CVI are trademarks/registered trademarks of National Instruments Corporation. MATLAB is a trademark/registered trademark of The Mathworks, Inc. Agilent VEE, VEE Pro and VEE OneLab are trademarks/registered trademarks of Agilent Technologies, Inc. FlexPro is a registered trademark of Weisang GmbH & Co. KG. Technical changes and printing errors possible

3 Preface Latest News Preface We have them all... Nearly all new PC motherboards launched today are based on a PCI Express chip set. Although until now the legacy PCI slots are still in the majority, the change to purely PCI Express based systems has begun. We are already meeting this trend and offer, as the first manufacturer world wide, the complete product range for PCI Express. Based on the M2i PCI/PCI-X versions introduced only two years ago, from now on 54 different digitizers and A/D cards with resolutions between 8 bit and 16 bit and sampling rates from 100 ks/s to 200 MS/s are available for PCI Express. Isn t this awesome! Best regards Gisela Haßler Managing director Latest News M2i.40x8 - combined A/D and Digital digitizer - RADAR optimized The cards M2i.4028 and M2i.4038 are specialized for the acquisition of RADAR signals but also suitable for other customers who want to acquire digital angle positions. With these cards it is possible to acquire additional 16 digital channels together with the high resolution 14 bit analog channel. Acquisition can be done either continuously in parallel with the analog data or as a marker with each segment of analog data. The angle information can be acquired in parallel or using counter inputs or as a combination of both M2i series with enhanced standard memory Starting March 2008 all M2i cards including the PCI/PCI-X version as well as the PCI Express version are delivered with an extremely enhanced standard memory. Before March it has been 64 MByte (32 MSample on 12/14/16 bit cards) compared to nowadays 256 MByte (128 MSample) of standard memory. Simultaneously the prices of the memory upgrades have been heavily decreased. The largest on-board memory of 4 GByte (2 GSample) is now more than 50% lower than the old price Clock and Trigger Distribution Card The new clock and trigger distribution card M2i.ClkDist is intended for the easy synchronization of distributed systems. The passive PCI card has two low skew distribution channels each with one input and 17 outputs. With these two channels one can distribute external clock signals or as an option an internal quarz oscillator clock to all connected systems. One of the both distribution channels can synchronize a trigger signal with the clock channel PCI Express Instrumentation Spectrum is the first manufacturer world-wide to offer its range of digitizers and data acquisition cards as a PCI Express version. Starting mid different A/D products with a resolution ranging from 8 bit to 16 bit are available as PCI Express x1. State-of-the-art motherboards nowadays are already based on PCI Express. Currently most motherboards have PCI as well as PCI Express slots. It is expected that within a very few years legacy PCI slots as well as PCI-X slots are only to be found in special industrial PCs or a very few expensive server systems. The PCI Express cards from Spectrum are 100% software compatible to the M2i card series for the PCI/PCI-X bus released just 2 years ago. As the PCI/PCI-X and the PCI Express versions of the M2i series only differ in the bus interface the complete analog section as well as the control unit are identical. This even makes it possible to synchronise existing PCI/PCI-X cards with the new PCI Express version. The user has the free choice of the bus system. Alongside come individual and combinable triggers, the possibility to synchronise several cards, even throughout different systems. The cards give the benefits of big on-board memory, fast interface and rich software support. Drivers for Windows and Linux (32 bit and 64 bit version) as well as examples for all established programming languages are provided. The versatile interface possibilities to third-party products include LabVIEW, LabWindows, MATLAB, VEE, DASYLab or MS Excel

4 Preface... 3 Latest News... 3 Introduction... 5 Product range... 5 Application areas... 5 On the web... 5 Software... 6 Windows drivers... 6 Linux drivers... 6 SBench SPEasyGenerator... 7 FlexPro... 7 LabVIEW... 8 MATLAB... 8 LabWindows/CVI... 8 DASYLab... 9 Agilent VEE... 9 MS Excel... 9 Systems M2i PCI/PCI-X and PCI Express Products Overview Product range M2i.20xx - 8 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s M2i.30xx - 12 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s M2i.31xx - 8 channel 12 bit A/D up to 25 MS/s M2i.40x8-50 MS/s combined A/D + Digital Digitizer - RADAR optimized M2i.40xx - 14 bit transient recorder up to 50 MS/s M2i.46xx - 8 channel 16 bit A/D up to 3 MS/s M2i.47xx - 16 channel 16 bit A/D up to 500 ks/s PCI bit transient recorder up to 400 MS/s PCI bit transient recorder up to 500 MS/s M2i.60xx - 14 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator M2i.61xx - 8 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator M2i.70xx - 64 bit fast digital I/O with TTL levels M2i.72xx - 32 bit pattern generator with programmable levels PCI.DIO MHz 32 Bit Digital I/O M2i Synchronization Star-Hub M2i.ClkDist - Clock and Trigger Distribution Card Accessories/Options Adapter cables PC-Card/ExpressCard - Docking Station General Conditions of Export

5 Introduction Product range Introduction A PC instrumentation board, whether PCI/PCI-X or PCI Express changes the standard PC to a universal and powerful instrument. Compared to a stand-alone solution there are several advantages: Data is immediately available for calculation A wide range of available software solutions The possibility of programming the components directly to get highest possible performance Easy combination of different hardware Scalable memory size Spectrum has focused its business on the high-speed A/D, D/A and Digital I/O range with sampling rates between 1 MS/s and 500 MS/ s. Fast amplifiers and high-quality converters allow the acquisition and replay of high-frequency signals. As a result of the extremely large onboard memory even fast signals can be recorded for long time with a high precision. The modular product line, first introduced in 2001 and has been completely revised late in 2005 and has many additional advantages compared to other product lines available so far: Wide range of products available for different bus systems Universal, easy-to-program driver Standard memory already 256 MByte (new M2i series) or 16 MByte (all MI series cards) A maximum on-board memory of 4 GByte Continuous data transfer up to 225 MB/s for the PCI-X version and up to 100 MB/s for the standard PCI version All boards are also available installed as part of a complete system. We offer a wide range of standard systems, 19 industrial systems or mobile PCs. For the mobile use together with a notebook, a range of high-performance docking stations that can hold up to three PCI boards is also available. Product range A/D 8 bit ranging from 50 MS/s up to 500 MS/s A/D 12 bit ranging from 1 MS/s up to 200 MS/s A/D 14 bit ranging from 20 MS/s up to 50 MS/s A/D 16 bit ranging from 100 ks/s up to 3 MS/s D/A 8 bit multi-channel up to 125 MS/s D/A 14 bit ranging from 20 MS/s up to 125 MS/s Digital I/O ranging from 8 bit up to 64 bit and up to 125 MS/s Docking Stations for PC-Card and ExpressCard (see Docking Station data sheet) Individually composed Systems PCI/PCI-X and PCI Express Application areas Sonar Radar Laser Sound Ultrasound LDA/PDA Medical equipment ATE Production test Semiconductor test Research and Development Automotive Laboratory Spectroscopy Quality Management Long-time data streaming Instruments development Prototype development Mobile phone tests... On the web Spectrum GmbH is also present on the internet with its own homepage Primary goal of the webserver is information and support. Besides of the actual information on all products there is the news section where you are immediately informed about news from our company. This includes the newest product option, a description of new products and drivers as well as a list of exhibitions where you may visit our team personally. Of course you may download the newest driver version or utilities from our homepage. Besides these tools there is also a full version of SBench 5.3 to be found there. Our webserver is also a useful address for quick questions on our products or for technical support: info@spec.de: technik@spec.de software@spec.de request information to the products technical questions to the products questions concerning the software support and the programming of the boards - 5 -

6 Software Windows drivers Software The connecting link between the user and the hardware is always the software. The wide range of software products which are supported by Spectrum allows the user to choose the software that he wants. There are three different ways to use the high-end PC instruments from Spectrum: Easy-to-use Windows software SBench Professional streaming software SPviewIT for fast hard disk streaming Graphical programming with LabVIEW, Agilent VEE or DASYLab Text-based programming with C/C++, Basic, Delphi, MATLAB or LabWindows/CVI The standard driver is available for different operating systems and is programmed always in the same way. This allows changing from one operating system to another without big modifications in the source code. Windows drivers The Spectrum driver packet consists of a set of functions to manipulate registers on the board and to transfer data to or from the board. The delivered driver is used for all Spectrum boards and is designed for the 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 2k/XP/Vista versions. Depending on the functionality of the board and the used bus system only some of the functions are implemented on a specific board. The different functionality of the boards is realised with the help of board specific software registers. The driver is available for several operating systems and is programmed in the same way for all operating systems. For this reason a change in the operating system may be made without any changes in the source code. no problem. Programming examples for Microsoft Visual C++, Borland Delphi, Microsoft Visual Basic and LabWindows/CVI are delivered with the driver. Due to the simple interface of the driver, the integration into other programming languages or special measurement software is Linux drivers In many areas Linux has itself proven as a high-quality alternative to Windows. Also the instrumentation market uses more and more Linux based systems. Spectrum delivers loadable Linux-modules for the common Linux distributions with all products for years now. This includes as an example Suse, Redhat, Fedora and Debian distributions. The drivers have been designed and tested for single processor systems as well as for SMP systems, both running under 32 bit and 64 bit Linux. But also less common Linux versions are supported. Therefore the source code of the driver module and the required makefiles are available from Spectrum. The user can then compile a perfectly matching version for his Linux installation

7 Software SBench 5.3 SBench 5.3 The current version of SBench offers a comfortable measurement software under Windows focussed on fast and powerful visualisation and analysation of data. Besides the possibility to start the measuring task immediately without programming it also allows the generation of simple measuring loops. SBench combines under one easy-to-use surface the setup of hardware, data display, analysing functions and export functions. All current Spectrum products are supported. Runs with Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP Supports all current A/D, D/A and Digital I/O boards from Spectrum Supports some of the new M2i features Display of analog data, digital data and frequency spectrum Import and export with integrated auto-save function Realtime display even with MByte signals Variety of analysis functions like FFT, average, smooth, signal generator SPEasyGenerator The Software SPEasyGenerator is included in the delivery of all D/A boards of the M2i.6xxx, MI.6xxx, MX.6xxx and MC.6xxx series. The software allows a first test of the obtained board and offers an easy-to-use function generator. A few mouse-clicks are sufficient to output different waveform shapes and to change frequency, phase, output amplitude, offset and filter. The software is running under all current windows versions and can be started directly from CD. SPEasyGenerator is based on LabWindows. The source code of the software is included in the delivery of the hardware and can be used as a base for your own programming. FlexPro With the help of FlexPro it is possible to document, analyse and archivate signals in a comfortable way. FlexPro is supported by SBench via an export filter. This makes a synthesis of a comfortable interface between the setup and visualisation capabilities of SBench and the analysing and documentation capabilities of FlexPro. The FlexPro support is integrated as a standard in SBench and need not to be ordered seperately

8 Software LabVIEW LabVIEW Spectrum delivers driver for all LabVIEW versions starting with version 6. The support for the common LabVIEW software from National Instruments is based on the long time used and tested drivers from Spectrum. As a link between the driver and LabVIEW a link library (SPECTRUM.LLB) will be shipped. This file combines the functions of the driver in bigger function parts for LabVIEW. As a standard the following VIs will be included: Board Init: Initialises the PCI board and the software driver. The technical data of the board will be read out. Board Settings: Converts the numerical input in a cluster of I16 and I32 values. The inputs may be fed from controls or from constants. Board Set: All parameters will be set in a loop. The given parameters will be checked. Board Start: Starts the recording or the replay of the data. Board Stop: Aborts the recording of data. Board Status: Reads out status of the board. Board Read: Reads data from the board. The data will be converted in an array of double values including the correct voltage value corresponding to the selected input range. The LabVIEW drivers consist of the VIs also including the diagrams allowing the user to modify the function parts for his own purposes. This also guarantees the compatibility to LabVIEW versions to be released in future. Several example VIs show the use of the link library and its function parts. These examples can be modified by the user to meet special needs. MATLAB The math software packet MATLAB from The Mathwork Inc. is supported with the help of a universal driver for all boards. The driver supports MAT- LAB starting with version 5.0. The link of MATLAB to the Spectrum boards is made with the help of the available Spectrum drivers. The MATLAB driver itself consists of a set of DLLs converting the functionality of the driver for MATLAB. These DLLs only act as a link between MATLAB and the driver. Each function of the driver is put in a single DLL. This allows the complete functionality of the board and the driver without any restriction. No additional Matlab Toolbox is required. Also future board versions or driver updates may be used without any change to the MATLAB driver. In addition an example for each kind of board is delivered with the driver. This example may also be used as a base for your own programming. LabWindows/CVI LabWindows/CVI offers an easy-to-use mixture of graphical elements for controlling of hardware and display of measured data and a universal C compiler. For a fast start with the Spectrum boards there are some universal examples showing how to include the Spectrum driver

9 Software DASYLab DASYLab Drivers for the Data Acquisition System Laboratory DASYLab are available for all current boards of Spectrum. The driver supports all versions of DASY- Lab starting with version 5.0. The DASYLab driver is completely integrated in the DASYLab program. The driver supports all features of the boards. This includes the analogue inputs and outputs as well as the digital inputs or any additional features of the boards. The DASYLab driver is placed between the standard Spectrum driver and the DASYLab software. When using the standard Spectrum driver as a base the user has the advantage to have the latest basic driver available at any time. The parameters of the board are set in an extra hardware window. The hardware window only allows parameters that are accepted by the hardware. No faulty inputs may occur. Agilent VEE The graphical programming language VEE from Agilent is also supported by Spectrum drivers. All VEE versions starting with 5.0 can be used with this driver. The VEE driver consists of a few functions offering the functionality of the basic Spectrum driver. The examples that are delivered with the driver can be directly used as a stand-alone oscilloscope application (shown in the picture) or as streaming application. All drivers are delivered as editable diagrams. That allows the user to adapt the different function blocks and the example diagrams exactly to his specific needs. MS Excel As a standard tool for presentation and analysis of measured data Microsoft Excel is available in nearly every office.. Besides the possibility to export ASCII data directly from SBench it s also possible to access the hardware directly from within Excel using VBA. Sourcecode examples for this direct implementation are available

10 Systems Systems Spectrum is also able to offer you a complete configured system, that contains a fully installed and tested system with optimised hardware and software. As a result incompatibility between single components is impossible, sufficient cooling power for the boards is guaranteed and software is installed - the system is ready to start. We do not sell standard systems off-the-shelf but we generate a special system for you matching your individual needs. For these applications we offer a wide variety of different systems: Individual designed standard systems with additional cooling 19 industrial systems with up to 20 free slots Portable systems for mobile use CompactPCI 6U based systems with extra low height PXI systems Special RAID systems for ultra-fast disk streaming. The internal synchronisation allows to build up systems with up to 256 analog channels. Of course it s also possible to set up mixed-mode systems with analog and digital inputs and analog and digital outputs. 19 industrial PC systems Due to the internal sync bus of the Spectrum boards the construction of synchronous multi channel systems with free definable trigger channel is no problem. However: often a standard system with normally three free PCI slots has not enough space. For this Spectrum offers a series of individual complete systems based on 19". Extension is possible, our 19" systems being based on the newest backplanes with PCI-to-PCI bridge chips and from 13 to 20 free PCI slots in full length. This offers besides the measuring products enough space for further functionality like Ethernet, DSP, GPIB interface and much more. Using boards in this high-end area will produce a lot of heat. A system with 20 channels running at 100 MS/s sampling rate (5 pieces of M2i.2031) will produce power discipitation of about 100 watts. To manage this values, these robust industrial systems are equipped with powerful cooling fans

11 M2i PCI/PCI-X and PCI Express Products Overview M2i PCI/PCI-X and PCI Express Products Overview The PCI bus was first introduced in Nowadays it is the most common platform for PC based instrumentation boards. The very wide range of installations world-wide, especially in the consumer market, makes it a platform of good value. Its successor is the 2004 introduced PCI Express standard. In today s standard PC there are usually two to three slots of both standards available for instrumentation boards. Special industrial PCs offer up to a maximum of 20 slots. The common PCI/PCI-X bus with data rates of up to 133 MHz x 64 bit = 1 GByte/s per bus, is more and more replaced by the PCI Express standard with up to 4 GByte/s data transfer rate per slot. The Spectrum M2i boards are available in two versions, for PCI/PCI-X as well as for PCI Express. The 100% software compatible standards allow to combine both standards in one system with the same driver and software commands. Product range M2i advantages Up to 16 fully synchronous channels per card Up to 4 GBytes on-board memory Multiple Recording / Gated Sampling with pretrigger, posttrigger, low re-arm time and timestamp ABA mode (dual timebase) available Programmable trigger delay Optimized clock section Synchronization of up to 16 cards in one system and up to 17 systems Versatile software support PCI/PCI-X Up to 225 MB/s sustained data rate 100% compatible to legacy PCI 32 slots PCI Express Up to 140 MB/s sustained data rate 100% software compatible to PCI A/D products Fast data acquisition for the individual application. High quality amplifiers and A/D converters allow the acquisition of high-frequency signals. All boards have a separate A/D converter and a separate amplifier for each channel. This allows the synchronous sampling on all channels without phase delay or crosstalk as found in multiplex boards. In ring buffer mode the boards act independent of the PC and acquire data into the on-board RAM. In FIFO mode the on-board memory is used as a buffer and data can be read continuously. Name max sampling rate per channel Inputs Available options M2i.2020 M2i.2020-exp 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 8 Bit X - X O O O O O - M2i.2021 M2i.2021-exp 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 8 Bit X - X O O O O O - M2i.2030 M2i.2030-exp 200 MS/s 100 MS/s 8 Bit X - X O O O O O - M2i.2031 M2i.2031-exp 200 MS/s 200 MS/s 100 MS/s 8 Bit X - X O O O O O - PCI MS/s 200 MS/s 8 Bit X - - O O PCI MS/s 250 MS/s 8 Bit X - - O O M2i.3110 M2i.3110-exp 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3111 M2i.3111-exp 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3112 M2i.3112-exp 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3120 M2i.3120-exp 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3121 M2i.3121-exp 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3122 M2i.3122-exp 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O Single Ended PCI/PCI-X PCI Express 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels 8 channels 16 channels Resolution Differential FIFO Multi Recor ding ABA Mode Gated Sampling Timestamp Star Hub Digital Inputs

12 M2i PCI/PCI-X and PCI Express Products Product range Name max sampling rate per channel Inputs Available options M2i.3130 M2i.3130-exp 25 MS/s 25 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3131 M2i.3131-exp 25 MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3132 M2i.3132-exp 25 MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3010 M2i.3010-exp 80 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3011 M2i.3011-exp 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3012 M2i.3012-exp 80 MS/s 40 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3013 M2i.3013-exp 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3014 M2i.3014-exp 80 MS/s 80 MS/s 40 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3015 M2i.3015-exp 160 MS/s 80 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3016 M2i.3016-exp 160 MS/s 80 MS/s 40 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3020 M2i.3020-exp 100 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3021 M2i.3021-exp 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3022 M2i.3022-exp 100 MS/s 50 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3023 M2i.3023-exp 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3024 M2i.3024-exp 100 MS/s 100 MS/s 50 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3025 M2i.3025-exp 200 MS/s 100 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3026 M2i.3026-exp 200 MS/s 100 MS/s 50 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3027 M2i.3027-exp 100 MS/s 100 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3031 M2i.3031-exp 60 MS/s 60 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.3033 M2i.3033-exp 60 MS/s 60 MS/s 60 MS/s 12 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.4020 M2i.4020-exp 20 MS/s 14 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.4021 M2i.4021-exp 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 14 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.4022 M2i.4022-exp 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 14 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.4028 M2i.4028-exp 20 MS/s 14 Bit X - X O O O O O X(16) M2i.4030 M2i.4030-exp 50 MS/s 14 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.4031 M2i.4031-exp 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 14 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.4032 M2i.4032-exp 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 14 Bit X - X O O O O O O M2i.4038 M2i.4038-exp 50 MS/s 14 Bit X - X O O O O O X(16) M2i.4620 M2i.4620-exp 200 ks/s 200 ks/s 16 Bit X X X O O O O O - M2i.4621 M2i.4621-exp 200 ks/s 200 ks/s 200 ks/s 16 Bit X X X O O O O O - M2i.4622 M2i.4622-exp 200 ks/s 200 ks/s 200 ks/s 200 ks/s 16 Bit X X X O O O O O - M2i.4630 M2i.4630-exp 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 16 Bit X X X O O O O O - M2i.4631 M2i.4631-exp 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 16 Bit X X X O O O O O - M2i.4632 M2i.4632-exp 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 16 Bit X X X O O O O O - M2i.4640 M2i.4640-exp 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 16 Bit X X X O O O O O - M2i.4641 M2i.4641-exp 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 16 Bit X X X O O O O O - M2i.4642 M2i.4642-exp 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 16 Bit X X X O O O O O - M2i.4650 M2i.4650-exp 3 MS/s 3 MS/s 16 Bit X X X O O O O O - M2i.4651 M2i.4651-exp 3 MS/s 3 MS/s 3 MS/s 16 Bit X X X O O O O O - M2i.4652 M2i.4652-exp 3 MS/s 3 MS/s 3 MS/s 3 MS/s 16 Bit X X X O O O O O - M2i.4710 M2i.4710-exp 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 16 Bit X - X O O O O O - M2i.4711 M2i.4711-exp 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 16 Bit X - X O O O O O - M2i.4720 M2i.4720-exp 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 16 Bit X - X O O O O O - M2i.4721 M2i.4721-exp 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 16 Bit X - X O O O O O - M2i.4730 M2i.4730-exp 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 16 Bit X - X O O O O O - M2i.4731 M2i.4731-exp 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 16 Bit X - X O O O O O - Single Ended PCI/PCI-X PCI Express 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels 8 channels 16 channels Resolution Differential FIFO Multi Recor ding ABA Mode Gated Sampling Timestamp Star Hub Digital Inputs X Included in standard card O Available as an option - not available D/A products The arbitrary waveform generators output an individually programmed waveform from the memory. This waveform can be calculated or recorded by an A/D card. Each independent channel has its own output amplifier that allows programming of offset and amplitude. To smooth the output signal several filters can be selected for every channel. Data can be generated from the on-board memory or, in FIFO mode, can be continuously load from the host PC. Name max output rate per channel Available options PCI/PCI-X PCI Express 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels Resolution FIFO Multiple Recording Gated Sampling Base XIO Timestamp Star Hub Digital Outputs M2i.6110 M2i.6110-exp 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 8 Bit X O O O - O - M2i.6111 M2i.6111-exp 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 8 Bit X O O O - O - M2i.6011 M2i.6011-exp 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 12 Bit X O O O - O O M2i.6012 M2i.6012-exp 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 12 Bit X O O O - O O M2i.6021 M2i.6021-exp 60 MS/s 60 MS/s 12 Bit X O O O - O O M2i.6022 M2i.6022-exp 60 MS/s 60 MS/s 60 MS/s 12 Bit X O O O - O O M2i.6030 M2i.6030-exp 125 MS/s 12 Bit X O O O - O O M2i.6031 M2i.6031-exp 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 12 Bit X O O O - O O M2i.6033 M2i.6033-exp 125 MS/s 60 MS/s 12 Bit X O O O - O O M2i.6034 M2i.6034-exp 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 60 MS/s 12 Bit X O O O - O O

13 M2i PCI/PCI-X and PCI Express Products Product range Digital I/O products The fast digital I/O boards can be used as a pattern generator or for acquisition of digital signals. The extremely large on-board memory and the fast FIFO mode allows output and input of large data streams. A special on-board clock preparation minimises the phase skew between internal and external clock signals. Name max sampling rate/output rate per bit Available options PCI/PCI-X PCI Express Version 1-4 Bit 8 Bit 16 Bit 32 Bit 64 Bit FIFO Multiple Recording Gated Sampling Base XIO M2i.7005 M2i.7005-exp TTL I/O 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s X O O O O O M2i.7010 M2i.7010-exp TTL I/O 125 MS/s 125 MS/s X O O O O O M2i.7011 M2i.7011-exp TTL I/O 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 60 MS/s X O O O O O M2i.7020 M2i.7020-exp TTL I/O 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s X O O O O O M2i.7021 M2i.7021-exp TTL I/O 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 60 MS/s X O O O O O M2i.7210 M2i.7210-exp Prog. Pattern 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s X O O O - O M2i.7211 M2i.7211-exp Prog. Pattern 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 5 MS/s X O O O - O M2i.7220 M2i.7220-exp Prog. Pattern 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s X O O O - O M2i.7221 M2i.7221-exp Prog. Pattern 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s X O O O - O PCI.DIO32 - TTL I/O 100 MS/s 100 MS/s - O O Timestamp Star Hub

14 M2i.20xx - 8 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s M2i.20xx - 8 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s Up to 200 MS/s on 2 channels, 100 MS/s on 4 channels Simultaneously sampling on all channels Separate ADC and amplifier per channel 7 input ranges: ±50 mv up to ± 5 V Up to 4 GSample on-board memory 256 MSample standard memory installed Window, pulse width, re-arm, OR/AND trigger Programmable input offset of ±400% Synchronization of up to 16 cards per system and up to 271 cards with system sync ABA mode option: combination of data logger and fast digitizer on trigger Versatile software support for Windows and Linux 66 MHz 32 bit PCI-X interface 5V / 3.3V PCI compatible 100% compatible to conventional PCI > V2.1 Sustained streaming mode up to 225 MB/s 2,5 GBit x1 PCIe Interface Works with x1/x4/x8/x16* PCIe slots Software compatible to PCI Sustained streaming mode up to 140 MB/s Operating Systems Windows 2k, XP, Vista Linux Kernel Both 32 and 64 bit Recomended Software Visual Basic, Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, GNU C++, Borland Delphi,.VB.NET, C#, J# SBench, SPviewIT Drivers MATLAB LabVIEW, LabWindows DASYLab Agilent VEE Model 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels General Information M2i MS/s 50 MS/s The cards of the M2i.20xx series are designed for the fast and high quality data acquisition. M2i MS/s 50 MS/s 50 MS/s Each of the up to four input channels has its own A/D converter and its own M2i MS/s 100 MS/s programmable input amplifier. This allows to record signals on all channels with 8 bit M2i MS/s 200 MS/s 100 MS/s resolution without any phase delay between them. The inputs can be selected to one of seven input ranges by software and can be programmed to compensate for an input offset of ±400% of the input range. The extremely large on-board memory allows long time recording even with highest sampling rates. All four cards of the M2i.20xx series may use the whole installed on-board memory completely for the currently activated number of channels. A FIFO mode is also integrated on the board. This allows the acquisition of data continuously for online processing in the PC or for data storage on hard disk. *Some x16 PCIe slots are for the use of graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards

15 M2i.20xx - 8 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s Software Support Windows drivers The cards are delivered with drivers for Windows 2000, XP, XP64, Vista and Vista64. Programming examples for Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, LabWindows/CVI, Borland Delphi, Visual Basic, VB.NET, C# and J# are included. Linux Drivers All cards are delivered with full Linux support. Pre compiled kernel modules are included for the most common distributions like RedHat, Fedora, Suse or Debian. The Linux support includes SMP systems, 32 bit and 64 bit systems, versatile programming examples for Gnu C++ as well as the possibility to get the driver sources for own compilation. SBench A full licence of SBench the easy-to-use graphical operating software for the Spectrum cards is included in the delivery. The version 6 is running under Windows as well as under Linux (KDE and GNOME). SPViewIT card. SPviewIT is the professional streaming software solution for the Spectrum PC instruments. The software is optimised for continuous data acquisition of large amounts of data. Key features of SPviewIT are different data displays, editable interface and a huge amount of export filters. A demo version comes with the Third-party products A lot of third-party products are supported as an option. Choose between LabVIEW, MATLAB, DASYLab and Agilent VEE. All drivers come with examples and detailed documentation. MI Software compatibility layer To allow an easy change from MI cards to the new M2i cards for existing software a special software compatibility layer is delivered with the cards. This DLL converts MI calls to M2i calls and simulates a MI card in the software. Hardware features and options PCI/PCI-X The M2i cards with PCI/PCI-X bus connector use 32 Bit and up to 66 MHz clock rate for data transfer. They are 100% compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The universal interface allows the use in PCI slots with 5 V I/O and 3.3 V I/O voltages as well as in PCI-X or PCI 64 slots. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 225 MByte/s per bus segment. PCI Express The M2i cards with PCI Express use a x1 PCIe connector. They can be used in PCI Express x1/x4/x8/x16 slots, except special graphic card slots, and are 100% software compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 160 MByte/s per slot. Input Amplifier The analog inputs can be adapted to real world signals using a wide variety of settings that are individual for each channel. By using software commands the input termination can be changed between 50 Ohm and 1 MOhm, one can select a matching input range and the signal offset can be compensated for. Ring buffer mode The ring buffer mode is the standard mode of all oscilloscope boards. Data is written in a ring memory of the board until a trigger event is detected. After the event the posttrigger values are recorded. Because of this continuously recording into a ring buffer there are also samples prior to the trigger event visible: Pretrigger = Memsize - Posttrigger. FIFO mode The FIFO mode is designed for continuous data transfer between measurement board and PC memory (up to 225 MB/s on a PCI-X slot and up to 115 MB/s on a PCI slot) or hard disk. The control of the data stream is done automatically by the driver on interrupt request. The complete installed on-board memory is used for buffer data, making the continuous streaming extremely reliable. Channel trigger The data acquisition boards offer a wide variety of trigger modes. Besides the standard signal checking for level and edge as known from oscilloscopes it s also possible to define a window trigger. All trigger modes can be combined with the pulsewidth trigger. This makes it possible to trigger on signal errors like too long or too short pulses. In addition to this a re-arming mode (for accurate trigger recognition on noisy signals) the AND/OR conjunction of different trigger events is possible. As a unique feature it is possible to use deactivated channels as trigger sources. External trigger I/O All boards can be triggered using an external TTL signal. It s possible to use positive or negative edge also in combination with a programmable pulse width. An internally recognised trigger event can - when activated by software - be routed to the trigger connector to start external instruments. Pulse width Defines the minimum or maximum width that a trigger pulse must have to generate a trigger event. Pulse width can be combined with channel trigger, pattern trigger and external trigger. Multiple Recording The Multiple Recording option allows the recording of several trigger events with an extremely short re-arming time. The hardware doesn t need to be restarted in between. The on-board memory is divided in several segments of the same size. Each of them is filled with data if a trigger event occurs. Pre- and posttrigger of the segments can be programmed. The number of acquired segments is only limited by the used memory and is unlimited when using FIFO mode

16 M2i.20xx - 8 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s Gated Sampling The Gated Sampling option allows data recording controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only recorded if the gate signal has a programmed level. In addition a pre-area before start of the gate signal as well as a post area after end of the gate signal can be acquired. The number of gate segments is only limited by the used memory and is unlimited when using FIFO mode. Timestamp The timestamp option writes the time positions of the trigger events in an extra memory. The timestamps are relative to the start of recording, a defined zero time, externally synchronised to a radio clock, or a GPS receiver. With this option acquisitions of systems on different locations can be set in a precise time relation. ABA mode The optional ABA mode combines slow continuous data recording with fast acquisition on trigger events. The ABA mode works like a slow data logger combined with a fast digitizer. The exact position of the trigger events is stored as timestamps in an extra memory. 271 synchronous cards with thesystem Star-Hub With the help of multiple system star-hubs it is possible to link up to 17 system phase synchronous with each other. Each system can then contain up to 16 cards (master only 15). In total 271 cards can be used fully synchronously in a bunch of systems. One master system distributes clock and trigger signal to all connected slave systems. BaseXIO (enhanced trigger) The BaseXIO option offers 8 asynchronous digital I/O lines on the base card. The direction can be selected by software in groups of four. Two of these lines can also be used as additional external trigger sources. This allows the building of complex trigger conjunctions with external gated triggers as well as AND/OR conjunction of multiple external trigger sources like, for example, the picture and row synchronisation of video signals. In addition one of the I/ O lines can be used as reference clock for the Timestamp counter. External clock I/O Using a dedicated connector a sampling clock can be fed in from an external system. It s also possible to output the internally used sampling clock to synchronise external equipment to this clock. Reference clock The option to use a precise external reference clock (normally 10 MHz) is necessary to synchronise the board for high-quality measurements with external equipment (like a signal source). It s also possible to enhance the quality of the sampling clock in this way. The driver automatically generates the requested sampling clock from the fed in reference clock. Star-Hub The star-hub is an additional module allowing the phase stable synchronisation of up to 16 boards in one syste,. Independent of the number of boards there is no phase delay between all channels. The starhub distributes trigger and clock information between all boards. As a result all connected boards are running with the same clock and the same trigger. All trigger sources can be combined with OR/AND allowing all channels of all cards to be trigger source at the same time. The star-hub is available as 5 card and 16 card version. The 5 card version doesn t need an extra slot

17 M2i.20xx - 8 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s Technical Data Analog Inputs Clock Resolution 8 bit Internal clock range (PLL mode) 1 ks/s to max (see table below) Differential non linearity (DNL) 0.5 LSB (ADC) Internal clock accuracy 20 ppm Integral non linearity (INL) 0.5 LSB (ADC) Internal clock: max. jitter in PLL mode TBD Offset error can be calibrated by user Internal clock: max. jitter in quartz mode TBD Gain error < 2% of current value Internal clock setup granularity 1% of range (100M, 10M, 1M, 100k,...) Programmable input offset ±400% of current input range Internal clock setup granularity example range 1M to 10M: stepsize 100k Crosstalk 1 MHz signal, 50 Ohm term < -62 db between any adjacent channels Reference clock: external clock range 1.0 MHz and MHz Input signal with 50 Ohm termination max 5 V rms External clock range 1 MS/s to max (see table below) Analog Input impedance 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm 25 pf External clock delay to internal clock 5.4 ns Over voltage protection (range ±0.5 V) ±5 V External clock type 3.3V LVTTL compatible Over voltage protection (range > ±0.5 V) ±50 V External clock input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, duty 45% - 55% Connector (analog and trigger/clock) 3 mm SMB male External clock maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +3.8 V (internally clamped to 3.3V, 100 ma max. clamping current) Trigger External clock output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible Multi, Gate: re-arming time <4 Samples External clock output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load Max Pretrigger at Multi, Gate, FIFO Samples as sum of all active channels Trigger accuracy ( 100 MS/s) 1 Sample (internal or external trigger mode) Environmental and Physical details Trigger accuracy (>100 MS/s) 2 Samples (internal or external trigger mode) Dimension (PCB only) 312 mm x 107 mm (full PCI length) Channel trigger resolution 8 bit Width (Standard or star-hub 5) 1 full size slot Trigger output delay One positive edge after internal trigger event Width (star-hub 16) 2 full size slots External trigger type 3.3V LVTTL compatible (5V tolerant) Weight (depending on options/channels) 290g (2 ch) up to 420g (4 ch + sh) External trigger input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, 2 clock periods Warm up time 10 minutes External trigger maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.7 V (internally clamped to Operating temperature 0 C - 50 C 5.0V, 100 ma max. clamping current) Storage temperature -10 C - 70 C External trigger output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible Humidity 10% to 90% External trigger output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load PCI / PCI-X specific details Software programmable parameters PCI / PCI-X bus slot type 32 bit 33/66 MHz Input Ranges ±50 mv, ±100 mv, ±200 mv, ±500 mv, PCI / PCI-X bus slot compatibility 32/64 bit, MHz, 3,3 V and 5 V I/O ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V Input impedance 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm PCI EXPRESS specific details Input Offset ±400% of input range in steps of 1% PCIe slot type x1 Clock mode Int. PLL, int. quartz, ext. clock, ext. divided, PCIe slot compatibility x1/x4/x8/x16* ext. reference clock, sync *Some x16 PCIe slots are for graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards. Clock impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) Trigger impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) Power consumption (max speed) PCI / PCI-X PCI EXPRESS Trigger mode Channel, Extern, SW, Auto, Window, Pulse, 3,3 V 5 V 3,3 V 12V Re-Arm, Or/And, Delay M2i.20x0 (256 MS memory) 2,2 A 0,5 A 0,4 A 1,0 Trigger level 8 bit resolution: 1/256 to 255/256 of input M2i.20x1 (256 MS memory) 2,8 A 0,8 A 0,4 A 1,2 range M2i.2031 (4 GS memory), max power 3,9 A 0,8 A 0,4 A 2,0 Trigger edge Rising edge, falling edge or both edges Trigger pulse width 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample Max channels / Star-Hub Option SH5 SH16 SSHS5 SSHS16 Trigger delay 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample M2i.2020/ Memory depth 8 up to [installed memory / number of active M2i.2021/ channels] in steps of 8 Posttrigger 4 up to [8G - 4] samples in steps of 4 BaseXIO (Option) Multiple Recording segment size 8 up to[installed memory / 2 / active channels] BaseXIO Connector (extra bracket) 8 x SMB (8 x MMCX internal) in steps of 4 BaseXIO input TTL compatible: Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V Multi / Gated pretrigger 0 up to [16k samples / number of active BaseXIO input maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.5 V channels - 32] BaseXIO output levels TTL compatible: Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V ABA clock divider 1 up to [64k - 1] in steps of 1 BaseXIO output drive strength 32 ma maximum current Synchronization clock divider 2 up to [8k - 2] in steps of 2 Channel selection Any 1, 2 or 4 channels (see manual for clock limits on the selections) Certifications and Compliances EMC Immunity Compliant with CE Mark EMC Emission Compliant with CE Mark Dynamic Parameters M2i.2020 M2i.2021 M2i.2030 M2i.2031 max internal clock 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 200 MS/s 200 MS/s max external clock 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 100 MS/s 100 MS/s -3 db bandwidth ±50 mv DC to 25 MHz DC to 25 MHz DC to 60 MHz DC to 60 MHz -3 db bandwidth ±100 mv DC to 25 MHz DC to 25 MHz DC to 90 MHz DC to 90 MHz Zero noise level ( ±100 mv) 0,6 LSB 0,9 LSB 1,5 LSB 2.0 LSB Zero noise level (> ±100 mv) 0,6 LSB 0,7 LSB 1.3 LSB 1.5 LSB Test - sampling rate 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 100 MS/s 100 MS/s Test signal frequency 1 MHz 4 MHz 1 MHz 4 MHz 1 MHz 9 MHz 1 MHz 9 MHz SNR (typ) 47.5 db 47.5 db 46.8 db 46.5 db 45.3 db 45.0 db 45.0 db 44.5 db THD (typ) db db db db db db db db SFDR (typ), excl. harm db 61.0 db 60.3 db 60.1 db 59.0 db 57.0 db 59.0 db 57.0 db ENOB (based on SNR) 7.6 bit 7.6 bit 7.5 bit 7.4 bit 7.2 bit 7.2 bit 7.2 bit 7.2 bit ENOB (based on SINAD) 7.5 bit 7.5 bit 7.4 bit 7.3 bit 7.1 bit 7.0 bit 7.1 bit 7.0 bit Dynamic parameters are measured at ± 1 V input range (if no other range is stated) and 50 Ohm termination with the samplerate specified in the table. Measured parameters are aver

18 M2i.20xx - 8 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s aged 20 times to get typical values. Test signal is a pure sine wave of the specified frequency with > 99% amplitude. SNR and RMS noise parameters may differ depending on the quality of the used PC. SNR = Signal to Noise Ratio, THD = Total Harmonic Distortion, SFDR = Spurious Free Dynamic Range, SINAD = Signal Noise and Distortion, ENOB = Effective Number of Bits. For a detailed description please see application note 002. Hardware block diagramm

19 M2i.20xx - 8 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s Order Informations PCI/PCI-X Order no. Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels. M2i MByte 50 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i MByte 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i MByte 200 MS/s 100 MS/s M2i MByte 200 MS/s 200 MS/s 100 MS/s PCI Express Order no. Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels M2i.2020-exp 256 MByte 50 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i.2021-exp 256 MByte 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i.2030-exp 256 MByte 200 MS/s 100 MS/s M2i.2031-exp 256 MByte 200 MS/s 200 MS/s 100 MS/s Memory Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-512MB M2i.xxxx-1GB M2i.xxxx-2GB M2i.xxxx-4GB Options Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-mr M2i.xxxx-mgt M2i.xxxx-mgtab M2i.xxxx-SH5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SH16 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHM (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS16 (1) M2i.xxxx-bxio M2i-upgrade Cables Order no. Option Cab-3f-9m-80 Cab-3f-9f-80 Cab-3f-3f-80 Cab-3f-9m-200 Cab-3f-9f-200 Cab-3f-3f-200 Cab-3f-9f-5 Drivers Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-ml M2i.20xx-lv M2i.20xx-dl Memory upgrade to 512 MB of total memory Memory upgrade to 1 GB of total memory Memory upgrade to 2 GB of total memory Memory upgrade to 4 GB of total memory Option Multiple Recording Option pack including Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, Timestamp Option pack including Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, Timestamp, ABA mode Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 5 cards, only 1 slot width Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 16 cards M2i.20xx-vee Agilent VEE driver for all M2i.20xx cards (1) : Just one of the options can be installed on a card at a time. System-Star-Hub Master for up to 15 cards in the system and up to 17 systems, sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 5 cards in one system, all sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 16 cards in one system, all sync cables included Option BaseXIO: 8 digital I/O lines usable as asynchronous I/O, timestamp ref-clock and additional external trigger lines, additional bracket with 8 SMB connectors Upgrade for M2i.xxxx: later installation of option -dig or -bxio Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 5 cm (short cable especially for oscilloscope probes) MATLAB driver for all M2i cards LabVIEW driver for all M2i.20xx cards DASYLab driver for all M2i.20xx cards

20 M2i.30xx - 12 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s M2i.30xx - 12 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s Up to 200 MS/s on one channel, 100 MS/s on two channels or 60 MS/s on four chanels Simultaneously sampling on all channels Separate ADC and amplifier per channel 6 input ranges: ±200 mv up to ± 10 V Up to 2 GSample (4 GByte) on-board memory 128 MSample standard memory installed Window, pulse width, re-arm, OR/AND trigger Programmable input offset of ±100% Synchronization of up to 16 cards per system Systems with up to 271 synchronous cards with system-synchronisation Options: synchronous digital channels, Gated Sampling, Timestamps, ABA mode. 66 MHz 32 bit PCI-X interface 5V / 3.3V PCI compatible 100% compatible to conventional PCI > V2.1 Sustained streaming mode up to 225 MB/s 2,5 GBit x1 PCIe Interface Works with x1/x4/x8/x16* PCIe slots Software compatible to PCI Sustained streaming mode up to 140 MB/s Operating Systems Windows 2k, XP, Vista Linux Kernel Both 32 and 64 bit Recomended Software Visual Basic, Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, GNU C++, Borland Delphi,.VB.NET, C#, J# SBench, SPviewIT Drivers MATLAB LabVIEW, LabWindows DASYLab Agilent VEE Model 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels General Information M2i MS/s The 17 models of the M2i.30xx series are designed for the fast and high quality M2i MS/s 40 MS/s data acquisition. Each of the up to four input channels has its own A/D converter M2i MS/s 40 MS/s and its own programmable input amplifier. This allows to record signals simultaneously on all channels with 12 bit resolution without any phase delay between them. M2i MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s M2i MS/s 80 MS/s 40 MS/s The extremely large on-board memory allows long time recording even with the highest sampling rates. All boards of the M2i.30xx series may use the whole installed on- M2i MS/s 80 MS/s M2i MS/s 80 MS/s 40 MS/s M2i MS/s board memory for the currently activated number of channels. A FIFO mode is also M2i MS/s 50 MS/s integrated on the board. This allows the acquisition of data continuously for online M2i MS/s 50 MS/s processing or for data storage to hard disk. M2i MS/s 50 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i MS/s 100 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i MS/s 100 MS/s M2i MS/s 100 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i MS/s 100 MS/s M2i MS/s 60 MS/s M2i MS/s 60 MS/s 60 MS/s *Some x16 PCIe slots are for the use of graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards

21 M2i.30xx - 12 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s Software Support Windows drivers The cards are delivered with drivers for Windows 2000, XP, XP64, Vista and Vista64. Programming examples for Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, LabWindows/CVI, Borland Delphi, Visual Basic, VB.NET, C# and J# are included. Linux Drivers All cards are delivered with full Linux support. Pre compiled kernel modules are included for the most common distributions like RedHat, Fedora, Suse or Debian. The Linux support includes SMP systems, 32 bit and 64 bit systems, versatile programming examples for Gnu C++ as well as the possibility to get the driver sources for own compilation. SBench A full licence of SBench the easy-to-use graphical operating software for the Spectrum cards is included in the delivery. The version 6 is running under Windows as well as under Linux (KDE and GNOME). SPViewIT card. SPviewIT is the professional streaming software solution for the Spectrum PC instruments. The software is optimised for continuous data acquisition of large amounts of data. Key features of SPviewIT are different data displays, editable interface and a huge amount of export filters. A demo version comes with the Third-party products A lot of third-party products are supported as an option. Choose between LabVIEW, MATLAB, DASYLab and Agilent VEE. All drivers come with examples and detailed documentation. MI Software compatibility layer To allow an easy change from MI cards to the new M2i cards for existing software a special software compatibility layer is delivered with the cards. This DLL converts MI calls to M2i calls and simulates a MI card in the software. Hardware features and options PCI/PCI-X The M2i cards with PCI/PCI-X bus connector use 32 Bit and up to 66 MHz clock rate for data transfer. They are 100% compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The universal interface allows the use in PCI slots with 5 V I/O and 3.3 V I/O voltages as well as in PCI-X or PCI 64 slots. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 225 MByte/s per bus segment. PCI Express The M2i cards with PCI Express use a x1 PCIe connector. They can be used in PCI Express x1/x4/x8/x16 slots, except special graphic card slots, and are 100% software compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 160 MByte/s per slot. Input Amplifier The analog inputs can be adapted to real world signals using a wide variety of settings that are individual for each channel. By using software commands the input termination can be changed between 50 Ohm and 1 MOhm, one can select a matching input range and the signal offset can be compensated for. Digital inputs This option acquires additional synchronous digital channels phase-stable with the analog data. When the option is installed there are 4 additional digital inputs for every analog A/D channel. Ring buffer mode The ring buffer mode is the standard mode of all oscilloscope boards. Data is written in a ring memory of the board until a trigger event is detected. After the event the posttrigger values are recorded. Because of this continuously recording into a ring buffer there are also samples prior to the trigger event visible: Pretrigger = Memsize - Posttrigger. FIFO mode The FIFO mode is designed for continuous data transfer between measurement board and PC memory (up to 225 MB/s on a PCI-X slot and up to 115 MB/s on a PCI slot) or hard disk. The control of the data stream is done automatically by the driver on interrupt request. The complete installed on-board memory is used for buffer data, making the continuous streaming extremely reliable. Channel trigger The data acquisition boards offer a wide variety of trigger modes. Besides the standard signal checking for level and edge as known from oscilloscopes it s also possible to define a window trigger. All trigger modes can be combined with the pulsewidth trigger. This makes it possible to trigger on signal errors like too long or too short pulses. In addition to this a re-arming mode (for accurate trigger recognition on noisy signals) the AND/OR conjunction of different trigger events is possible. As a unique feature it is possible to use deactivated channels as trigger sources. External trigger I/O All boards can be triggered using an external TTL signal. It s possible to use positive or negative edge also in combination with a programmable pulse width. An internally recognised trigger event can - when activated by software - be routed to the trigger connector to start external instruments. Pulse width Defines the minimum or maximum width that a trigger pulse must have to generate a trigger event. Pulse width can be combined with channel trigger, pattern trigger and external trigger. Multiple Recording The Multiple Recording option allows the recording of several trigger events with an extremely short re-arming time. The hardware doesn t need to be restarted in be

22 M2i.30xx - 12 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s tween. The on-board memory is divided in several segments of the same size. Each of them is filled with data if a trigger event occurs. Pre- and posttrigger of the segments can be programmed. The number of acquired segments is only limited by the used memory and is unlimited when using FIFO mode. Gated Sampling The Gated Sampling option allows data recording controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only recorded if the gate signal has a programmed level. In addition a pre-area before start of the gate signal as well as a post area after end of the gate signal can be acquired. The number of gate segments is only limited by the used memory and is unlimited when using FIFO mode. Timestamp The timestamp option writes the time positions of the trigger events in an extra memory. The timestamps are relative to the start of recording, a defined zero time, externally synchronised to a radio clock, or a GPS receiver. With this option acquisitions of systems on different locations can be set in a precise time relation. ABA mode The optional ABA mode combines slow continuous data recording with fast acquisition on trigger events. The ABA mode works like a slow data logger combined with a fast digitizer. The exact position of the trigger events is stored as timestamps in an extra memory. is available as 5 card and 16 card version. The 5 card version doesn t need an extra slot. 271 synchronous cards with thesystem Star-Hub With the help of multiple system star-hubs it is possible to link up to 17 system phase synchronous with each other. Each system can then contain up to 16 cards (master only 15). In total 271 cards can be used fully synchronously in a bunch of systems. One master system distributes clock and trigger signal to all connected slave systems. BaseXIO (enhanced trigger) The BaseXIO option offers 8 asynchronous digital I/O lines on the base card. The direction can be selected by software in groups of four. Two of these lines can also be used as additional external trigger sources. This allows the building of complex trigger conjunctions with external gated triggers as well as AND/OR conjunction of multiple external trigger sources like, for example, the picture and row synchronisation of video signals. In addition one of the I/ O lines can be used as reference clock for the Timestamp counter. Option differential inputs With a simple software command two single-ended inputs can be combined to one differential channel. The difference is calculated in hardware on the digital side. The difference calculation is done in real-time using the current sampling rate of the card. Both inputs of the difference signal are still related to GND. External clock I/O Using a dedicated connector a sampling clock can be fed in from an external system. It s also possible to output the internally used sampling clock to synchronise external equipment to this clock. Reference clock The option to use a precise external reference clock (normally 10 MHz) is necessary to synchronise the board for high-quality measurements with external equipment (like a signal source). It s also possible to enhance the quality of the sampling clock in this way. The driver automatically generates the requested sampling clock from the fed in reference clock. Star-Hub The star-hub is an additional module allowing the phase stable synchronisation of up to 16 boards in one syste,. Independent of the number of boards there is no phase delay between all channels. The starhub distributes trigger and clock information between all boards. As a result all connected boards are running with the same clock and the same trigger. All trigger sources can be combined with OR/AND allowing all channels of all cards to be trigger source at the same time. The star-hub

23 M2i.30xx - 12 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s Technical Data Analog Inputs Clock Resolution 12 bit Internal clock range (PLL mode) 1 ks/s to max (see table below) Differential non linearity (DNL) 1 LSB (ADC) Internal clock accuracy 20 ppm Integral non linearity (INL) 1 LSB (ADC) Internal clock: max. jitter in PLL mode TBD Offset error can be calibrated by user Internal clock: max. jitter in quartz mode TBD Gain error < 1% of current value Internal clock setup granularity ( 100 M) 1% of range (100M, 10M, 1M, 100k,...) Programmable input offset ±100% of current input range Internal clock setup granularity example range 1M to 10M: stepsize 100k Crosstalk 1 MHz signal, 50 Ohm term < -70 db between any adjacent channels Internal clock setup granularity (> 100 M) one fixed value (160 MS/s or 200 MS/s) Input signal with 50 Ohm termination max 5 V rms Reference clock: external clock range 1.0 MHz and MHz Analog Input impedance 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm 25 pf External clock range 1 MS/s to max (see table below) Over voltage protection (range ±1 V) ±5 V External clock delay to internal clock 5.4 ns Over voltage protection (range > ±1 V) ±50 V External clock type 3.3V LVTTL compatible Connector (analog and trigger/clock) 3 mm SMB male External clock input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, duty 45% - 55% Trigger External clock maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +3.8 V (internally clamped to 3.3V, 100 ma max. clamping current) Multi, Gate: re-arming time <4 Samples External clock output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible Max Pretrigger at Multi, Gate, FIFO 8176 Samples as sum of all active channels External clock output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load Internal trigger accuracy 1 Sample Channel trigger resolution 10 bits Environmental and Physical details Trigger output delay One positive edge after internal trigger event Dimension (PCB only) 312 mm x 107 mm (full PCI length) External trigger type 3.3V LVTTL compatible (5V tolerant) Width (Standard or star-hub 5) 1 full size slot External trigger input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, 2 clock periods Width (star-hub 16) 2 full size slots External trigger maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.7 V (internally clamped to 5.0V, Width (with digital inputs) 1 full size slots + 1 half size slot 100 ma max. clamping current) Weight (depending on options/channels) 290g (2 ch) up to 460g (4 ch + dig + sh) External trigger accuracy ( 100 MS/s) 1 Sample Warm up time 10 minutes External trigger accuracy (>100 MS/s) 2 Samples Operating temperature 0 C - 50 C External trigger output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible Storage temperature -10 C - 70 C External trigger output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load Humidity 10% to 90% Power consumption (max speed) PCI / PCI-X PCI EXPRESS PCI / PCI-X specific details 3,3 V 5 V 3,3 V 12 V PCI / PCI-X bus slot type 32 bit 33/66 MHz M2i.30x0 (128 MS memory) 2.2 A 0.8 A 0,4 A 1,0 A PCI / PCI-X bus slot compatibility 32/64 bit, MHz, 3,3 and 5 V I/O M2i.30x1, x2 (128 MS memory) 2.3 A 0.9 A 0,4 A 1,1 A M2i.30x5, x7 (128 MS memory) 2.5 A 1.1 A 0,4 A 1,2 A PCI EXPRESS specific details M2i.30x3, x4, x6 (128 MS memory) 2.6 A 1.4 A 0,4 A 1,4 A PCIe slot type x1 M2i.3026 (2 GS memory), max. power 3.7 A 1.4 A 0,4 A 2,0 A PCIe slot compatibility x1/x4/x8/x16* *Some x16 PCIe slots are for graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards. Max channels with Star-Hub SH5 SH16 SSHS5 SSHS16 M2i.30x Software programmable parameters M2i.30x1, 30x2, 30x5, 30x Input Ranges ±200 mv, ±500 mv, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V, M2i.30x3, 30x4, 30x ±10 V Input impedance 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm Certifications and Compliances Input Offset ±100% of input range in steps of 1% EMC Immunity Compliant with CE Mark Clock mode Int. PLL, int. quartz, ext. clock, ext. divided, EMC Emission Compliant with CE Mark ext. reference clock, sync Clock impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) BaseXIO (Option) Trigger impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) BaseXIO Connector (extra bracket) 8 x SMB (8 x MMCX internal) Trigger mode Channel, Extern, SW, Auto, Window, BaseXIO input TTL compatible: Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V Pulse, Re-Arm, Or/And, Delay BaseXIO input maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.5 V Trigger level 10 bit resolution: 1/1024 to 1023/1024 BaseXIO output levels TTL compatible: Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V of input range BaseXIO output drive strength 32 ma maximum current Trigger edge Rising edge, falling edge or both edges Trigger pulse width 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample Digital Inputs (Option) Trigger delay 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample Digital inputs: input impedance V Memory depth 8 up to [installed memory / number of Digital inputs delay to analog sample -11 Samples active channels] in steps of 4 Maximum voltage -0.3 V up to +5.5 V Posttrigger 4 up to [8G - 4] samples in steps of 4 Input voltage Low 0.8 V, High > 2.0 V Multiple Recording segment size 8 up to[installed memory / 2 / active channels] Connector (digital inputs) 40 pole half pitch (Hirose FX2 series) in steps of 4 Differential Inputs (Option) Multi / Gated pretrigger 0 up to [8k samples / number of active channels - 16] Available for card types 30x1, 30x2, 30x3, 30x4, 30x6 ABA clock divider 1 up to [64k - 1] in steps of 1 Differential Resolution 13 bit Synchronization clock divider 2 up to [8k - 2] in steps of 2 Trigger mode restrictions No channel trigger on ch1 (and ch3) Channel selection Any 1, 2 or 4 channels (see manual for clock limits on the selections)

24 M2i.30xx - 12 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s Dynamic Parameters M2i.3011 M2i.3013 M2i.3021 M2i.3023 M2i.3031 M2i.3033 M2i.3010 M2i.3012 M2i.3014 M2i.3020 M2i.3022 M2i.3024 M2i.3027 M2i.3015 M2i.3016 M2i.3025 M2i.3026 max internal clock 40 MS/s 50 MS/s 62.5 MS/s 80 MS/s 105 MS/s 160 MS/s 200 MS/s max external clock 40 MS/s 50 MS/s 62.5 MS/s 80 MS/s 105 MS/s 80 MS/s 105 MS/s -3 db bandwidth DC to 20 MHz DC to 25 MHz DC to 30 MHz DC to 40 MHz DC to 40 MHz DC to 40 MHz DC to 40 MHz Zero noise level (< 125 MS/s) < 1.1 LSB rms < 1.1 LSB rms < 1.4 LSB rms < 1.5 LSB rms < 1.5 LSB rms < 2.0 LSB rms < 2.0 LSB rms Zero noise level (> 125 MS/s) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. < 3.0 LSB rms < 3.0 LSB rms Test - sampling rate 40 MS/s 50 MS/s 60 MS/s 80 MS/s 100 MS/s 80 MS/s 100 MS/s Test signal frequency 1 MHz 4 MHz 1 MHz 4 MHz 1 MHz 4 MHz 1 MHz 9 MHz 1 MHz 9 MHz 1 MHz 9 MHz 1 MHz 9 MHz SNR (typ) (db) THD (typ) (db) SFDR (typ), excl. harm. (db) ENOB based on SNR (bit) ENOB based on SINAD (bit) Dynamic parameters are measured at ± 1 V input range (if no other range is stated) and 50 Ohm termination with the samplerate specified in the table. Measured parameters are averaged 20 times to get typical values. Test signal is a pure sine wave of the specified frequency with > 99% amplitude. SNR and RMS noise parameters may differ depending on the quality of the used PC. SNR = Signal to Noise Ratio, THD = Total Harmonic Distortion, SFDR = Spurious Free Dynamic Range, SINAD = Signal Noise and Distortion, ENOB = Effective Number of Bits. For a detailed description please see application note 002. Hardware block diagram

25 M2i.30xx - 12 bit transient recorder up to 200 MS/s Order Information PCI/PCI-X Order no. Order no. PCI Express PCI/PCI-X PCI Express Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels M2i.3010 M2i.3010-exp 128 MSample 80 MS/s M2i.3011 M2i.3011-exp 128 MSample 40 MS/s 40 MS/s M2i.3012 M2i.3012-exp 128 MSample 80 MS/s 40 MS/s M2i.3013 M2i.3013-exp 128 MSample 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s M2i.3014 M2i.3014-exp 128 MSample 80 MS/s 80 MS/s 40 MS/s M2i.3015 M2i.3015-exp 128 MSample 160 MS/s 80 MS/s M2i.3016 M2i.3016-exp 128 MSample 160 MS/s 80 MS/s 40 MS/s M2i.3020 M2i.3020-exp 128 MSample 100 MS/s M2i.3021 M2i.3021-exp 128 MSample 50 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i.3022 M2i.3022-exp 128 MSample 100 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i.3023 M2i.3023-exp 128 MSample 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i.3024 M2i.3024-exp 128 MSample 100 MS/s 100 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i.3025 M2i.3025-exp 128 MSample 200 MS/s 100 MS/s M2i.3026 M2i.3026-exp 128 MSample 200 MS/s 100 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i.3027 M2i.3027-exp 128 MSample 100 MS/s 100 MS/s M2i.3031 M2i.3031-exp 128 MSample 60 MS/s 60 MS/s M2i.3033 M2i.3033-exp 128 MSample 60 MS/s 60 MS/s 60 MS/s Memory Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-256MS M2i.xxxx-512MS M2i.xxxx-1GS M2i.xxxx-2GS Options Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-mr M2i.xxxx-mgt M2i.xxxx-mgtab M2i.xxxx-diff M2i.xxxx-SH5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SH16 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHM (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS16 (1) M2i.3xxx-dig M2i.xxxx-bxio M2i-upgrade Cables Order no. Option Cab-3f-9m-80 Cab-3f-9f-80 Cab-3f-3f-80 Cab-3f-9m-200 Cab-3f-9f-200 Cab-3f-3f-200 Cab-3f-9f-5 Cab-d40-idc-100 Cab-d40-d Drivers Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-ml M2i.30xx-lv M2i.30xx-dl Memory upgrade to 256 MSample (512 MB) total memory Memory upgrade to 512 MSample (1 GB) total memory Memory upgrade to 1 GSample (2 GB) total memory Memory upgrade to 2 GSample (4 GB) total memory Option Multiple Recording Option pack including Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, Timestamp Option pack including Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, Timestamp, ABA mode M2i.30xx-vee Agilent VEE driver for all M2i.30xx cards (1) : Just one of the options can be installed on a card at a time. Digital differential mode for combining two single-ended channels to one differential channel. Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 5 cards, only 1 slot width Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 16 cards System-Star-Hub Master for up to 15 cards in the system and up to 17 systems, sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 5 cards in one system, all sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 16 cards in one system, all sync cables included Additional synchronous digital inputs (4 per analog channel) including Cab-d40-idc-100 Option BaseXIO: 8 digital I/O lines usable as asynchronous I/O, timestamp ref-clock and additional external trigger lines, additional bracket with 8 SMB connectors Upgrade for M2i.xxxx: later installation of option -dig or -bxio Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 5 cm (short cable especially for oscilloscopes probes) Flat ribbon cable 40 pole FX2 for digital connector to 2x20 pole IDC connector, 100 cm Flat ribbon cable 40 pole FX2 for digital connector to 40 pole digital FX2 connector, 100 cm MATLAB driver for all M2i cards LabVIEW driver for all M2i.30xx cards DASYLab driver for all M2i.30xx cards

26 M2i.31xx - 8 channel 12 bit A/D up to 25 MS/s M2i.31xx - 8 channel 12 bit A/D up to 25 MS/s Multi channel 12 bit A/D converter board 2, 4 or 8 channels with 1 MS/s, 10 MS/s and 25 MS/s Simultaneously sampling on all channels Separate ADC and amplifier per channel 8 input ranges: ±50 mv up to ±10 V Up to 2 GSample (4 GByte) on-board memory 128 MSample standard memory installed Window, pulse width, re-arm, OR/AND trigger Programmable input offset of ±100% Synchronization of up to 16 cards per system and up to 271 cards with system sync Options: synchronous digital channels, ABA mode, BaseXIO 66 MHz 32 bit PCI-X interface 5V / 3.3V PCI compatible 100% compatible to conventional PCI > V2.1 Sustained streaming mode up to 225 MB/s 2,5 GBit x1 PCIe Interface Works with x1/x4/x8/x16* PCIe slots Software compatible to PCI Sustained streaming mode up to 140 MB/s Operating Systems Windows 2k, XP, Vista Linux Kernel Both 32 and 64 bit Recomended Software Visual Basic, Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, GNU C++, Borland Delphi,.VB.NET, C#, J# SBench, SPviewIT Drivers MATLAB LabVIEW, LabWindows DASYLab Agilent VEE Model 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels 8 channels General Information M2i MS/s 1 MS/s The M2i.31xx series allows recording of two, four or eight channels with M2i MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s sampling rates of 1 MS/s, 10 MS/s or 25 MS/s. Due to the proven design M2i MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s a wide variety of 12 bit A/D converter boards for PCI/PCI-X bus and PCI M2i MS/s 10 MS/s Express can be offered. These boards are available in several versions and M2i MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s different speed grades making it possible for the user to find an individual M2i MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s M2i MS/s 25 MS/s solution.as an option 4 digital inputs per channel can be recorded synchronously. The installed memory of up to 2 GSample will be used for fast data M2i MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s M2i MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s recording. It can be used completely by the currently active channels. If using slower sampling rates the memory is switched to a FIFO buffer and data will be transferred on-line to the PC memory or to hard disk. *Some x16 PCIe slots are for the use of graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards. Software Support Windows drivers The cards are delivered with drivers for Windows 2000, XP, XP64, Vista and Vista64. Programming examples for Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, LabWindows/CVI, Borland Delphi, Visual Basic, VB.NET, C# and J# are included

27 M2i.31xx - 8 channel 12 bit A/D up to 25 MS/s Linux Drivers All cards are delivered with full Linux support. Pre compiled kernel modules are included for the most common distributions like RedHat, Fedora, Suse or Debian. The Linux support includes SMP systems, 32 bit and 64 bit systems, versatile programming examples for Gnu C++ as well as the possibility to get the driver sources for own compilation. SBench A full licence of SBench the easy-to-use graphical operating software for the Spectrum cards is included in the delivery. The version 6 is running under Windows as well as under Linux (KDE and GNOME). SPViewIT card. SPviewIT is the professional streaming software solution for the Spectrum PC instruments. The software is optimised for continuous data acquisition of large amounts of data. Key features of SPviewIT are different data displays, editable interface and a huge amount of export filters. A demo version comes with the Third-party products A lot of third-party products are supported as an option. Choose between LabVIEW, MATLAB, DASYLab and Agilent VEE. All drivers come with examples and detailed documentation. MI Software compatibility layer To allow an easy change from MI cards to the new M2i cards for existing software a special software compatibility layer is delivered with the cards. This DLL converts MI calls to M2i calls and simulates a MI card in the software. Hardware features and options PCI/PCI-X The M2i cards with PCI/PCI-X bus connector use 32 Bit and up to 66 MHz clock rate for data transfer. They are 100% compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The universal interface allows the use in PCI slots with 5 V I/O and 3.3 V I/O voltages as well as in PCI-X or PCI 64 slots. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 225 MByte/s per bus segment. PCI Express 160 MByte/s per slot. Input Amplifier The M2i cards with PCI Express use a x1 PCIe connector. They can be used in PCI Express x1/x4/x8/x16 slots, except special graphic card slots, and are 100% software compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is The analog inputs can be adapted to real world signals using a wide variety of settings that are individual for each channel. By using software commands the input termination can be changed between 50 Ohm and 1 MOhm, one can select a matching input range and the signal offset can be compensated for. Digital inputs This option acquires additional synchronous digital channels phase-stable with the analog data. When the option is installed there are 4 additional digital inputs for every analog A/D channel. Ring buffer mode The ring buffer mode is the standard mode of all oscilloscope boards. Data is written in a ring memory of the board until a trigger event is detected. After the event the posttrigger values are recorded. Because of this continuously recording into a ring buffer there are also samples prior to the trigger event visible: Pretrigger = Memsize - Posttrigger. FIFO mode The FIFO mode is designed for continuous data transfer between measurement board and PC memory (up to 225 MB/s on a PCI-X slot and up to 115 MB/s on a PCI slot) or hard disk. The control of the data stream is done automatically by the driver on interrupt request. The complete installed on-board memory is used for buffer data, making the continuous streaming extremely reliable. Channel trigger The data acquisition boards offer a wide variety of trigger modes. Besides the standard signal checking for level and edge as known from oscilloscopes it s also possible to define a window trigger. All trigger modes can be combined with the pulsewidth trigger. This makes it possible to trigger on signal errors like too long or too short pulses. In addition to this a re-arming mode (for accurate trigger recognition on noisy signals) the AND/OR conjunction of different trigger events is possible. As a unique feature it is possible to use deactivated channels as trigger sources. External trigger I/O All boards can be triggered using an external TTL signal. It s possible to use positive or negative edge also in combination with a programmable pulse width. An internally recognised trigger event can - when activated by software - be routed to the trigger connector to start external instruments. Pulse width Defines the minimum or maximum width that a trigger pulse must have to generate a trigger event. Pulse width can be combined with channel trigger, pattern trigger and external trigger. Multiple Recording The Multiple Recording option allows the recording of several trigger events with an extremely short re-arming time. The hardware doesn t need to be restarted in between. The on-board memory is divided in several segments of the same size. Each of them is filled with data if a trigger event occurs. Pre- and posttrigger of the segments can be programmed. The number of acquired segments is only limited by the used memory and is unlimited when using FIFO mode

28 M2i.31xx - 8 channel 12 bit A/D up to 25 MS/s Gated Sampling The Gated Sampling option allows data recording controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only recorded if the gate signal has a programmed level. In addition a pre-area before start of the gate signal as well as a post area after end of the gate signal can be acquired. The number of gate segments is only limited by the used memory and is unlimited when using FIFO mode. Timestamp The timestamp option writes the time positions of the trigger events in an extra memory. The timestamps are relative to the start of recording, a defined zero time, externally synchronised to a radio clock, or a GPS receiver. With this option acquisitions of systems on different locations can be set in a precise time relation. ABA mode The optional ABA mode combines slow continuous data recording with fast acquisition on trigger events. The ABA mode works like a slow data logger combined with a fast digitizer. The exact position of the trigger events is stored as timestamps in an extra memory. 271 synchronous cards with thesystem Star-Hub With the help of multiple system star-hubs it is possible to link up to 17 system phase synchronous with each other. Each system can then contain up to 16 cards (master only 15). In total 271 cards can be used fully synchronously in a bunch of systems. One master system distributes clock and trigger signal to all connected slave systems. BaseXIO (enhanced trigger) The BaseXIO option offers 8 asynchronous digital I/O lines on the base card. The direction can be selected by software in groups of four. Two of these lines can also be used as additional external trigger sources. This allows the building of complex trigger conjunctions with external gated triggers as well as AND/OR conjunction of multiple external trigger sources like, for example, the picture and row synchronisation of video signals. In addition one of the I/ O lines can be used as reference clock for the Timestamp counter. External clock I/O Using a dedicated connector a sampling clock can be fed in from an external system. It s also possible to output the internally used sampling clock to synchronise external equipment to this clock. Reference clock The option to use a precise external reference clock (normally 10 MHz) is necessary to synchronise the board for high-quality measurements with external equipment (like a signal source). It s also possible to enhance the quality of the sampling clock in this way. The driver automatically generates the requested sampling clock from the fed in reference clock. Star-Hub The star-hub is an additional module allowing the phase stable synchronisation of up to 16 boards in one syste,. Independent of the number of boards there is no phase delay between all channels. The starhub distributes trigger and clock information between all boards. As a result all connected boards are running with the same clock and the same trigger. All trigger sources can be combined with OR/AND allowing all channels of all cards to be trigger source at the same time. The star-hub is available as 5 card and 16 card version. The 5 card version doesn t need an extra slot

29 M2i.31xx - 8 channel 12 bit A/D up to 25 MS/s Technical Data Analog Inputs Clock Resolution 12 bit Internal clock range (PLL mode) 1 ks/s to max (see table below) Differential non linearity (DNL) 1 LSB (ADC) Internal clock accuracy 20 ppm Integral non linearity (INL) 2.5 LSB (ADC) Internal clock: max. jitter in PLL mode TBD Offset error can be calibrated by user Internal clock: max. jitter in quartz mode TBD Gain error < 1% of current value Internal clock setup granularity 1% of range (100M, 10M, 1M, 100k,... Programmable input offset ±100% of current input range Internal clock setup granularity example range 1M to 10M: stepsize 100k Crosstalk: ±50 mv, 50 Ohm, 500 khz < -70 db between any adjacent channels Reference clock: external clock range 1.0 MHz and MHz Input signal with 50 Ohm termination max 5 V rms External clock range 1 ks/s to max (see table below) Analog Input impedance 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm 25 pf External clock delay to internal clock 5.4 ns Over voltage protection (range ±1 V) ±5 V External clock type 3.3V LVTTL compatible Over voltage protection (range > ±1 V) ±50 V External clock input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, duty 45% - 55% Connector (analog and trigger/clock) 3 mm SMB male External clock maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +3.8 V (internally clamped to 3.3V, 100 ma max. clamping current) External clock output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible Trigger External clock output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load Multi, Gate: re-arming time <4 Samples Max Pretrigger at Multi, Gate, FIFO 8176 Samples as sum of all active channels Environmental and Physical details Internal/External trigger accuracy 1 Sample Dimension (PCB only) 312 mm x 107 mm (full PCI length) Channel trigger resolution 10 bits Width (Standard or star-hub 5) 1 full size slot Trigger output delay One positive edge after internal trigger event Width (star-hub 16) 2 full size slots External trigger type 3.3V LVTTL compatible (5V tolerant) Width (with digital inputs) 1 full size slots + 1 half size slot External trigger input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, 2 clock periods Weight (depending on options/channels) 290g (2/4 ch) up to 460g (8 ch + dig + sh) External trigger maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.7 V (internally clamped to 5.0V, Warm up time 10 minutes 100 ma max. clamping current) Operating temperature 0 C - 50 C External trigger output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible Storage temperature -10 C - 70 C External trigger output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load Humidity 10% to 90% Digital Inputs (Option) PCI / PCI-X specific details Digital inputs: input impedance V PCI / PCI-X bus slot type 32 bit 33/66 MHz Digital inputs delay to analog sample -4 samples (digital 4 samples before analog) PCI / PCI-X bus slot compatibility 32/64 bit, MHz, 3,3 V and 5 V I/O Maximum voltage -0.3 V up to +5.5 V Input voltage Low 0.8 V, High > 2.0 V PCI EXPRESS specific details Connector (digital inputs) 40 pole half pitch (Hirose FX2 series) PCIe slot type x1 PCIe slot compatibility x1/x4/x8/x16* BaseXIO (Option) *Some x16 PCIe slots are for graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards. BaseXIO Connector (extra bracket) 8 x SMB (8 x MMCX internal) BaseXIO input TTL compatible: Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V Software programmable parameters BaseXIO input maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.5 V Input Range ±50 mv, ±100 mv, ±200 mv, ±500 mv, BaseXIO output levels TTL compatible: Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V, ±10 V BaseXIO output drive strength 32 ma maximum current Input impedance 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm Input Offset ±100% of input range in steps of 1% Power consumption (max speed) PCI / PCI-X PCI EXPRESS Clock mode Int. PLL, int. quartz, ext. clock, ext. divided, 3,3 V 5 V 3,3 V 12 V ext. reference clock, sync M2i.31x0 (128 MS) 2.1 A 0.7 A 0,4 A 0,9 A Clock impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) M2i.31x1 (128 MS) 2.3 A 0.9 A 0,4 A 1,00 A Trigger impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) M2i.31x2 (128 MS) 2.7 A 1.6 A 0,4 A 1,5 A Trigger mode Channel, Extern, SW, Auto, Window, Pulse, M2i.3132 (2 GS), max power 3.8 A 1.6 A 0,4 A 2,1 A Re-Arm, Or/And, Delay Max channels with Star-Hub SH5 SH16 SSHS5 SSHS16 Trigger level resolution 10 bit resolution: 1/1024 to 1023/1024 of input range M2i.31x Trigger edge Rising edge, falling edge or both edges M2i.31x Trigger pulse width 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample M2i.31x Trigger delay 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample Certifications and Compliances Memory depth 8 up to [installed memory / number of active channels] in steps of 4 EMC Immunity Compliant with CE Mark Posttrigger 4 up to [8G - 4] samples in steps of 4 EMC Emission Compliant with CE Mark Multiple Recording segment size 8 up to[installed memory / 2 / active channels] in steps of 4 Multi / Gated pretrigger 0 up to [8k samples / number of active channels - 16] ABA clock divider 1 up to [64k - 1] in steps of 1 Synchronization clock divider 2 up to [8k - 2] in steps of 2 Channel selection Any number of available channels (see manual for selection limits)

30 M2i.31xx - 8 channel 12 bit A/D up to 25 MS/s Dynamic Parameters M2i.3110 M2i.3111 M2i.3112 M2i.3120 M2i.3121 M2i.3122 M2i.3130 M2i.3131 M2i.3132 max internal clock 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s max external clock 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s -3 db bandwidth DC to 500 khz DC to 500 khz DC to 5 MHz DC to 5 MHz DC to 12.5 MHz DC to 12.5 MHz Zero noise level (range ±100 mv) 0.9 LSB rms 1.0 LSB rms 1.6 LSB rms 1.7 LSB rms 1.7 LSB rms 2.0 LSB rms Zero noise level (range > ±100 mv) 0.7 LSB rms 0.8 LSB rms 1.1 LSB rms 1.2 LSB rms 1.2 LSB rms 1.2 LSB rms Test - sampling rate 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s Test signal frequency 10 khz 90 khz 10 khz 90 khz 90 khz 1 MHz 90 khz 1 MHz 1 MHz 4 MHz 1 MHz 4 MHz SNR (typ) 66.7 db 66.1 db 66.5 db 66.1 db 66.0 db 65.3 db 65.5 db 65.0 db 63.5 db 62.5 db 63.5 db 62.5 db THD (typ) db db db db db db db db db db db db SFDR (typ), excl. harm db 81.5 db 82.7 db 81.5 db 82.5 db 79.5 db 82.5 db 79.5 db 81.3 db 79.0 db 79.2 db 78.5 db ENOB (based on SINAD) 9.9 bit 9.8 bit 9.9 bit 9.8 bit 9.9 bit 9.8 bit 9.8 bit 9.7 bit 9.6 bit 9.5 bit 9.6 bit 9.5 bit ENOB (based on SNR) 10.7 bit 10.6 bit 10.7 bit 10.6 bit 10.6 bit 10.5 bit 10.5 bit 10.4 bit 10.2 bit 10.1 bit 10.2 bit 10.1 bit Dynamic parameters are measured at ± 1 V input range (if no other range is stated) and 50 Ohm termination with the samplerate specified in the table. Measured parameters are averaged 20 times to get typical values. Test signal is a pure sine wave of the specified frequency with > 99% amplitude. SNR and RMS noise parameters may differ depending on the quality of the used PC. SNR = Signal to Noise Ratio, THD = Total Harmonic Distortion, SFDR = Spurious Free Dynamic Range, SINAD = Signal Noise and Distortion, ENOB = Effective Number of Bits. For a detailed description please see application note 002. Hardware block diagram

31 M2i.31xx - 8 channel 12 bit A/D up to 25 MS/s Order Information.. PCI/PCI-X Order no. Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels 8 channels M2i MSample 1 MS/s 1 MS/s M2i MSample 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s M2i MSample 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s M2i MSample 10 MS/s 10 MS/s M2i MSample 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s M2i MSample 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s M2i MSample 25 MS/s 25 MS/s M2i MSample 25 MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s M2i MSample 25 MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s PCI Express Order no. Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels 8 channels M2i.3110-exp 128 MSample 1 MS/s 1 MS/s M2i.3111-exp 128 MSample 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s M2i.3112-exp 128 MSample 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s M2i.3120-exp 128 MSample 10 MS/s 10 MS/s M2i.3121-exp 128 MSample 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s M2i.3122-exp 128 MSample 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s M2i.3130-exp 128 MSample 25 MS/s 25 MS/s M2i.3131-exp 128 MSample 25 MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s M2i.3132-exp 128 MSample 25 MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s 25 MS/s Memory Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-256MS Memory upgrade to 256 MSample (512 MB) total memory M2i.xxxx-512MS Memory upgrade to 512 MSample (1 GB) total memory M2i.xxxx-1GS Memory upgrade to 1 GSample (2 GB) total memory M2i.xxxx-2GS Memory upgrade to 2 GSample (4 GB) total memory Options Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-mr M2i.xxxx-mgt M2i.xxxx-mgtab M2i.xxxx-SH5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SH16 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHM (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS16 (1) M2i.3xxx-dig M2i.xxxx-bxio M2i-upgrade Cables Order no. Option Cab-3f-9m-80 Cab-3f-9f-80 Cab-3f-3f-80 Cab-3f-9m-200 Cab-3f-9f-200 Cab-3f-3f-200 Cab-3f-9f-5 Cab-d40-idc-100 Cab-d40-d Drivers Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-ml M2i.31xx-lv M2i.31xx-dl Option Multiple Recording Option pack including Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, Timestamp Option pack including Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, Timestamp, ABA mode Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 5 cards, only 1 slot width Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 16 cards M2i.31xx-vee Agilent VEE driver for all M2i.31xx cards (1) : Just one of the options can be installed on a card at a time. System-Star-Hub Master for up to 15 cards in the system and up to 17 systems, sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 5 cards in one system, all sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 16 cards in one system, all sync cables included Additional synchronous digital inputs (4 per analog channel) including Cab-d40-idc-100 Option BaseXIO: 8 digital I/O lines usable as asynchronous I/O, timestamp ref-clock and additional external trigger lines, additional bracket with 8 SMB connectors Upgrade for M2i.xxxx: later installation of option -dig or -bxio Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 5 cm (short cable especially for oscilloscopes probes) Flat ribbon cable 40 pole FX2 for digital connector to 2x20 pole IDC connector, 100 cm Flat ribbon cable 40 pole FX2 for digital connector to 40 pole digital FX2 connector, 100 cm MATLAB driver for all M2i cards LabVIEW driver for all M2i.31xx cards DASYLab driver for all M2i.31xx cards

32 M2i.40x8-50 MS/s combined A/D + Digital Digitizer - RADAR optimized M2i.40x8-50 MS/s combined A/D + Digital Digitizer - RADAR optimized Based on M2i.40xx series Versions with 20 MS/s and 50 MS/s available Simultaneous sampling on one 14 bit analog channel and 16 digital channels Acquisition of angle encoder for azimuth and elevation angle Special marker mode for segment acquisition marking segments with the corresponding angle setup Very short dead-time between segments 6 A/D input ranges: ±200 mv up to ±10 V 128 MSample standard memory installed Up to 2 GSample (4 GByte) on-board memory Available as PCI/PCI-X version as well as PCI Express x1 version Model A/D channel Digital inputs General Information M2i MS/s 20 MS/s The both cards of the M2i.40x8 series combine fast A/D data acquistion with the feature to acquire M2i MS/s 50 MS/s digital data in parallel. With this feature it is possible to either acquire 16 digital bit in par- allel from one or more angle decoders or acquiring an encoder signal directly by using an internal counter. Digital data is either stored continuously and synchronously with the analog data or as an angle marker with each data segment (Option Mutliple Recording needed). Operating Modes of the M2i.4028/4038 Digital data can be either acquired fully in parallel or as a combination of a counter input and parallel digital data. The acquisition mode can be programmed by software. When operating in continuous mode the analog and digital data is stored alternating in the onboard memory. For each 14 bit analog sample there is one corresponding 16 bit digital sample. When operating in segmented marker mode there is one 16 bit digital sample stored at the end of each acquired segment holding the azimuth and elevation angle for this segment of analog data. Acquisition can run with full sampling speed independant of the selected mode. Please see the main data sheet of the M2i.40xx series for further technical and ordering details

33 M2i.40xx - 14 bit transient recorder up to 50 MS/s M2i.40xx - 14 bit transient recorder up to 50 MS/s Versions with 20 MS/s and 50 MS/s available 1, 2 or 4 channels acquisition Simultaneously sampling on all channels Separate ADC and amplifier per channel 6 input ranges: ±200 mv up to ± 10 V Up to 2 GSample (4 GByte) on-board memory 128 MSample standard memory installed Window, pulse width, re-arm, OR/AND trigger Programmable input offset of ±200% Synchronization of up to 16 cards per system and up to 271 cards with system sync Options: synchronous digital channels, ABA mode, BaseXIO 66 MHz 32 bit PCI-X interface 5V / 3.3V PCI compatible 100% compatible to conventional PCI > V2.1 Sustained streaming mode up to 225 MB/s 2,5 GBit x1 PCIe Interface Works with x1/x4/x8/x16* PCIe slots Software compatible to PCI Sustained streaming mode up to 140 MB/s Operating Systems Windows 2k, XP, Vista Linux Kernel Both 32 and 64 bit Recomended Software Visual Basic, Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, GNU C++, Borland Delphi,.VB.NET, C#, J# SBench, SPviewIT Drivers MATLAB LabVIEW, LabWindows DASYLab Agilent VEE Model 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels General Information M2i MS/s The M2i.40xx series is best suitable for applications that need high sampling rates as M2i MS/s 20 MS/s well as a maximum signal dynamic. These boards offer a resolution four times higher M2i MS/s 20 MS/s 20 MS/s than 12 bit boards. On the M2i.40xx every channel has its own amplifier and A/D M2i MS/s converter. Each input channel can be adapted to a wide variety of signal sources. This M2i MS/s 50 MS/s is done by software selecting a matching input range, an input impedance and an individual input offset compensation. The user will easily find a matching solution from M2i MS/s 50 MS/s 50 MS/s Modell A/D channel Digital the six offered models. These versions are working with sampling rates of 20 MS/s or M2i MS/s 20 MS/s 50 MS/s and have one, two or four channels. They can also be updated to a multichannel M2i MS/s 50 MS/s system using the synchronization option. Data is written in the internal 128 Please see separate data sheet for special version 4028 and MSample up to 2 GSample large memory. All boards of the M2i.40xx series may use the whole installed on-board memory completely for the currently activated number of channels. This memory can also be used as a FIFO buffer. In FIFO mode data can be transferred on-line directly into the PC RAM or to hard disk. *Some x16 PCIe slots are for the use of graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards

34 M2i.40xx - 14 bit transient recorder up to 50 MS/s Software Support Windows drivers The cards are delivered with drivers for Windows 2000, XP, XP64, Vista and Vista64. Programming examples for Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, LabWindows/CVI, Borland Delphi, Visual Basic, VB.NET, C# and J# are included. Linux Drivers All cards are delivered with full Linux support. Pre compiled kernel modules are included for the most common distributions like RedHat, Fedora, Suse or Debian. The Linux support includes SMP systems, 32 bit and 64 bit systems, versatile programming examples for Gnu C++ as well as the possibility to get the driver sources for own compilation. SBench A full licence of SBench the easy-to-use graphical operating software for the Spectrum cards is included in the delivery. The version 6 is running under Windows as well as under Linux (KDE and GNOME). SPViewIT card. SPviewIT is the professional streaming software solution for the Spectrum PC instruments. The software is optimised for continuous data acquisition of large amounts of data. Key features of SPviewIT are different data displays, editable interface and a huge amount of export filters. A demo version comes with the Third-party products A lot of third-party products are supported as an option. Choose between LabVIEW, MATLAB, DASYLab and Agilent VEE. All drivers come with examples and detailed documentation. MI Software compatibility layer To allow an easy change from MI cards to the new M2i cards for existing software a special software compatibility layer is delivered with the cards. This DLL converts MI calls to M2i calls and simulates a MI card in the software. Hardware features and options PCI/PCI-X The M2i cards with PCI/PCI-X bus connector use 32 Bit and up to 66 MHz clock rate for data transfer. They are 100% compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The universal interface allows the use in PCI slots with 5 V I/O and 3.3 V I/O voltages as well as in PCI-X or PCI 64 slots. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 225 MByte/s per bus segment. The M2i cards with PCI Express use a x1 PCIe connector. They can be used in PCI Express x1/x4/x8/x16 slots, except special graphic card slots, and are 100% software compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 160 MByte/s per slot. Input Amplifier The analog inputs can be adapted to real world signals using a wide variety of settings that are individual for each channel. By using software commands the input termination can be changed between 50 Ohm and 1 MOhm, one can select a matching input range and the signal offset can be compensated for. Digital inputs This option acquires additional synchronous digital channels phasestable with the analog data. When the option is installed there are 2 additional digital inputs for every analog A/D channel. Ring buffer mode The ring buffer mode is the standard mode of all oscilloscope boards. Data is written in a ring memory of the board until a trigger event is detected. After the event the posttrigger values are recorded. Because of this continuously recording into a ring buffer there are also samples prior to the trigger event visible: Pretrigger = Memsize - Posttrigger. FIFO mode The FIFO mode is designed for continuous data transfer between measurement board and PC memory (up to 225 MB/s on a PCI-X slot and up to 115 MB/s on a PCI slot) or hard disk. The control of the data stream is done automatically by the driver on interrupt request. The complete installed on-board memory is used for buffer data, making the continuous streaming extremely reliable. Channel trigger The data acquisition boards offer a wide variety of trigger modes. Besides the standard signal checking for level and edge as known from oscilloscopes it s also possible to define a window trigger. All trigger modes can be combined with the pulsewidth trigger. This makes it possible to trigger on signal errors like too long or too short pulses. In addition to this a re-arming mode (for accurate trigger recognition on noisy signals) the AND/OR conjunction of different trigger events is possible. As a unique feature it is possible to use deactivated channels as trigger sources. External trigger I/O All boards can be triggered using an external TTL signal. It s possible to use positive or negative edge also in combination with a programmable pulse width. An internally recognised trigger event can - when activated by software - be routed to the trigger connector to start external instruments. Pulse width Defines the minimum or maximum width that a trigger pulse must have to generate a trigger event. Pulse width can be combined with channel trigger, pattern trigger and external trigger. PCI Express Multiple Recording The Multiple Recording option allows the recording of several trigger events with an extremely short re-arming time. The hardware doesn t need to be restarted in between. The on-board memory is divided in several segments of the

35 M2i.40xx - 14 bit transient recorder up to 50 MS/s same size. Each of them is filled with data if a trigger event occurs. Pre- and posttrigger of the segments can be programmed. The number of acquired segments is only limited by the used memory and is unlimited when using FIFO mode. Gated Sampling The Gated Sampling option allows data recording controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only recorded if the gate signal has a programmed level. In addition a pre-area before start of the gate signal as well as a post area after end of the gate signal can be acquired. The number of gate segments is only limited by the used memory and is unlimited when using FIFO mode. Timestamp The timestamp option writes the time positions of the trigger events in an extra memory. The timestamps are relative to the start of recording, a defined zero time, externally synchronised to a radio clock, or a GPS receiver. With this option acquisitions of systems on different locations can be set in a precise time relation. External clock I/O Using a dedicated connector a sampling clock can be fed in from an external system. It s also possible to output the internally used sampling clock to synchronise external equipment to this clock. ABA mode The optional ABA mode combines slow continuous data recording with fast acquisition on trigger events. The ABA mode works like a slow data logger combined with a fast digitizer. The exact position of the trigger events is stored as timestamps in an extra memory. Star-Hub The star-hub is an additional module allowing the phase stable synchronisation of up to 16 boards in one syste,. Independent of the number of boards there is no phase delay between all channels. The starhub distributes trigger and clock information between all boards. As a result all connected boards are running with the same clock and the same trigger. All trigger sources can be combined with OR/AND allowing all channels of all cards to be trigger source at the same time. The star-hub is available as 5 card and 16 card version. The 5 card version doesn t need an extra slot. 271 synchronous cards with thesystem Star-Hub With the help of multiple system star-hubs it is possible to link up to 17 system phase synchronous with each other. Each system can then contain up to 16 cards (master only 15). In total 271 cards can be used fully synchronously in a bunch of systems. One master system distributes clock and trigger signal to all connected slave systems. BaseXIO (enhanced trigger) The BaseXIO option offers 8 asynchronous digital I/O lines on the base card. The direction can be selected by software in groups of four. Two of these lines can also be used as additional external trigger sources. This allows the building of complex trigger conjunctions with external gated triggers as well as AND/OR conjunction of multiple external trigger sources like, for example, the picture and row synchronisation of video signals. In addition one of the I/ O lines can be used as reference clock for the Timestamp counter. 40x8 RADAR optimized special version Both of the special cards 4028 and 4038 combine analog and digital data acquisition to have a synchronous recording of both a radar echo and the current angle position. The digital azimuth and elevation angle data can be acquired in parallel or using encoder inputs. Data is either stored continuously and synchronously with the analog data or as a marker with each segment of analog data. Detailed information on these cards is available with a separate data sheet. Reference clock The option to use a precise external reference clock (normally 10 MHz) is necessary to synchronise the board for high-quality measurements with external equipment (like a signal source). It s also possible to enhance the quality of the sampling clock in this way. The driver automatically generates the requested sampling clock from the fed in reference clock

36 M2i.40xx - 14 bit transient recorder up to 50 MS/s Technical Data Analog Inputs Clock Resolution 14 bit Internal clock range (PLL mode) 1 ks/s to max (see table below) Differential non linearity (DNL) ±0.5 LSB (ADC) Internal clock accuracy 20 ppm Integral non linearity (INL) ±1 LSB (ADC) Internal clock: max. jitter in PLL mode TBD Offset error can be calibrated by user Internal clock: max. jitter in quartz mode TBD Gain error < 1% of current value Internal clock setup granularity 1% of range (100M, 10M, 1M, 100k,...) Programmable input offset ±200% of current input range Internal clock setup granularity example range 1M to 10M: stepsize 100k Crosstalk 1 MHz signal, 50 Ohm term < -80 db between any adjacent channels Reference clock: external clock range 1.0 MHz and MHz Crosstalk 1 MHz signal, 1 MOhm term < -65 db between any adjacent channels External clock range 500 ks/s to max (see table below) Input signal with 50 Ohm termination max 5 V rms External clock delay to internal clock 5.4 ns Analog Input impedance 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm 25 pf External clock type 3.3V LVTTL compatible Over voltage protection (range ±1 V) ±5 V External clock input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, duty 45% - 55% Over voltage protection (range > ±1 V) ±50 V External clock maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +3.8 V (internally clamped to Connector (analog and trigger/clock) 3 mm SMB male 3.3V, 100 ma max. clamping current) External clock output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible Digital Inputs (Option) External clock output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load Digital inputs: input impedance V Digital inputs delay to analog sample -7 samples (digital 7 samples before analog) Environmental and Physical details Maximum voltage -0.3 V up to +5.5 V Dimension (PCB only) 312 mm x 107 mm (full PCI length) Input voltage Low 0.8 V, High > 2.0 V Width (Standard or star-hub 5) 1 full size slot Connector (digital inputs) 40 pole half pitch (Hirose FX2 series) Width (star-hub 16) 2 full size slots Width (with digital inputs) 1 full size slots + 1 half size slot Trigger Weight (depending on options/channels) 290g (1/2 ch) up to 460g (4 ch + dig + sh) Multi, Gate: re-arming time < 4 Samples Warm up time 10 minutes Max Pretrigger at Multi, Gate, FIFO 8176 Samples as sum of all active channels Operating temperature 0 C - 50 C Internal trigger accuracy 1 Sample Storage temperature -10 C - 70 C Channel trigger resolution 10 bit Humidity 10% to 90% Trigger output delay One positive edge after internal trigger event External trigger type 3.3V LVTTL compatible (5V tolerant) BaseXIO (Option) External trigger input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, 2 clock periods BaseXIO Connector (extra bracket) 8 x SMB (8 x MMCX internal) External trigger maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.7 V (internally clamped to BaseXIO input TTL compatible: Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V 5.0V, 100 ma max. clamping current) BaseXIO input maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.5 V External trigger accuracy 1 Sample BaseXIO output levels TTL compatible: Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V External trigger output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible BaseXIO output drive strength 32 ma maximum current External trigger output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load PCI / PCI-X specific details Software programmable parameters PCI / PCI-X bus slot type 32 bit 33/66 MHz Input Range ±200 mv, ±500 mv, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V, PCI / PCI-X bus slot compatibility 32/64 bit, MHz, 3,3 V and 5 V I/O ±10 V Input impedance 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm PCI EXPRESS specific details Input Offset ±200% of input range in steps of 1% PCIe slot type x1 Clock mode Int. PLL, int. quartz, ext. clock, ext. divided, PCIe slot compatibility x1/x4/x8/x16* ext. reference clock, sync *Some x16 PCIe slots are for graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards. Clock impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) Trigger impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) Power consumption (max speed) PCI / PCI-X PCI EXPRESS Trigger mode Channel, Extern, SW, Auto, Window, Pulse, 3,3 V 5 V 3,3 V 12 V Re-Arm, Or/And, Delay M2i.40x0 (128 MS memory) 2,0 A 0,6 A 0,4 A 1,1 A Trigger level 10 bit resolution: 1/1024 to 1023/1024 of M2i.40x1 (128 MS memory) 2,2 A 0,8 A 0,4 A 1,2 A input range M2i.40x2 (128 MS memory) 2,5 A 1,6 A 0,4 A 1,6 A Trigger edge Rising edge, falling edge or both edges M2i.4032 (2 GS memory), max power 3,6 A 1,6 A 0,4 A 2,2 A Trigger pulse width 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample M2i.40x8 (128 MS memory) 2,4 A 1,2 A 0,4 A 1,4 A Trigger delay 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample Memory depth 8 up to [installed memory / number of active Max channels with Star-Hub SH5 SH16 SSHS5 SSHS16 channels] in steps of 4 M2i.40x Posttrigger 4 up to [8G - 4] samples in steps of 4 M2i.40x Multiple Recording segment size 8 up to[installed memory / 2 / active channels] M2i.40x in steps of 4 M2i.40x Multi / Gated pretrigger 0 up to [8k samples / number of active channels - 16] Certifications and Compliances ABA clock divider 1 up to [64k - 1] in steps of 1 EMC Immunity Compliant with CE Mark Synchronization clock divider 2 up to [8k - 2] in steps of 2 EMC Emission Compliant with CE Mark Channel selection Any 1, 2 or 4 channels

37 M2i.40xx - 14 bit transient recorder up to 50 MS/s Dynamic Parameters M2i.4020 M2i.4021 M2i4028 M2i.4022 M2i.4030 M2i.4031 M2i.4038 M2i.4032 max internal clock 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 50 MS/s 50 MS/s Dynamic parameters are measured at ± 1 V input range (if max external clock 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 50 MS/s 50 MS/s no other range is stated) and 50 Ohm termination with the -3 db bandwidth DC to 10 MHz DC to 10 MHz DC to 25 MHz DC to 25 MHz samplerate specified in the table. Measured parameters are averaged 20 times to get typical values. Test signal is Zero noise level at 50 Ohm 2.1 LSB rms 2.6 LSB rms 2.9 LSB rms 3.6 LSB rms a pure sine wave of the specified frequency with > 99% Test - sampling rate 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 50 MS/s 50 MS/s amplitude. SNR and RMS noise parameters may differ Test signal frequency 1 MHz 4 MHz 1 MHz 4 MHz 1 MHz 4 MHz 1 MHz 4 MHz depending on the quality of the used PC. SNR = Signal to SNR (typ.) 71.5 db 67.2 db 71.4 db 67.0 db 70.5 db 68.5 db 69.0 db 66.0 db Noise Ratio, THD = Total Harmonic Distortion, SFDR = Spurious Free Dynamic Range, SINAD = Signal Noise and THD (typ.) db db db db db db db db Distortion, ENOB = Effective Number of Bits. For a SFDR (typ.), excl. harm db 74.2 db 86.3 db 74.0 db 87.2 db 81.5 db 85.0 db 80.3 db detailed description please see application note 002. ENOB (based on SNR 11.5 bit 10.8 bit 11.5 bit 10.8 bit 11.4 bit 11.0 bit 11.1 bit 10.6 bit ENOB (based on SINAD) 11.2 bit 10.3 bit 11.2 bit 10.2 bit 11.1 bit 10.0 bit 10.8 bit 9.8 bit Hardware block diagram

38 M2i.40xx - 14 bit transient recorder up to 50 MS/s Order Information. PCI/PCI-X Order no. Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels M2i MSample 20 MS/s M2i MSample 20 MS/s 20 MS/s M2i MSample 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 20 MS/s M2i MSample 20 MS/s (1 channel analog + 16 bit digital) M2i MSample 50 MS/s M2i MSample 50 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i MSample 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i MSample 50 MS/s (1 channel analog + 16 bit digital) PCI Express Order no. Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels M2i.4020-exp 128 MSample 20 MS/s M2i.4021-exp 128 MSample 20 MS/s 20 MS/s M2i.4022-exp 128 MSample 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 20 MS/s M2i.4028-exp 128 MSample 20 MS/s (1 channel analog + 16 bit digital) M2i.4030-exp 128 MSample 50 MS/s M2i.4031-exp 128 MSample 50 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i.4032-exp 128 MSample 50 MS/s 50 MS/s 50 MS/s M2i.4038-exp 128 MSample 50 MS/s (1 channel analog + 16 bit digital) Memory Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-256MS M2i.xxxx-512MS M2i.xxxx-1GS M2i.xxxx-2GS Options Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-mr M2i.xxxx-mgt M2i.xxxx-mgtab M2i.xxxx-SH5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SH16 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHM (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS16 (1) M2i.4xxx-dig M2i.xxxx-bxio M2i-upgrade Cables Order no. Option Cab-3f-9m-80 Cab-3f-9f-80 Cab-3f-3f-80 Cab-3f-9m-200 Cab-3f-9f-200 Cab-3f-3f-200 Cab-3f-9f-5 Cab-d40-idc-100 Cab-d40-d Drivers Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-ml M2i.40xx-lv M2i.40xx-dl Memory upgrade to 256 MSample (512 MB) total memory Memory upgrade to 512 MSample (1 GB) total memory Memory upgrade to 1 GSample (2 GB) total memory Memory upgrade to 2 GSample (4 GB) total memory Option Multiple Recording Option pack including Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, Timestamp Option pack including Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, Timestamp, ABA mode Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 5 cards, only 1 slot width Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 16 cards M2i.40xx-vee Agilent VEE driver for all M2i.40xx cards (1) : Just one of the options can be installed on a card at a time. System-Star-Hub Master for up to 15 cards in the system and up to 17 systems, sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 5 cards in one system, all sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 16 cards in one system, all sync cables included Additonal synchronous digital inputs (2 per analog channel) including Cab-d40-idc-100 Option BaseXIO: 8 digital I/O lines usable as asynchronous I/O, timestamp ref-clock and additional external trigger lines, additional bracket with 8 SMB connectors Upgrade for M2i.xxxx: later installation of option -dig or -bxio Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 5 cm (short cable especially for oscilloscopes probes) Flat ribbon cable 40 pole FX2 for digital connector to 2x20 pole IDC connector, 100 cm Flat ribbon cable 40 pole FX2 for digital connector to 40 pole digital FX2 connector, 100 cm MATLAB driver for all M2i cards LabVIEW driver for all M2i.40xx cards DASYLab driver for all M2i.40xx cards

39 M2i.46xx - 8 channel 16 bit A/D up to 3 MS/s M2i.46xx - 8 channel 16 bit A/D up to 3 MS/s 2, 4 or 8 channels with 200 ks/s up to 3 MS/s Simultaneously sampling on all channels Software selectable single-ended or differential inputs Separate ADC and amplifier per channel complete on-board calibration 8 input ranges: ±50 mv up to ±10 V Up to 2 GSample on-board memory 128 MSample standard on-board memory Window, pulse width, re-arm, spike, OR/AND trigger Programmable input offset of ±5 V Synchronization of up to 16 cards per system and up to 271 cards with system sync Options: ABA mode, Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, BaseXIO 66 MHz 32 bit PCI-X interface 5V / 3.3V PCI compatible 100% compatible to conventional PCI > V2.1 Sustained streaming mode up to 225 MB/s 2,5 GBit x1 PCIe Interface Works with x1/x4/x8/x16* PCIe slots Software compatible to PCI Sustained streaming mode up to 140 MB/s Operating Systems Windows 2k, XP, Vista Linux Kernel Both 32 and 64 bit Recomended Software Visual Basic, Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, GNU C++, Borland Delphi,.VB.NET, C#, J# SBench, SPviewIT Drivers MATLAB LabVIEW, LabWindows DASYLab Agilent VEE Model 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels 8 channels General Information M2i ks/s 200 ks/s The M2i.46xx series allows recording of one, two, four or eight channels M2i ks/s 200 ks/s 200 ks/s with sampling rates of 200 ks/s up to 3 MS/s. These cards offer outstanding M2i ks/s 200 ks/s 200 ks/s 200 ks/s A/D features both in resolution and speed for PCI/PCI-X and PCI M2i ks/s 500 ks/s Express. They are available in several versions and different speed grades M2i ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s making it possible for the user to find an individual solution. All boards of M2i ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s M2i MS/s 1 MS/s the M2i.46xx series may use the whole installed on-board memory, of up M2i MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s to 2 GSamples, completely for the currently activated number of channels. M2i MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s The enhanced FIFO engine is capable of streaming even 8 channels with 3 M2i MS/s 3 MS/s MS/s sustained to memory or hard disk. M2i MS/s 3 MS/s 3 MS/s M2i MS/s 3 MS/s 3 MS/s 3 MS/s *Some x16 PCIe slots are for the use of graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards

40 M2i.46xx - 8 channel 16 bit A/D up to 3 MS/s Software Support Windows drivers The cards are delivered with drivers for Windows 2000, XP, XP64, Vista and Vista64. Programming examples for Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, LabWindows/CVI, Borland Delphi, Visual Basic, VB.NET, C# and J# are included. Linux Drivers All cards are delivered with full Linux support. Pre compiled kernel modules are included for the most common distributions like RedHat, Fedora, Suse or Debian. The Linux support includes SMP systems, 32 bit and 64 bit systems, versatile programming examples for Gnu C++ as well as the possibility to get the driver sources for own compilation. SBench A full licence of SBench the easy-to-use graphical operating software for the Spectrum cards is included in the delivery. The version 6 is running under Windows as well as under Linux (KDE and GNOME). SPViewIT card. SPviewIT is the professional streaming software solution for the Spectrum PC instruments. The software is optimised for continuous data acquisition of large amounts of data. Key features of SPviewIT are different data displays, editable interface and a huge amount of export filters. A demo version comes with the Third-party products A lot of third-party products are supported as an option. Choose between LabVIEW, MATLAB, DASYLab and Agilent VEE. All drivers come with examples and detailed documentation. MI Software compatibility layer To allow an easy change from MI cards to the new M2i cards for existing software a special software compatibility layer is delivered with the cards. This DLL converts MI calls to M2i calls and simulates a MI card in the software. Hardware features and options PCI/PCI-X The M2i cards with PCI/PCI-X bus connector use 32 Bit and up to 66 MHz clock rate for data transfer. They are 100% compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The universal interface allows the use in PCI slots with 5 V I/O and 3.3 V I/O voltages as well as in PCI-X or PCI 64 slots. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 225 MByte/s per bus segment. PCI Express The M2i cards with PCI Express use a x1 PCIe connector. They can be used in PCI Express x1/x4/x8/x16 slots, except special graphic card slots, and are 100% software compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 160 MByte/s per slot. Input Amplifier The analog inputs can be adapted to real world signals using a wide variety of settings that are individual for each channel. By using software commands one can select a matching input range and the signal offset can be compensated. Ring buffer mode The ring buffer mode is the standard mode of all oscilloscope boards. Data is written in a ring memory of the board until a trigger event is detected. After the event the posttrigger values are recorded. Because of this continuously recording into a ring buffer there are also samples prior to the trigger event visible: Pretrigger = Memsize - Posttrigger. FIFO mode The FIFO mode is designed for continuous data transfer between measurement board and PC memory (up to 225 MB/s on a PCI-X slot and up to 115 MB/s on a PCI slot) or hard disk. The control of the data stream is done automatically by the driver on interrupt request. The complete installed on-board memory is used for buffer data, making the continuous streaming extremely reliable. Channel trigger The data acquisition boards offer a wide variety of trigger modes. Besides the standard signal checking for level and edge as known from oscilloscopes it s also possible to define a window trigger. All trigger modes can be combined with the pulsewidth trigger. This makes it possible to trigger on signal errors like too long or too short pulses. In addition to this a re-arming mode (for accurate trigger recognition on noisy signals) the AND/OR conjunction of different trigger events is possible. As a unique feature it is possible to use deactivated channels as trigger sources. External trigger I/O All boards can be triggered using an external TTL signal. It s possible to use positive or negative edge also in combination with a programmable pulse width. An internally recognised trigger event can - when activated by software - be routed to the trigger connector to start external instruments. Pulse width Defines the minimum or maximum width that a trigger pulse must have to generate a trigger event. Pulse width can be combined with channel trigger, pattern trigger and external trigger. Multiple Recording The Multiple Recording option allows the recording of several trigger events with an extremely short re-arming time. The hardware doesn t need to be restarted in between. The on-board memory is divided in several segments of the same size. Each of them is filled with data if a trigger event occurs. Pre- and posttrigger of the segments can be programmed. The number of acquired segments is only limited by the used memory and is unlimited when using FIFO mode

41 M2i.46xx - 8 channel 16 bit A/D up to 3 MS/s Gated Sampling The Gated Sampling option allows data recording controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only recorded if the gate signal has a programmed level. In addition a pre-area before start of the gate signal as well as a post area after end of the gate signal can be acquired. The number of gate segments is only limited by the used memory and is unlimited when using FIFO mode. Timestamp The timestamp option writes the time positions of the trigger events in an extra memory. The timestamps are relative to the start of recording, a defined zero time, externally synchronised to a radio clock, or a GPS receiver. With this option acquisitions of systems on different locations can be set in a precise time relation. External clock I/O Using a dedicated connector a sampling clock can be fed in from an external system. It s also possible to output the internally used sampling clock to synchronise external equipment to this clock. ABA mode The optional ABA mode combines slow continuous data recording with fast acquisition on trigger events. The ABA mode works like a slow data logger combined with a fast digitizer. The exact position of the trigger events is stored as timestamps in an extra memory. trigger sources can be combined with OR/AND allowing all channels of all cards to be trigger source at the same time. The star-hub is available as 5 card and 16 card version. The 5 card version doesn t need an extra slot. 271 synchronous cards with thesystem Star-Hub With the help of multiple system star-hubs it is possible to link up to 17 system phase synchronous with each other. Each system can then contain up to 16 cards (master only 15). In total 271 cards can be used fully synchronously in a bunch of systems. One master system distributes clock and trigger signal to all connected slave systems. BaseXIO (enhanced trigger) The BaseXIO option offers 8 asynchronous digital I/O lines on the base card. The direction can be selected by software in groups of four. Two of these lines can also be used as additional external trigger sources. This allows the building of complex trigger conjunctions with external gated triggers as well as AND/OR conjunction of multiple external trigger sources like, for example, the picture and row synchronisation of video signals. In addition one of the I/ O lines can be used as reference clock for the Timestamp counter. Reference clock The option to use a precise external reference clock (normally 10 MHz) is necessary to synchronise the board for high-quality measurements with external equipment (like a signal source). It s also possible to enhance the quality of the sampling clock in this way. The driver automatically generates the requested sampling clock from the fed in reference clock. Differential inputs With a simple software command the inputs can individually be switched from single-ended (in relation to ground) to differential, without loosing any inputs. When the inputs are used in differential mode the A/D converter measures the difference between two lines with relation to system ground. Star-Hub The star-hub is an additional module allowing the phase stable synchronisation of up to 16 boards in one syste,. Independent of the number of boards there is no phase delay between all channels. The starhub distributes trigger and clock information between all boards. As a result all connected boards are running with the same clock and the same trigger. All

42 M2i.46xx - 8 channel 16 bit A/D up to 3 MS/s Technical Data Analog Inputs Clock Resolution 16 bit (±32000 values) Internal clock range (PLL mode) 1 ks/s to max (see table below) Differential non linearity (DNL) 465x: ±2 LSB, all others ±1 LSB Internal clock accuracy 20 ppm Integral non linearity (INL) 465x: ±2 LSB, all others ±1 LSB Internal clock: max. jitter in PLL mode TBD Offset error (full speed) 0.1% of range (after warm-up and calibration) Internal clock: max. jitter in quartz mode TBD Gain error (full speed) 0.1% (after warm-up and calibration) Internal clock setup granularity 1% of range (100M, 10M, 1M, 100k,...) Programmable input offset ±5 V for single-ended ranges < ±10 V Internal clock setup granularity example range 1M to 10M: stepsize 100k Crosstalk: all ranges 100 khz signal -110 db on adjacent channels, 50 ohm term. Reference clock: external clock range 1.0 MHz and MHz Analog Input impedance 1 MOhm against GND External clock range see table below Over voltage protection ±30 V all ranges (activated card) External clock delay to internal clock 5.4 ns CMRR for ±50 mv to ±500 mv > 70 db External clock type 3.3V LVTTL compatible CMRR for ±1 V to ±10 V > 46 db External clock input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, duty 45% - 55% Connector (analog) MMCX female External clock maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +3.8 V (internally clamped to Connector (trigger/clock) 3 mm SMB male 3.3V, 100 ma max. clamping current) External clock output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible Trigger External clock output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load Multi, Gate: re-arming time < 4 samples Max Pretrigger at Multi, Gate, FIFO 8176 Samples as sum of all active channels BaseXIO (Option) Internal/External trigger accuracy 1 Sample BaseXIO Connector (extra bracket) 8 x SMB (8 x MMCX internal) Channel trigger resolution 14 bit BaseXIO input TTL compatible: Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V Trigger output delay One positive edge after internal trigger event BaseXIO input maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.5 V External trigger type 3.3V LVTTL compatible (5V tolerant) BaseXIO output levels TTL compatible: Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V External trigger input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, 2 clock periods BaseXIO output drive strength 32 ma maximum current External trigger maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.7 V (internally clamped to 5.0V, 100 ma max. clamping current) Software programmable parameters External trigger output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible Input Range ±50 mv, ±100 mv, ±250 mv, ±500 mv, External trigger output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V, ±10 V Input Offset (single-ended) programmable to ±5 V in steps of 1 mv, Environmental and Physical details not exceeding ±10 V input Dimension (PCB only) 312 mm x 107 mm (full PCI length) Input type Single-ended, true differential Width (Standard or star-hub 5) 1 full size slot Clock mode Int. PLL, int. quartz, ext. clock, ext. divided, Width (star-hub 16) 2 full size slots ext. reference clock, sync Weight 290g (2/4 ch) up to 460g (8 ch + star-hub) Clock impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) (depending on options/channels) Trigger impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) Warm up time 10 minutes Trigger mode Channel, Extern, SW, Auto, Window, Operating temperature 0 C - 50 C Pulse, Re-Arm, Or/And, Delay Storage temperature -10 C - 70 C Trigger level resolution 14 bit Humidity 10% to 90% Trigger edge Rising edge, falling edge or both edges Trigger pulse width 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample PCI / PCI-X specific details Trigger delay 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample PCI / PCI-X bus slot type 32 bit 33/66 MHz Memory depth 8 up to [installed memory / number of PCI / PCI-X bus slot compatibility 32/64 bit, MHz, 3,3 V and 5 V I/O active channels] samples in steps of 4 Posttrigger 4 up to [8G - 4] samples in steps of 4 PCI EXPRESS specific details Multiple Recording segment size 8 up to [installed memory / 2 / active PCIe slot type x1 channels] samples in steps of 4 PCIe slot compatibility x1/x4/x8/x16* Multi / Gated pretrigger 0 up to [8k samples / number of active *Some x16 PCIe slots are for graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards. channels - 16] ABA clock divider 1 up to [64k - 1] in steps of 1 Power consumption (max speed) PCI / PCI-X PCI EXPRESS Synchronization clock divider 2 up to [8k - 2] in steps of 2 3,3 V 5 V 3,3 V 12 V Channel selection 1, 2, 4 or 8 channels M2i.46x0 (128 MS memory) 1.9 A 0.6 A 0.4 A TBD M2i.46x1 (128 MS memory) 2.2 A 1.2 A 0.4 A TBD Certifications and Compliances M2i.46x2 (128 MS memory) 2.8 A 2.4 A 0.4 A TBD EMC Immunity Compliant with CE Mark M2i.4652 (2 GS memory), max power 3.9 A 2.4 A 0.4 A TBD EMC Emission Compliant with CE Mark Max channels with Star-Hub SH5 SH16 SSHS5 SSHS16 M2i.46x M2i.46x M2i.46x

43 M2i.46xx - 8 channel 16 bit A/D up to 3 MS/s Dynamic Parameters M2i.4620 M2i.4621 M2i.4622 M2i.4630 M2i.4631 M2i.4632 M2i.4640 M2i.4641 M2i.4642 M2i.4650 M2i.4651 M2i.4652 max internal clock 200 ks/s 500 ks/s 1 MS/s 3 MS/s min external clock (special clock mode) DC (DC) DC (DC) 1 ks/s (DC) 1 ks/s (DC) max external clock (special clock mode) 200 ks/s (200 ks/s) 500 ks/s (500 ks/s) 1 MS/s (800 ks/s) 3 MS/s (2 MS/s) -3 db bandwidth >100 khz >250 khz >500 khz >1.5 MHz Zero noise level (Range ±500 mv) < 0.8 LSB rms < 0.9 LSB rms < 1.1 LSB rms < 3.0 LSB rms Zero noise level (Range < ±500 mv) < 8 uv rms < 10 uv rms < 17 uv rms < 30 uv rms Test - sampling rate 200 ks/s 500 ks/s 1 MS/s 3 MS/s Test signal frequency 10 khz 10 khz 10 khz 10 khz SNR (typ) 91.8 db 91.5 db 91.2 db 91.0 db 91.0 db 90.7 db 84.0 db 82.5 db THD (typ) db db db db db db db db SFDR (typ), excl. harm db db db db db db db db ENOB (based on SNR) 15.0 bit 14.9 bit 14.9 bit 14.8 bit 14.8 bit 14.7 bit 13.6 bit 13.4 bit ENOB (based on SINAD) 14.9 bit 14.8 bit 14.8 bit 14.7 bit 14.7 bit 14.6 bit 13.5 bit 13.3 bit Dynamic parameters are measured at ±5 V input range (if no other range is stated) and 1 MOhm termination with the sampling rate specified in the table. Measured parameters are averaged 20 times to get typical values. Test signal is a pure sine wave of the specified frequency with > 99% amplitude. SNR and RMS noise parameters may differ depending on the quality of the used PC. SNR = Signal to Noise Ratio, THD = Total Harmonic Distortion, SFDR = Spurious Free Dynamic Range, SINAD = Signal Noise and Distortion, ENOB = Effective Number of Bits. For a detailed description please see application note 002. Hardware block diagram

44 M2i.46xx - 8 channel 16 bit A/D up to 3 MS/s Order Information. PCI/PCI-X Order no. Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels 8 channels M2i MSample 200 ks/s 200 ks/s M2i MSample 200 ks/s 200 ks/s 200 ks/s M2i MSample 200 ks/s 200 ks/s 200 ks/s 200 ks/s M2i MSample 500 ks/s 500 ks/s M2i MSample 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s M2i MSample 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s M2i MSample 1 MS/s 1 MS/s M2i MSample 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s M2i MSample 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s M2i MSample 3 MS/s 3 MS/s M2i MSample 3 MS/s 3 MS/s 3 MS/s M2i MSample 3 MS/s 3 MS/s 3 MS/s 3 MS/s PCI Express Order no. Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels 8 channels M2i.4620-exp 128 MSample 200 ks/s 200 ks/s M2i.4621-exp 128 MSample 200 ks/s 200 ks/s 200 ks/s M2i.4622-exp 128 MSample 200 ks/s 200 ks/s 200 ks/s 200 ks/s M2i.4630-exp 128 MSample 500 ks/s 500 ks/s M2i.4631-exp 128 MSample 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s M2i.4632-exp 128 MSample 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s M2i.4640-exp 128 MSample 1 MS/s 1 MS/s M2i.4641-exp 128 MSample 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s M2i.4642-exp 128 MSample 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s 1 MS/s M2i.4650-exp 128 MSample 3 MS/s 3 MS/s M2i.4651-exp 128 MSample 3 MS/s 3 MS/s 3 MS/s M2i.4652-exp 128 MSample 3 MS/s 3 MS/s 3 MS/s 3 MS/s Memory Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-256MS M2i.xxxx-512MS M2i.xxxx-1GS M2i.xxxx-2GS Options Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-mr M2i.xxxx-mgt M2i.xxxx-mgtab M2i.xxxx-SH5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SH16 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHM (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS16 (1) M2i.xxxx-bxio M2i-upgrade Cables Order no. Option Cab-1m-9m-80 Cab-1m-9f-80 Cab-1m-9m-200 Cab-1m-9f-200 Cab-1m-9f-5 Cab-3f-9m-80 Cab-3f-9f-80 Cab-3f-3f-80 Cab-3f-9m-200 Cab-3f-9f-200 Cab-3f-3f-200 Drivers Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-ml M2i.46xx-lv M2i.46xx-dl Memory upgrade to 256 MSample (512 MB) total memory Memory upgrade to 512 MSample (1 GB) total memory Memory upgrade to 1 GSample (2 GB) total memory Memory upgrade to 2 GSample (4 GB) total memory Option Multiple Recording Option pack including Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, Timestamp Option pack including Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, Timestamp, ABA mode Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 5 cards, only 1 slot width Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 16 cards M2i.46xx-vee Agilent VEE driver for all M2i.46xx cards (1) : Just one of the options can be installed on a card at a time. System-Star-Hub Master for up to 15 cards in the system and up to 17 systems, sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 5 cards in one system, all sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 16 cards in one system, all sync cables included Option BaseXIO: 8 digital I/O lines usable as asynchronous I/O, timestamp ref-clock and additional external trigger lines, additional bracket with 8 SMB connectors Upgrade for M2i.xxxx: later installation of option -dig or -bxio Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC male, 80 cm (for analog inputs) Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC female, 80 cm (for analog inputs) Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC male, 200 cm (for analog inputs) Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC female, 200 cm (for analog inputs) Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC female, 5 cm (short cable especially for oscilloscope probes) Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 80 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 80 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 80 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 200 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 200 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 200 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) MATLAB driver for all M2i cards LabVIEW driver for all M2i.46xx cards DASYLab driver for all M2i.46xx cards

45 M2i.47xx - 16 channel 16 bit A/D up to 500 ks/s M2i.47xx - 16 channel 16 bit A/D up to 500 ks/s 8 or 16 channels with 100 ks/s up to 500 ks/s Simultaneously sampling on all channels Separate ADC and amplifier per channel Complete on-board calibration 8 input ranges: ±50 mv up to ±10 V Up to 2 GSample (4 GByte) on-board memory 128 MSample standard memory installed Window, pulse width, re-arm, spike trigger OR/AND trigger combinations Synchronization of up to 16 cards per system and up to 271 cards with system sync Options: ABA mode, Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, BaseXIO 66 MHz 32 bit PCI-X interface 5V / 3.3V PCI compatible 100% compatible to conventional PCI > V2.1 Sustained streaming mode up to 225 MB/s 2,5 GBit x1 PCIe Interface Works with x1/x4/x8/x16* PCIe slots Software compatible to PCI Sustained streaming mode up to 140 MB/s Operating Systems Windows 2k, XP, Vista Linux Kernel Both 32 and 64 bit Recomended Software Visual Basic, Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, GNU C++, Borland Delphi,.VB.NET, C#, J# SBench, SPviewIT Drivers MATLAB LabVIEW, LabWindows DASYLab Agilent VEE Model 1 channel 2 channel 4 channel 8 channel 16 channel General Information M2i ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s The M2i.47xx series allows recording of one, two, four, eight or M2i ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s sixteen channels with sampling rates of 100 ks/s up to 500 ks/s. M2i ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s These cards offer outstanding A/D features both in resolution and M2i ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s speed for PCI/PCI-X and PCI Express. They are available in several versions and different speed grades making it possible for the M2i ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s M2i ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s user to find an individual solution. The installed memory of up to 2 GSample can be used for fast data recording or sustained data streaming. The enhanced FIFO engine is capable of streaming even 16 channels with 500 ks/s sustained to memory or hard disk. *Some x16 PCIe slots are for the use of graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards

46 M2i.47xx - 16 channel 16 bit A/D up to 500 ks/s Software Support Windows drivers The cards are delivered with drivers for Windows 2000, XP, XP64, Vista and Vista64. Programming examples for Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, LabWindows/CVI, Borland Delphi, Visual Basic, VB.NET, C# and J# are included. Linux Drivers All cards are delivered with full Linux support. Pre compiled kernel modules are included for the most common distributions like RedHat, Fedora, Suse or Debian. The Linux support includes SMP systems, 32 bit and 64 bit systems, versatile programming examples for Gnu C++ as well as the possibility to get the driver sources for own compilation. SBench A full licence of SBench the easy-to-use graphical operating software for the Spectrum cards is included in the delivery. The version 6 is running under Windows as well as under Linux (KDE and GNOME). SPViewIT card. SPviewIT is the professional streaming software solution for the Spectrum PC instruments. The software is optimised for continuous data acquisition of large amounts of data. Key features of SPviewIT are different data displays, editable interface and a huge amount of export filters. A demo version comes with the Third-party products A lot of third-party products are supported as an option. Choose between LabVIEW, MATLAB, DASYLab and Agilent VEE. All drivers come with examples and detailed documentation. MI Software compatibility layer To allow an easy change from MI cards to the new M2i cards for existing software a special software compatibility layer is delivered with the cards. This DLL converts MI calls to M2i calls and simulates a MI card in the software. Hardware features and options PCI/PCI-X The M2i cards with PCI/PCI-X bus connector use 32 Bit and up to 66 MHz clock rate for data transfer. They are 100% compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The universal interface allows the use in PCI slots with 5 V I/O and 3.3 V I/O voltages as well as in PCI-X or PCI 64 slots. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 225 MByte/s per bus segment. PCI Express The M2i cards with PCI Express use a x1 PCIe connector. They can be used in PCI Express x1/x4/x8/x16 slots, except special graphic card slots, and are 100% software compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 160 MByte/s per slot. Input Amplifier The analog inputs can easily be adapted to real world signals using settings that are individual for each channel. By using software commands one can select a matching input range. Ring buffer mode The ring buffer mode is the standard mode of all oscilloscope boards. Data is written in a ring memory of the board until a trigger event is detected. After the event the posttrigger values are recorded. Because of this continuously recording into a ring buffer there are also samples prior to the trigger event visible: Pretrigger = Memsize - Posttrigger. FIFO mode The FIFO mode is designed for continuous data transfer between measurement board and PC memory (up to 225 MB/s on a PCI-X slot and up to 115 MB/s on a PCI slot) or hard disk. The control of the data stream is done automatically by the driver on interrupt request. The complete installed on-board memory is used for buffer data, making the continuous streaming extremely reliable. Channel trigger The data acquisition boards offer a wide variety of trigger modes. Besides the standard signal checking for level and edge as known from oscilloscopes it s also possible to define a window trigger. All trigger modes can be combined with the pulsewidth trigger. This makes it possible to trigger on signal errors like too long or too short pulses. In addition to this a re-arming mode (for accurate trigger recognition on noisy signals) the AND/OR conjunction of different trigger events is possible. As a unique feature it is possible to use deactivated channels as trigger sources. External trigger I/O All boards can be triggered using an external TTL signal. It s possible to use positive or negative edge also in combination with a programmable pulse width. An internally recognised trigger event can - when activated by software - be routed to the trigger connector to start external instruments. Pulse width Defines the minimum or maximum width that a trigger pulse must have to generate a trigger event. Pulse width can be combined with channel trigger, pattern trigger and external trigger. Multiple Recording The Multiple Recording option allows the recording of several trigger events with an extremely short re-arming time. The hardware doesn t need to be restarted in between. The on-board memory is divided in several segments of the same size. Each of them is filled with data if a trigger event occurs. Pre- and posttrigger of the segments can be programmed. The number of acquired segments is only limited by the used memory and is unlimited when using FIFO mode

47 M2i.47xx - 16 channel 16 bit A/D up to 500 ks/s Gated Sampling The Gated Sampling option allows data recording controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only recorded if the gate signal has a programmed level. In addition a pre-area before start of the gate signal as well as a post area after end of the gate signal can be acquired. The number of gate segments is only limited by the used memory and is unlimited when using FIFO mode. Timestamp The timestamp option writes the time positions of the trigger events in an extra memory. The timestamps are relative to the start of recording, a defined zero time, externally synchronised to a radio clock, or a GPS receiver. With this option acquisitions of systems on different locations can be set in a precise time relation. External clock I/O Using a dedicated connector a sampling clock can be fed in from an external system. It s also possible to output the internally used sampling clock to synchronise external equipment to this clock. ABA mode The optional ABA mode combines slow continuous data recording with fast acquisition on trigger events. The ABA mode works like a slow data logger combined with a fast digitizer. The exact position of the trigger events is stored as timestamps in an extra memory. Star-Hub The star-hub is an additional module allowing the phase stable synchronisation of up to 16 boards in one syste,. Independent of the number of boards there is no phase delay between all channels. The starhub distributes trigger and clock information between all boards. As a result all connected boards are running with the same clock and the same trigger. All trigger sources can be combined with OR/AND allowing all channels of all cards to be trigger source at the same time. The star-hub is available as 5 card and 16 card version. The 5 card version doesn t need an extra slot. 271 synchronous cards with thesystem Star-Hub With the help of multiple system star-hubs it is possible to link up to 17 system phase synchronous with each other. Each system can then contain up to 16 cards (master only 15). In total 271 cards can be used fully synchronously in a bunch of systems. One master system distributes clock and trigger signal to all connected slave systems. Reference clock The option to use a precise external reference clock (normally 10 MHz) is necessary to synchronise the board for high-quality measurements with external equipment (like a signal source). It s also possible to enhance the quality of the sampling clock in this way. The driver automatically generates the requested sampling clock from the fed in reference clock. BaseXIO (enhanced trigger) The BaseXIO option offers 8 asynchronous digital I/O lines on the base card. The direction can be selected by software in groups of four. Two of these lines can also be used as additional external trigger sources. This allows the building of complex trigger conjunctions with external gated triggers as well as AND/OR conjunction of multiple external trigger sources like, for example, the picture and row synchronisation of video signals. In addition one of the I/ O lines can be used as reference clock for the Timestamp counter

48 M2i.47xx - 16 channel 16 bit A/D up to 500 ks/s Technical Data Analog Inputs Clock Resolution 16 bit (±32000 values) Internal clock range (PLL mode) 1 ks/s to max (see table below) Differential non linearity (DNL) ±1 LSB (ADC) Internal clock accuracy 20 ppm Integral non linearity (INL) ±3 LSB (ADC) Internal clock: max. jitter in PLL mode TBD Offset error (full speed) 0.1% of range (after warm-up and calibration) Internal clock: max. jitter in quartz mode TBD Gain error (full speed) 0.1% (after warm-up and calibration) Internal clock setup granularity 1% of range (100M, 10M, 1M, 100k,...) Fixed input mode bipolar Internal clock setup granularity example range 1M to 10M: stepsize 100k Crosstalk: all ranges 100 khz signal -100 db Reference clock: external clock range 1.0 MHz and MHz Analog Input impedance 1 MOhm against GND External clock range 1 ks/s to max (see table below) Over voltage protection ±30 V all ranges (activated card) External clock delay to internal clock 5.4 ns Aliasing filter 2nd order, -3 db point at card bandwith External clock type 3.3V LVTTL compatible Connector (analog) MMCX female External clock input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, duty 45% - 55% Connector (trigger/clock) 3 mm SMB male External clock maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +3.8 V (internally clamped to 3.3V, 100 ma max. clamping current) Trigger External clock output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible Multi, Gate: re-arming time < 4 samples External clock output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load Max Pretrigger at Multi, Gate, FIFO 8176 Samples as sum of all active channels Internal/External trigger accuracy 1 Sample Environmental and Physical details Channel trigger resolution 14 bit Dimension (PCB only) 312 mm x 107 mm (full PCI length) Trigger output delay One positive edge after internal trigger event Width (Standard or star-hub 5) 1 full size slot External trigger type 3.3V LVTTL compatible (5V tolerant) Width (star-hub 16) 2 full size slots External trigger input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, 2 clock periods Weight 290g (2/4 ch) up to 460g (8 ch + star-hub) External trigger maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.7 V (internally clamped to 5.0V, 100 ma max. clamping current) (depending on options/channels) Warm up time 10 minutes External trigger output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible Operating temperature 0 C - 50 C External trigger output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load Storage temperature -10 C - 70 C Humidity 10% to 90% BaseXIO (Option) BaseXIO Connector (extra bracket) 8 x SMB (8 x MMCX internal) PCI / PCI-X specific details BaseXIO input TTL compatible: Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V PCI / PCI-X bus slot type 32 bit 33/66 MHz BaseXIO input maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.5 V PCI / PCI-X bus slot compatibility 32/64 bit, MHz, 3,3 V and 5 V I/O BaseXIO output levels TTL compatible: Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V BaseXIO output drive strength 32 ma maximum current PCI EXPRESS specific details PCIe slot type x1 Power consumption (max speed) PCI / PCI-X PCI EXPRESS PCIe slot compatibility x1/x4/x8/x16* 3,3 V 5 V 3,3 V 12 V *Some x16 PCIe slots are for graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards. M2i.47x0 (128 MS mem), open inputs 1.7 A 1.0 A 0.4 A 1.0 A M2i.47x1 (128 MS mem), open inputs 1.7 A 2.0 A 0.4 A 1.4 A Software programmable parameters M2i.47x1 (128 MS mem), 10 V DC input 1.7 A 3.6 A 0.4 A 1.6 A Input Range ±50 mv, ±100 mv, ±250 mv, ±500 mv, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V, ±10 V M2i.4731 (2 GS memory), open inputs 2.8 A 2.0 A 0.4 A 2.2 A Clock mode Int. PLL, int. quartz, ext. clock, ext. divided, Max channels with Star-Hub SH5 SH16 SSHS5 SSHS16 ext. reference clock, sync M2i.47x Clock impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) M2i.47x Trigger impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) PCI / PCI-X specific details Trigger mode Channel, Extern, SW, Auto, Window, Pulse, Re-Arm, Or/And, Delay PCI / PCI-X bus slot type 32 bit 33/66 MHz Trigger level resolution 14 bit PCI / PCI-X bus slot compatibility 32/64 bit, MHz, 3,3 V and 5 V I/O Trigger edge Rising edge, falling edge or both edges Trigger pulse width 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample PCI EXPRESS specific details Trigger delay 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample PCIe slot type x1 Memory depth 8 up to [installed memory / number of active PCIe slot compatibility x1/x4/x8/x16* channels] in steps of 4 *Some x16 PCIe slots are for graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards. Posttrigger 4 up to [8G - 4] samples in steps of 4 Certifications and Compliances Multiple Recording segment size 8 up to [installed memory / 2 / active channels] in steps of 4 EMC Immunity Compliant with CE Mark Multi / Gated pretrigger 0 up to [8k samples / number of active channels EMC Emission Compliant with CE Mark - 16] ABA clock divider 1 up to [64k - 1] in steps of 1 Synchronization clock divider 2 up to [8k - 2] in steps of 2 Channel selection 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 channels

49 M2i.47xx - 16 channel 16 bit A/D up to 500 ks/s Dynamic Parameters M2i.4710 M2i.4711 M2i.4720 M2i.4721 M2i.4730 M2i.4731 max internal or external clock 100 ks/s 250 ks/s 500 ks/s Dynamic parameters are measured at ±5 V input range (if no -3 db bandwidth >50 khz >125 khz >250 khz other range is stated) and 1 MOhm termination with the sampling rate specified in the table. Measured parameters are RMS zero noise level ( ±500 mv) < 0.7 LSB < 0.8 LSB < 0.8 LSB < 0.9 LSB < 0.9 LSB < 1.0 LSB averaged 20 times to get typical values. Test signal is a pure RMS zero noise level (< ±500 mv) < 6 uv < 7 uv < 7 uv < 8 uv < 10 uv < 13 uv sine wave of the specified frequency with > 99% amplitude. Test - sampling rate 100 ks/s 250 ks/s 500 ks/s SNR and RMS noise parameters may differ depending on the Test signal frequency 10 khz 10 khz 10 khz quality of the used PC. SNR = Signal to Noise Ratio, THD = SNR (typ) 91.5 db 91.2 db 90.6 db 90.5 db 88.7 db 88.5 db Total Harmonic Distortion, SFDR = Spurious Free Dynamic Range, SINAD = Signal Noise and Distortion, ENOB = Effective Number of Bits. For a detailed description please see THD (typ) db db db db db db SFDR (typ), excl. harm db db db db db db application note 002. ENOB (based on SNR) 14.9 bit 14.8 bit 14.7 bit 14.7 bit 14.4 bit 14.4 bit ENOB (based on SINAD) 14.7 bit 14.6 bit 14.6 bit 14.6 bit 14.3 bit 14.2 bit Hardware block diagram

50 M2i.47xx - 16 channel 16 bit A/D up to 500 ks/s Order Information.. PCI/PCI-X Order no. Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels 8 channels 16 channels M2i MSample 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s M2i MSample 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s M2i MSample 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s M2i MSample 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s M2i MSample 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s M2i MSample 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s PCI Express Order no. Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels 8 channels 16 channels M2i.4710-exp 128 MSample 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s M2i.4711-exp 128 MSample 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s 100 ks/s M2i.4720-exp 128 MSample 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s M2i.4721-exp 128 MSample 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s 250 ks/s M2i.4730-exp 128 MSample 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s M2i.4731-exp 128 MSample 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s 500 ks/s Memory Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-256MS Memory upgrade to 256 MSample (512 MB) total memory M2i.xxxx-512MS Memory upgrade to 512 MSample (1 GB) total memory M2i.xxxx-1GS Memory upgrade to 1 GSample (2 GB) total memory M2i.xxxx-2GS Memory upgrade to 2 GSample (4 GB) total memory Options Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-mr M2i.xxxx-mgt M2i.xxxx-mgtab M2i.xxxx-SH5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SH16 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHM (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS16 (1) M2i.xxxx-bxio M2i-upgrade Cables Order no. Option Cab-1m-9m-80 Cab-1m-9f-80 Cab-1m-9m-200 Cab-1m-9f-200 Cab-1m-9f-5 Cab-3f-9m-80 Cab-3f-9f-80 Cab-3f-3f-80 Cab-3f-9m-200 Cab-3f-9f-200 Cab-3f-3f-200 Drivers Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-ml M2i.47xx-lv M2i.47xx-dl Option Multiple Recording Option pack including Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, Timestamp Option pack including Multiple Recording, Gated Sampling, Timestamp, ABA mode Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 5 cards, only 1 slot width Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 16 cards M2i.47xx-vee Agilent VEE driver for all M2i.47xx cards (1) : Just one of the options can be installed on a card at a time. System-Star-Hub Master for up to 15 cards in the system and up to 17 systems, sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 5 cards in one system, all sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 16 cards in one system, all sync cables included Option BaseXIO: 8 digital I/O lines usable as asynchronous I/O, timestamp ref-clock and additional external trigger lines, additional bracket with 8 SMB connectors Upgrade for M2i.xxxx: later installation of option -dig or -bxio Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC male, 80 cm (for analog inputs) Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC female, 80 cm (for analog inputs) Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC male, 200 cm (for analog inputs) Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC female, 200 cm (for analog inputs) Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC female, 5 cm (short cable especially for oscilloscope probes) Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 80 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 80 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 80 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 200 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 200 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 200 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) MATLAB driver for all M2i cards LabVIEW driver for all M2i.47xx cards DASYLab driver for all M2i.47xx cards

51 PCI bit transient recorder up to 400 MS/s PCI bit transient recorder up to 400 MS/s High speed PCI interface 2 analog inputs with 8 bit resolution Simultaneous sampling on both channels 200 MS/s sampling on 2 channels 400 MS/s sampling on 1 channel Standard memory 32 MSample Up to 512 MSample Memory Automatic offset adjust Input ranges from ±100 mv to ±5 V SBench 5 software included Clock and trigger in/output Software/Drivers A large number of drivers and examples are delivered with the board or are available as an option: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP - drivers Linux - drivers SBench 5.3 Microsoft Visual C++ examples Borland Delphi examples Microsoft Visual Basic examples Microsoft Excel examples LabWindows/CVI examples FlexPro support with SBench LabVIEW - drivers (as option) DASYLab - drivers (as option) MATLAB - drivers (as option) Agilent VEE - drivers (as option) General Information The PCI.248 is a fast A/D-Converter for PCI based Systems. Two independent A/D-Converters make it possible to sample signals simultaneously without the problems of multiplexed systems. This is necessary when the phase of a signal carries interesting information. Different modes, e.g. memory segmentation, internal/external clock and trigger as well as the preand posttrigger capability makes it easy to adapt this recorder to the measuring problem. The large onboard memory allows the recording of signals with extremely wide bandwidth. Additionally the board has bus master capabilities, so it is able to transfer the measured data directly to the PC's memory. Hardware block diagram Software programmable parameters sampling rate 2 MS/s to 400 MS/s, external clock Input range ±100 mv, ±200 mv, ±500 mv, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V Input Impedance 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm (relay) Input coupling AC / DC (jumper) Clock input 50 Ohm or >24 kohm Memory depth 64 Samples up to installed memory in increments of 64 samples Trigger input 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm (relay) Triggermode channel 0, channel 1, external, software Triggerlevel 1/ /16 of the input range Triggeredge rising or falling edge Pulsewidth 0 to 254 samples in increments of 2 Posttrigger 32 Samples up to 256 MSamples in increments of 32 samples Application examples LDA/PDA Radar Ultrasound Laboratory equipment Production test Spectroscopie Medical equipment Test of mobile communication

52 PCI bit transient recorder up to 400 MS/s Software Support Windows drivers The cards are delivered with drivers for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Programming examples for Visual C/C++, Borland C++ Builder, LabWindows/CVI, Borland Delphi and Visual Basic are included. Linux Drivers All cards are delivered with full Linux support. Pre compiled kernel modules are included for the most common distributions like RedHat, Fedora, Suse or Debian. The Linux support includes SMP systems, 32 bit and 64 bit systems, versatile programming examples for Gnu C++ as well as the possibility to get the driver sources for own compilation. SBench A full licence of SBench the easy-to-use graphical operating software for the Spectrum cards is included in the delivery. The version 6 is running under Windows as well as under Linux (KDE and GNOME). Multiple Recording The Multiple Recording option allows the recording of several trigger events without restarting the hardware. With this option very fast repetition rates can be achieved. The on-board memory is divided in several segments of same size. Each of them is filled with data if a trigger event occurs. Gated Sampling The Gated Sampling option allows data recording controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only recorded if the gate signal has a programmed level. External clock I/O Using a dedicated connector a sampling clock can be fed in from an external system. It s also possible to output the internally used sampling clock to synchronise external equipment to this clock. Third-party products A lot of third-party products are supported as an option. Choose between LabVIEW, MATLAB, DASYLab and Agilent VEE. All drivers come with examples and detailed documentation. Possibilities and options Ring buffer mode The ring buffer mode is the standard mode of all oscilloscope boards. Data is written in a ring memory of the board until a trigger event is detected. After the event the posttrigger values are recorded. Because of this continuously recording into a ring buffer there are also samples prior to the trigger event visible: Pretrigger = Memsize - Posttrigger. Input impedance All inputs could individually be switched by software between 50 Ohm and 1 MOhm input impedance. If using fast signals and high sampling rates or have 50 Ohm cable impedance the use of the 50 Ohm termination is recommended to minimise noise and signal reflections. If using weak signal sources or standard probes the use of the 1 MOhm termination is helpful. Channel trigger The data acquisition boards offer a wide variety of trigger modes. Besides the standard signal checking for level and edge as known from oscilloscopes it s also possible to define a window trigger. All trigger modes can be combined with the pulsewidth trigger. This makes it possible to trigger on signal errors like too long or too short pulses. External trigger I/O All boards can be triggered using an external TTL signal. It s possible to use positive or negative edge also in combination with a programmable pulse width. An internally recognised trigger event can - when activated by software - be routed to the trigger connector to start external instruments. Pulse width Defines the minimum or maximum width that a trigger pulse must have to generate a trigger event. Pulse width can be combined with channel trigger, pattern trigger and external trigger

53 PCI bit transient recorder up to 400 MS/s Technical Data Resolution 8 bit Dimension 312 mm x 107 mm Samplerate (internal clock) 2 MS/s up to 400 MS/s Connector 3 mm SMB male Samplerate (external clock) 25 MS/s up to 200 MS/s Warm up time 10 minutes Bandwidth DC -3 db 0 Hz to 150 MHz Operating temperature 0 C - 50 C Bandwidth AC -3 db 40 Hz to 150 MHz Storage temperature -10 C - 70 C Differential linearity error < ±1.5 LSB (ADC) Humidity 10% to 90% non condensing Integral linearity error < ±1.5 LSB (ADC) Overvoltage protection (range ±1 V) ±5 V Aperture jitter 2.3 ps rms (ADC) Overvoltage protection (range > ±1 V) ±50 V Input impedance 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm 25 pf ext. Trigger accuracy (<200 MS/s) 2 Samples Multi: Trigger to 1st sample delay 19 to 44 (fix) ext. Trigger accuracy (400 MS/s) 4 Samples Multi: Recovery time < 20 samples int. Trigger accuracy 1 Sample ext. clock input ECL, AC coupled Power consumption at +5 V 2.5 A (12.5 W) Ext. clock: delay to internal clock < 3 ns Power consumption at ±12 V 0.01 A (0.12 W) / 0.1 A (1.2 W) Dynamic Parameters 1 MHz test signal 4.5 MHz test signal Sample rate 200 MS/s 200 MS/s Dynamic parameters are measured at ± 1 V input range (if no other range is Test input range ± 500 mv ± 500 mv stated) and 50 Ohm termination with the samplerate specified in the table. Measured parameters are averaged 20 times to get typical values. Test signal is a SNR (typ) > 40.0 db > 39.5 db pure sine wave of the specified frequency with > 99% amplitude. SNR and RMS THD (typ) > 52,2 db > 51.0 db noise parameters may differ depending on the quality of the used PC. SNR = Signal SFDR (typ), incl harm. > 47.0 db > 47.0 db to Noise Ratio, THD = Total Harmonic Distortion, SFDR = Spurious Free SINAD (typ) > 39.5 db > 39.5 db Dynamic Range, SINAD = Signal Noise and Distortion, ENOB = Effective Number of Bits. For a detailed description please see application note 002. ENOB (based on SINAD) > 6.3 > 6.3 Order information Order No Description Order No Description PCI248 PCI.248 with 32 MSample memory and drivers/sbench 5.x PCI Option: 64 MSample memory instead of 32 MSample standard mem PCI248-mr Option Multiple Recording: Memory segmentation PCI Option: 256 MSample mem instead of 32 MSample standard mem PCI248-gs Option Gated Sampling: Gate signal controls acquisition PCI Option: 512 MSample mem instead of 32 MSample standard mem PCI248-dm Double Mem: Channel 0 uses complete memory at every samplerate PCI248-up Additional handling cost for later memory upgrade Cab-3f-9m-80 Adapter cable: SMB female to BNC male 80 cm PCI248-dl DASYLab driver for PCI.248 series Cab-3f-9m-200 Adapter cable: SMB female to BNC male 200 cm PCI248-hp VEE driver for PCI.248 series Cab-3f-9f-80 Adapter cable: SMB female to BNC female 80 cm PCI248-lv LabVIEW driver for PCI.248 series Cab-3f-9f-200 Adapter cable: SMB female to BNC female 200 cm MATLAB MATLAB driver for all PCI boards

54 PCI bit transient recorder up to 500 MS/s PCI bit transient recorder up to 500 MS/s High speed PCI interface 2 analog inputs with 8 bit resolution Simultaneous sampling on both channels 250 MS/s sampling on 2 channels 500 MS/s sampling on 1 channel Standard memory 32 MSample Up to 512 MSample Memory Automatic offset adjust Input ranges from ±100 mv to ±5 V SBench 5 software included Clock and trigger in/output Software/Drivers A large number of drivers and examples are delivered with the board or are available as an option: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP - drivers Linux - drivers SBench 5.3 Microsoft Visual C++ examples Borland Delphi examples Microsoft Visual Basic examples Microsoft Excel examples LabWindows/CVI examples FlexPro support with SBench LabVIEW - drivers (as option) DASYLab - drivers (as option) MATLAB - drivers (as option) Agilent VEE - drivers (as option) General Information The PCI.258 is a fast A/D-Converter for PCI based Systems. Two independent A/D-Converters make it possible to sample signals simultaneously without the problems of multiplexed systems. This is necessary when the phase of a signal carries interesting information. Different modes, e.g. memory segmentation, internal/external clock and trigger as well as the preand posttrigger capability makes it easy to adapt this recorder to the measuring problem. The large onboard memory allows the recording of signals with extremely wide bandwidth. Additionally the board has bus master capabilities, so it is able to transfer the measured data directly to the PC's memory. Hardware block diagram Software programmable parameters sampling rate 2 MS/s to 500 MS/s, external clock Input range ±100 mv, ±200 mv, ±500 mv, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V Input Impedance 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm (relay) Input coupling AC / DC (jumper) Clock input 50 Ohm or >24 kohm Memory depth 64 Samples up to installed memory in increments of 64 samples Trigger input 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm (relay) Triggermode channel 0, channel 1, external, software Triggerlevel 1/ /16 of the input range Triggeredge rising or falling edge Pulsewidth 0 to 254 samples in increments of 2 Posttrigger 32 Samples up to 256 MSamples in increments of 32 samples Application examples LDA/PDA Radar Ultrasound Laboratory equipment Production test Spectroscopie Medical equipment Test of mobile communication

55 PCI bit transient recorder up to 500 MS/s Software Support Windows drivers The cards are delivered with drivers for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Programming examples for Visual C/C++, Borland C++ Builder, LabWindows/CVI, Borland Delphi and Visual Basic are included. Linux Drivers All cards are delivered with full Linux support. Pre compiled kernel modules are included for the most common distributions like RedHat, Fedora, Suse or Debian. The Linux support includes SMP systems, 32 bit and 64 bit systems, versatile programming examples for Gnu C++ as well as the possibility to get the driver sources for own compilation. SBench A full licence of SBench the easy-to-use graphical operating software for the Spectrum cards is included in the delivery. The version 6 is running under Windows as well as under Linux (KDE and GNOME). Third-party products A lot of third-party products are supported as an option. Choose between LabVIEW, MATLAB, DASYLab and Agilent VEE. All drivers come with examples and detailed documentation. Pulse width Defines the minimum or maximum width that a trigger pulse must have to generate a trigger event. Pulse width can be combined with channel trigger, pattern trigger and external trigger. Multiple Recording The Multiple Recording option allows the recording of several trigger events without restarting the hardware. With this option very fast repetition rates can be achieved. The on-board memory is divided in several segments of same size. Each of them is filled with data if a trigger event occurs. Gated Sampling The Gated Sampling option allows data recording controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only recorded if the gate signal has a programmed level. External clock I/O Using a dedicated connector a sampling clock can be fed in from an external system. It s also possible to output the internally used sampling clock to synchronise external equipment to this clock. Possibilities and options Ring buffer mode The ring buffer mode is the standard mode of all oscilloscope boards. Data is written in a ring memory of the board until a trigger event is detected. After the event the posttrigger values are recorded. Because of this continuously recording into a ring buffer there are also samples prior to the trigger event visible: Pretrigger = Memsize - Posttrigger. Input impedance All inputs could individually be switched by software between 50 Ohm and 1 MOhm input impedance. If using fast signals and high sampling rates or have 50 Ohm cable impedance the use of the 50 Ohm termination is recommended to minimise noise and signal reflections. If using weak signal sources or standard probes the use of the 1 MOhm termination is helpful. Channel trigger The data acquisition boards offer a wide variety of trigger modes. Besides the standard signal checking for level and edge as known from oscilloscopes it s also possible to define a window trigger. All trigger modes can be combined with the pulsewidth trigger. This makes it possible to trigger on signal errors like too long or too short pulses. External trigger I/O All boards can be triggered using an external TTL signal. It s possible to use positive or negative edge also in combination with a programmable pulse width. An internally recognised trigger event can - when activated by software - be routed to the trigger connector to start external instruments

56 PCI bit transient recorder up to 500 MS/s Technical Data Resolution 8 bit Dimension 312 mm x 107 mm Samplerate (internal clock) 2.5 MS/s up to 500 MS/s Connector 3 mm SMB male Samplerate (external clock) 25 MS/s up to 250 MS/s Warm up time 10 minutes Bandwidth DC -3 db 0 Hz to 190 MHz Operating temperature 0 C - 50 C Bandwidth AC -3 db 40 Hz to 190 MHz Storage temperature -10 C - 70 C Differential linearity error < ±1.5 LSB (ADC) Humidity 10% to 90% non condensing Integral linearity error < ±1.5 LSB (ADC) Overvoltage protection (range ±1 V) ±5 V Aperture jitter 2.3 ps rms (ADC) Overvoltage protection (range > ±1 V) ±50 V Input impedance 50 Ohm / 1 MOhm 25 pf ext. Trigger accuracy (<250 MS/s) 2 Samples Multi: Trigger to 1st sample delay 19 to 44 (fix) ext. Trigger accuracy (500 MS/s) 4 Samples Multi: Recovery time < 20 samples int. Trigger accuracy 1 Sample ext. clock input PECL, AC coupled Power consumption at +5 V 2.7 A (13.5 W) Ext. clock: delay to internal clock < 3 ns Power consumption at ±12 V 0.01 A (0.12 W) / 0.1 A (1.2 W) Dynamic Parameters 1 MHz test signal 4.5 MHz test signal Sample rate 250 MS/s 250 MS/s Dynamic parameters are measured at ± 1 V input range (if no other range is Test input range ± 500 mv ± 500 mv stated) and 50 Ohm termination with the samplerate specified in the table. Measured parameters are averaged 20 times to get typical values. Test signal is a SNR (typ) > 40.0 db > 39.5 db pure sine wave of the specified frequency with > 99% amplitude. SNR and RMS THD (typ) > 49,8 db > 49.5 db noise parameters may differ depending on the quality of the used PC. SNR = Signal SFDR (typ), incl harm. > 47.0 db > 47.0 db to Noise Ratio, THD = Total Harmonic Distortion, SFDR = Spurious Free SINAD (typ) > 39.0 db > 39.0 db Dynamic Range, SINAD = Signal Noise and Distortion, ENOB = Effective Number of Bits. For a detailed description please see application note 002. ENOB (based on SINAD) > 6.2 > 6.2 Order information Order No Description Order No Description PCI258 PCI.258 with 32 MSample memory and drivers/sbench 5.x PCI Option: 64 MSample mem instead of 32 MSample standard mem PCI258-mr Option Multiple Recording: Memory segemntation PCI Option: 256 MSample mem instead of 32 MSample standard mem PCI258-gs Option Gated Sampling: Gate signal controls acquisition PCI Option: 512 MSample mem instead of 32 MSample standard mem PCI258-dm Double Mem: Channel 0 uses complete memory at every samplerate PCI258-up Additional handling cost for later memory upgrade Cab-3f-9m-80 Adapter cable: SMB female to BNC male 80 cm PCI258-dl DASYLab driver for PCI.258 series Cab-3f-9m-200 Adapter cable: SMB female to BNC male 200 cm PCI258-hp VEE driver for PCI.258 series Cab-3f-9f-80 Adapter cable: SMB female to BNC female 80 cm PCI258-lv LabVIEW driver for PCI.258 series Cab-3f-9f-200 Adapter cable: SMB female to BNC female 200 cm MATLAB MATLAB driver for all PCI boards

57 M2i.60xx - 14 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator M2i.60xx - 14 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator Fast 14 bit arbitrary waveform generator 1, 2 or 4 channels with 20 MS/s, 60 MS/s or 125 MS/s Simultaneous generation on all channels Output up to ± 3 V in 50 Ohm Amplifier option available for ±10 V Offset and amplitude programmable 3 software selectable filters Up to 2 GSamples on-board memory 128 MSample standard memory installed FIFO mode continuous streaming output Synchronization of up to 16 cards per system and up to 271 cards with system sync Options: Multiple Replay, Gated Replay, BaseXIO, Digital Outputs, Amplifier 66 MHz 32 bit PCI-X interface 5V / 3.3V PCI compatible 100% compatible to conventional PCI > V2.1 Sustained streaming mode up to 225 MB/s 2,5 GBit x1 PCIe Interface Works with x1/x4/x8/x16* PCIe slots Software compatible to PCI Sustained streaming mode up to 140 MB/s Operating Systems Windows 2k, XP, Vista Linux Kernel Both 32 and 64 bit Recomended Software Visual Basic, Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, GNU C++, Borland Delphi,.VB.NET, C#, J# SBench, SPviewIT Drivers MATLAB LabVIEW, LabWindows DASYLab Agilent VEE Model 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels General Information M2i MS/s 20 MS/s The M2i.60xx series offers 8 different versions of arbitrary waveform generators M2i MS/s 20 MS/s 20 MS/s for the PCI/PCI-X bus and PCI Express. With these boards it is possible to generate M2i MS/s 60 MS/s free definable waveforms on several channels synchronously. With one of the synchronization options the setup of synchronous multi channel systems is possible. It M2i MS/s 60 MS/s 60 MS/s M2i MS/s is also possible to combine the arbitrary waveform generator with other boards of M2i MS/s 125 MS/s M2i MS/s 60 MS/s the M2i product family like analog acquisition or digital I/O boards. With the up M2i MS/s 125 MS/s 60 MS/s to 2 GSample large on-board memory long waveforms can be generated even with high sampling rates. All boards of the M2i.60xx series may use the whole installed on-board memory completely for the currently activated number of channels. The memory can also be used as a FIFO buffer to make continuously data transfer from PC memory or hard disk. *Some x16 PCIe slots are for the use of graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards

58 M2i.60xx - 14 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator Software Support Windows drivers The cards are delivered with drivers for Windows 2000, XP, XP64, Vista and Vista64. Programming examples for Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, LabWindows/CVI, Borland Delphi, Visual Basic, VB.NET, C# and J# are included. Linux Drivers All cards are delivered with full Linux support. Pre compiled kernel modules are included for the most common distributions like RedHat, Fedora, Suse or Debian. The Linux support includes SMP systems, 32 bit and 64 bit systems, versatile programming examples for Gnu C++ as well as the possibility to get the driver sources for own compilation. SPEasyGenerator For a fast start with the hardware the simple signal generation software SPEasyGenerator is included in the delivery. This software allows to generator simple signal shapes like sine, triangle or rectangle with programmable frequency, amplitude and phase. SPEasy- Generator is also available as LabWindows source code. SBench A full licence of SBench the easy-to-use graphical operating software for the Spectrum cards is included in the delivery. The version 6 is running under Windows as well as under Linux (KDE and GNOME). Third-party products A lot of third-party products are supported as an option. Choose between LabVIEW, MATLAB, DASYLab and Agilent VEE. All drivers come with examples and detailed documentation. MI Software compatibility layer To allow an easy change from MI cards to the new M2i cards for existing software a special software compatibility layer is delivered with the cards. This DLL converts MI calls to M2i calls and simulates a MI card in the software. Hardware features and options PCI/PCI-X The M2i cards with PCI/PCI-X bus connector use 32 Bit and up to 66 MHz clock rate for data transfer. They are 100% compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The universal interface allows the use in PCI slots with 5 V I/O and 3.3 V I/O voltages as well as in PCI-X or PCI 64 slots. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 225 MByte/s per bus segment. PCI Express 160 MByte/s per slot. The M2i cards with PCI Express use a x1 PCIe connector. They can be used in PCI Express x1/x4/x8/x16 slots, except special graphic card slots, and are 100% software compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is FIFO mode The FIFO mode is designed for continuous data transfer between measurement board and PC memory or hard disk. The control of the data stream is done automatically by the driver on interrupt request. The complete installed on-board memory is used for buffer data, making the continuous streaming extremely reliable. External trigger I/O All digital boards can be triggered using an additional external TTL signal per acquisition module. It s possible to use positive or negative edge also in combination with a programmable pulse width. An internally recognized trigger event can - when activated by software - be routed to the trigger output connector to start external instruments. Pulse width Defines the minimum or maximum width that a trigger pulse must have to generate a trigger event. Pulse width can be combined with channel trigger, pattern trigger and external trigger. Multiple Replay The Multiple Replay option allows the fast repetition output on several trigger events without restarting the hardware. With this option very fast repetition rates can be achieved. The on-board memory is divided in several segments of same size. Each of them is generated if a trigger event occurs. Gated Replay The Gated Sampling option allows data replay controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only replayed if the gate signal has a programmed level. Digital outputs This option outputs additional synchronous digital channels phase-stable with the analog data. When this option is installed there are 2 additional digital outputs for every analog D/A channel. External clock I/O Using a dedicated line a sampling clock can be fed in from an external system. It s also possible to output the internally used sampling clock to synchronize external equipment to this clock. Reference clock The option to use a precise external reference clock (normally 10 MHz) is necessary to synchronise the board for high-quality measurements with external equipment (like a signal source). It s also possible to enhance the quality of the sampling clock in this way. The driver automatically generates the requested sampling clock from the fed in reference clock. Singleshot output When singleshot output is activated the data of the on-board memory is replayed exactly one time. As trigger source one can use the external TTL trigger or the software trigger

59 M2i.60xx - 14 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator Repeated output When repeated output is used the data of the on-board memory is replayed continuously until a stop command is executed or N times. As trigger source one can use the external TTL trigger or the software trigger. Single Restart replay When this mode is activated the data of the on-board memory will be replayed once after each trigger event. Trigger source one can use the external TTL or software trigger. ±10 V Amplifier The amplifier board allows the output of ±10 V on up to four channels without software modification. The standard outputs of the card are amplified by factor The amplifier which has 30 MHz bandwidth has an output impedance of 50 Ohm. This allows ±10 V with high impedance termination or ±5 V with 50 ohm termination. Star-Hub The star-hub is an additional module allowing the phase stable synchronisation of up to 16 boards in one syste,. Independent of the number of boards there is no phase delay between all channels. The starhub distributes trigger and clock information between all boards. As a result all connected boards are running with the same clock and the same trigger. All trigger sources can be combined with OR/AND allowing all channels of all cards to be trigger source at the same time. The star-hub is available as 5 card and 16 card version. The 5 card version doesn t need an extra slot. 271 synchronous cards with thesystem Star-Hub With the help of multiple system star-hubs it is possible to link up to 17 system phase synchronous with each other. Each system can then contain up to 16 cards (master only 15). In total 271 cards can be used fully synchronously in a bunch of systems. One master system distributes clock and trigger signal to all connected slave systems. BaseXIO (enhanced trigger) The BaseXIO option offers 8 asynchronous digital I/O lines on the base card. The direction can be selected by software in groups of four. Two of these lines can also be used as additional external trigger sources. This allows the building of complex trigger conjunctions with external gated triggers as well as AND/OR conjunction of multiple external trigger sources like, for example, the picture and row synchronisation of video signals. In addition one of the I/ O lines can be used as reference clock for the Timestamp counter

60 M2i.60xx - 14 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator Technical Data Analog Outputs Clock Resolution 14 bit Internal clock range (PLL mode) 1 ks/s to max (see table below) INL, Integral linearity (DAC only) ± 1.5 LSB typ. Internal clock accuracy 20 ppm DNL, Differential linearity (DAC only) ± 1.0 LSB typ. Internal clock: max. jitter in PLL mode TBD Output resistance < 1 Ohm Internal clock: max. jitter in quartz mode TBD Max output swing in 50 Ohm ± 3 V (offset + amplitude) Internal clock setup granularity ( 100 M) 1% of range (100M, 10M, 1M, 100k,...) Max slew rate (no filter) > 0.9 V/ns Internal clock setup granularity example range 1M to 10M: stepsize 100k 1 MHz signal ±3 V < -80 db Internal clock setup granularity (> 100 M) one fixed value (160 MS/s or 200 MS/s) Output accuracy < 1% Reference clock: external clock range 1.0 MHz and MHz Connector (analog and trigger/clock) 3 mm SMB male External clock range DC to max (see table below) External clock delay to internal clock 5.4 ns Trigger External clock type 3.3V LVTTL compatible Multi, Gate: re-arming time <4 Samples External clock input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, duty 45% - 55% Trigger output delay One positive edge after internal trigger event External clock maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +3.8 V (internally clamped to 3.3V, 100 ma max. clamping current) External trigger type 3.3V LVTTL compatible (5V tolerant) External clock output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible External trigger input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, 2 clock periods External clock output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load External trigger maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.7 V (internally clamped to 5.0V, 100 ma max. clamping current) Digital Outputs (Option) External trigger output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible Digital outputs delay to analog sample no delay External trigger output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load Output voltage Low 0.4 V, High > 2.4 V Connector (digital outputs) 40 pole half pitch (Hirose FX2 series) Environmental and Physical details Dimension (PCB only) 312 mm x 107 mm (full PCI length) Output Delays Width (Standard or star-hub 5) 1 full size slot Trigger to 1st sample 15/16 clocks (2/1 channel/module) Width (star-hub 16) 2 full size slots Gate end to last replayed sample 15/16 clocks (2/1 channel/module) Width (with digital inputs) 1 full size slots + 1 half size slot Gate end alignement 2 samples (1 ch), 1 sample (2 or 4 ch) Weight 290g (2 ch) up to 460g (4 ch + dig + sh) (depending on options/channels) BaseXIO (Option) Warm up time 10 minutes BaseXIO Connector (extra bracket) 8 x SMB (8 x MMCX internal) Operating temperature 0 C - 50 C BaseXIO input TTL compatible: Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V Storage temperature -10 C - 70 C BaseXIO input maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +4.0 V (internally clamped to Humidity 10% to 90% 3.3V, 100 ma max. clamping current) BaseXIO output levels TTL compatible: Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V PCI / PCI-X specific details PCI / PCI-X bus slot type 32 bit 33/66 MHz Software programmable parameters PCI / PCI-X bus slot compatibility 32/64 bit, MHz, 3,3 V and 5 V I/O Output amplitude ±100 mv up to ±3 V in 1 mv steps (Amp option: ±333 mv up to ±10 V) PCI EXPRESS specific details Output offset ±3 V selectable in 1 mv steps (Amp otpion: PCIe slot type x1 ±10 V in 3 mv steps) PCIe slot compatibility x1/x4/x8/x16* Filters no filter or one of 3 different filters as *Some x16 PCIe slots are for graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards. defined in technical data section Mode Singleshot, Repeated Replay, Single Restart Max channels with Star-Hub SH5 SH16 SSHS5 SSHS16 Clock mode Int. PLL, int. quartz, ext. clock, ext. divided, M2i ext. reference clock, sync M2i.60x1, 60x Clock impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) M2i.60x2, 60x Trigger impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) Trigger mode external TTL, software, pulsewidth, Or/ Power consumption (max speed) PCI / PCI-X PCI EXPRESS And, Delay 3,3 V 5 V 3,3 V 12 V Trigger edge Rising edge, falling edge, both edges M2i.6030 (128 MS memory) 2.6 A 0.4 A 0.4 A 0.9 A Trigger pulse width 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample M2i.60x1/M2i.60x3 (128 MS mem.) 2.8 A 0.7 A 0.4 A 1.1 A Trigger delay 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample M2i.60x2/M2i.60x4 (128 MS mem.) 3.2 A 1.1 A 0.4 A 1.2 A Memory depth 8 up to [installed memory / number of M2i.6034 (2 GS memory), max. power 4.9 A 1.1 A 0.4 A 1.7 A active channels] in steps of 4 Multiple Replay segment size 8 up to[installed memory / 2 / active channels] in steps of 4 Certifications and Compliances EMC Immunity Compliant with CE Mark Sync clock divider 2 up to [8k - 2] in steps of 2 EMC Emission Compliant with CE Mark Channel selection 1, 2, 4 Clock and Filter M2i.6011 M2i.6012 M2i.6021 M2i.6022 M2i.6030 M2i.6033 M2i.6031 M2i.6034 max internal clock 20 MS/s 62.5 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s max external clock 20 MS/s 62.5 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s -3 db bandwidth no filter > 10 MHz > 30 MHz > 60 MHz > 60 MHz Filter 3: Characteristics 4th order Butterworth 5th order Butterworth Filter 3: -3 db bandwidth 5 MHz 10 MHz 25 MHz 25 MHz Filter 2: Characteristics 4th order Butterworth 4th order Butterworth Filter 2: -3 db bandwidth 1 MHz 2 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz Filter 1: Characteristics 4th order Butterworth 4th order Butterworth Filter 1: -3 db bandwidth 100 khz 200 khz 500 khz 500 khz

61 M2i.60xx - 14 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator Dynamic Parameters M2i.6011 M2i.6012 M2i.6011 M2i.6012 M2i.6011 M2i.6012 M2i.6021 M2i.6022 M2i.6021 M2i.6022 M2i.6030 M2i.6031 M2i.6033 M2i.6034 M2i.6030 M2i.6031 M2i.6033 M2i.6034 M2i.6030 M2i.6031 M2i.6033 M2i.6034 M2i.6030 M2i.6031 M2i.6033 M2i.6034 Test - Samplerate 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 60 MS/s 60 MS/s 62.5 MS/s 62.5 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s Output Frequency 80 khz 800 khz 4 MHz 170 khz 1.7 MHz 400 khz 4 MHz 400 khz 4 MHz Output Level ±2 V ±2 V ±2 V ±2 V ±2 V ±2 V ±2 V ±2 V ±2 V Used Filter 100 khz 1 MHz 5 MHz 200 khz 2 MHz 500 khz 5 MHz 500 khz 5 MHz SNR (typ) > 61.5 db > 60.2 db > 54.5 db > 61.5 db > 59.5 db > 61.5 db > 55.0 db > 61.0 db > 56.0 db THD (typ) < db < db < db < db < db < db < db < db < db SFDR (typ), excl harm. > 85.5 db > 72.0 db > 60.0 db > 81.5 db > 68.5 db > 82.8 db > 66.5 db > 72.0 db > 67.0 db Dynamic parameters are measured at the given output level and 50 Ohm termination with a high resolution data acquisition card and are calculated from the spectrum. The sample rate that is selected is the maximum possible one. All available channels are activated for the tests. SNR and SFDR figures may differ depending on the quality of the used PC. SNR = Signal to Noise Ratio, THD = Total Harmonic Distortion, SFDR = Spurious Free Dynamic Range Hardware block diagram

62 M2i.60xx - 14 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator Order Information. PCI/PCI-X Order no. Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels M2i MSample 20 MS/s 20 MS/s M2i MSample 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 20 MS/s M2i MSample 60 MS/s 60 MS/s M2i MSample 60 MS/s 60 MS/s 60 MS/s M2i MSample 125 MS/s M2i MSample 125 MS/s 125 MS/s M2i MSample 125 MS/s 60 MS/s M2i MSample 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 60 MS/s PCI Express Order no. Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels M2i.6011-exp 128 MSample 20 MS/s 20 MS/s M2i.6012-exp 128 MSample 20 MS/s 20 MS/s 20 MS/s M2i.6021-exp 128 MSample 60 MS/s 60 MS/s M2i.6022-exp 128 MSample 60 MS/s 60 MS/s 60 MS/s M2i.6030-exp 128 MSample 125 MS/s M2i.6031-exp 128 MSample 125 MS/s 125 MS/s M2i.6033-exp 128 MSample 125 MS/s 60 MS/s M2i.6034-exp 128 MSample 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 60 MS/s Memory Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-256MS M2i.xxxx-512MS M2i.xxxx-1GS M2i.xxxx-2GS Options Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-mr M2i.xxxx-gs M2i.60xx-dig M2i.xxxx-SH5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SH16 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHM (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS16 (1) MI.6xxx-1Amp MI.6xxx-2Amp MI.6xxx-4Amp M2i.xxxx-bxio M2i-upgrade Memory upgrade to 256 MSample (512 MB) total memory Memory upgrade to 512 MSample (1 GB) total memory Memory upgrade to 1 GSample (2 GB) total memory Memory upgrade to 2 GSample (4 GB) total memory Option Multiple Replay Option Gated Replay M2i.60xx-vee Agilent VEE driver for all M2i.60xx cards (1) : Just one of the options can be installed on a card at a time. Additonal synchronous digital outputs (2 per analog channel) including Cab-d40-idc-100 Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 5 cards, only 1 slot width Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 16 cards System-Star-Hub Master for up to 15 cards in the system and up to 17 systems, sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 5 cards in one system, all sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 16 cards in one system, all sync cables included ±10 V output amplifier card with 1 channel including SMB to SMB connection cable ±10 V output amplifier card with 2 channels including SMB to SMB connection cables ±10 V output amplifier card with 4 channesl including SMB to SMB connection cables Option BaseXIO: 8 digital I/O lines usable as asynchronous I/O and additional external trigger lines, additional bracket with 8 SMB connectors Upgrade for M2i.xxxx: later installation of option -dig or -bxio Cables Order no. Option Cab-3f-9m-80 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 80 cm Cab-3f-9f-80 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 80 cm Cab-3f-3f-80 Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 80 cm Cab-3f-9m-200 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 200 cm Cab-3f-9f-200 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 200 cm Cab-3f-3f-200 Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 200 cm Cab-3f-9f-5 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 5 cm (short cable especially for oscilloscopes probes) Cab-d40-idc-100 Flat ribbon cable 40 pole FX2 for digital connector to 2x20 pole IDC connector, 100 cm Cab-d40-d Drivers Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-ml M2i.60xx-lv M2i.60xx-dl Flat ribbon cable 40 pole FX2 for digital connector to 40 pole digital FX2 connector, 100 cm MATLAB driver for all M2i cards LabVIEW driver for all M2i.60xx cards DASYLab driver for all M2i.60xx cards

63 M2i.61xx - 8 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator M2i.61xx - 8 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator Fast 8 bit arbitrary waveform generator 2 or 4 channel versions Simultaneously generation on all channels Output up to ± 3 V in 50 Ohm Amplifier option available for ±10 V Offset and amplitude programmable 3 software selectable filters Up to 4 GSamples on-board memory 256 MSample standard memory installed FIFO mode continuous streaming output Synchronization option available for up to 16 cards Options: Multiple Replay, Gated Replay, BaseXIO, Amplifier 66 MHz 32 bit PCI-X interface 5V / 3.3V PCI compatible 100% compatible to conventional PCI > V2.1 Sustained streaming mode up to 225 MB/s 2,5 GBit x1 PCIe Interface Works with x1/x4/x8/x16* PCIe slots Software compatible to PCI Sustained streaming mode up to 140 MB/s Operating Systems Windows 2k, XP, Vista Linux Kernel Both 32 and 64 bit Recomended Software Visual Basic, Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, GNU C++, Borland Delphi,.VB.NET, C#, J# SBench, SPviewIT Drivers MATLAB LabVIEW, LabWindows DASYLab Agilent VEE Model 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels General Information M2i.6110 M2i MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s The M2i.61xx series offers 2 different versions of arbitrary waveform generators for the PCI/PCI-X bus and PCI Express. With these boards it is possible to generate free definable waveforms on several channels synchronously. There are up to four channels on one board with a maximum update rate of 125 MS/s. With one of the synchronization options the setup of synchronous multi channel systems is possible. It is also possible to combine the arbitrary waveform generator with other boards of the M2i product family like analog acquisition or digital I/O boards. *Some x16 PCIe slots are for the use of graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards. With the up to 4 GSample large on-board memory long waveforms can be generated even with high sampling rates. The M2i.61xx series offers 2 different versions of arbitrary. All boards of the M2i.61xx series may use the whole installed on-board memory completely for the currently activated number of channels. The memory can also be used as a FIFO buffer to make continuously data transfer from PC memory or hard disk

64 M2i.61xx - 8 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator Software Support Windows drivers The cards are delivered with drivers for Windows 2000, XP, XP64, Vista and Vista64. Programming examples for Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, LabWindows/CVI, Borland Delphi, Visual Basic, VB.NET, C# and J# are included. Linux Drivers All cards are delivered with full Linux support. Pre compiled kernel modules are included for the most common distributions like RedHat, Fedora, Suse or Debian. The Linux support includes SMP systems, 32 bit and 64 bit systems, versatile programming examples for Gnu C++ as well as the possibility to get the driver sources for own compilation. SPEasyGenerator For a fast start with the hardware the simple signal generation software SPEasyGenerator is included in the delivery. This software allows to generator simple signal shapes like sine, triangle or rectangle with programmable frequency, amplitude and phase. SPEasy- Generator is also available as LabWindows source code. SBench A full licence of SBench the easy-to-use graphical operating software for the Spectrum cards is included in the delivery. The version 6 is running under Windows as well as under Linux (KDE and GNOME). Third-party products A lot of third-party products are supported as an option. Choose between LabVIEW, MATLAB, DASYLab and Agilent VEE. All drivers come with examples and detailed documentation. MI Software compatibility layer To allow an easy change from MI cards to the new M2i cards for existing software a special software compatibility layer is delivered with the cards. This DLL converts MI calls to M2i calls and simulates a MI card in the software. Hardware features and options PCI/PCI-X The M2i cards with PCI/PCI-X bus connector use 32 Bit and up to 66 MHz clock rate for data transfer. They are 100% compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The universal interface allows the use in PCI slots with 5 V I/O and 3.3 V I/O voltages as well as in PCI-X or PCI 64 slots. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 225 MByte/s per bus segment. PCI Express 160 MByte/s per slot. The M2i cards with PCI Express use a x1 PCIe connector. They can be used in PCI Express x1/x4/x8/x16 slots, except special graphic card slots, and are 100% software compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is FIFO mode The FIFO mode is designed for continuous data transfer between measurement board and PC memory (up to 225 MB/s on a PCI-X slot and up to 115 MB/s on a PCI slot) or hard disk. The control of the data stream is done automatically by the driver on interrupt request. The complete installed on-board memory is used for buffer data, making the continuous streaming extremely reliable. External trigger I/O All digital boards can be triggered using an additional external TTL signal per acquisition module. It s possible to use positive or negative edge also in combination with a programmable pulse width. An internally recognized trigger event can - when activated by software - be routed to the trigger output connector to start external instruments. Pulse width Defines the minimum or maximum width that a trigger pulse must have to generate a trigger event. Pulse width can be combined with channel trigger, pattern trigger and external trigger. Multiple Replay The Multiple Replay option allows the fast repetition output on several trigger events without restarting the hardware. With this option very fast repetition rates can be achieved. The on-board memory is divided in several segments of same size. Each of them is generated if a trigger event occurs. Gated Replay The Gated Sampling option allows data replay controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only replayed if the gate signal has a programmed level. External clock I/O Using a dedicated line a sampling clock can be fed in from an external system. It s also possible to output the internally used sampling clock to synchronize external equipment to this clock. Reference clock The option to use a precise external reference clock (normally 10 MHz) is necessary to synchronise the board for high-quality measurements with external equipment (like a signal source). It s also possible to enhance the quality of the sampling clock in this way. The driver automatically generates the requested sampling clock from the fed in reference clock. Singleshot output When singleshot output is activated the data of the on-board memory is replayed exactly one time. As trigger source one can use the external TTL trigger or the software trigger. Repeated output When repeated output is used the data of the on-board memory is replayed continuously until a stop command is executed or N times. As trigger source one can use the external TTL trigger or the software trigger

65 M2i.61xx - 8 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator Single Restart replay When this mode is activated the data of the on-board memory will be replayed once after each trigger event. Trigger source one can use the external TTL or software trigger. ±10 V Amplifier The amplifier board allows the output of ±10 V on up to four channels without software modification. The standard outputs of the card are amplified by factor The amplifier which has 30 MHz bandwidth has an output impedance of 50 Ohm. This allows ±10 V with high impedance termination or ±5 V with 50 ohm termination. Star-Hub The star-hub is an additional module allowing the phase stable synchronisation of up to 16 boards in one syste,. Independent of the number of boards there is no phase delay between all channels. The starhub distributes trigger and clock information between all boards. As a result all connected boards are running with the same clock and the same trigger. All trigger sources can be combined with OR/AND allowing all channels of all cards to be trigger source at the same time. The star-hub is available as 5 card and 16 card version. The 5 card version doesn t need an extra slot. 271 synchronous cards with thesystem Star-Hub With the help of multiple system star-hubs it is possible to link up to 17 system phase synchronous with each other. Each system can then contain up to 16 cards (master only 15). In total 271 cards can be used fully synchronously in a bunch of systems. One master system distributes clock and trigger signal to all connected slave systems. BaseXIO (enhanced trigger) The BaseXIO option offers 8 asynchronous digital I/O lines on the base card. The direction can be selected by software in groups of four. Two of these lines can also be used as additional external trigger sources. This allows the building of complex trigger conjunctions with external gated triggers as well as AND/OR conjunction of multiple external trigger sources like, for example, the picture and row synchronisation of video signals. In addition one of the I/ O lines can be used as reference clock for the Timestamp counter

66 M2i.61xx - 8 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator Technical Data Analog Outputs Clock Resolution 8 bit Internal clock range (PLL mode) 1 ks/s to max (see table below) INL, Integral linearity (DAC only) ± 1.5 LSB typ. Internal clock accuracy 20 ppm DNL, Differential linearity (DAC only) ± 1.0 LSB typ. Internal clock: max. jitter in PLL mode TBD Output resistance < 1 Ohm Internal clock: max. jitter in quartz mode TBD Max output swing in 50 Ohm ± 3 V (offset + amplitude) Internal clock setup granularity ( 100 M) 1% of range (100M, 10M, 1M, 100k,...) Max slew rate (no filter) > 0.9 V/ns Internal clock setup granularity example range 1M to 10M: stepsize 100k 1 MHz signal ±3 V < -80 db Internal clock setup granularity (> 100 M) one fixed value (160 MS/s or 200 MS/s) Output accuracy < 1% Reference clock: external clock range 1.0 MHz and MHz Connector (analog and trigger/clock) 3 mm SMB male External clock range DC to max (see table below) External clock delay to internal clock 5.4 ns Trigger External clock type 3.3V LVTTL compatible Multi, Gate: re-arming time <4 Samples External clock input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, duty 45% - 55% Trigger output delay One positive edge after internal trigger event External clock maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +3.8 V (internally clamped to External trigger type 3.3V LVTTL compatible (5V tolerant) 3.3V, 100 ma max. clamping current) External trigger input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, 2 clock periods External clock output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible External trigger maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.7 V (internally clamped to 5.0V, External clock output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load 100 ma max. clamping current) External trigger output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible BaseXIO (Option) External trigger output drive strength Capable of driving 50 ohm load BaseXIO Connector (extra bracket) 8 x SMB (8 x MMCX internal) BaseXIO input TTL compatible: Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V Environmental and Physical details BaseXIO input maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.5 V Dimension (PCB only) 312 mm x 107 mm (full PCI length) BaseXIO output levels TTL compatible: Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V Width (Standard or star-hub 5) 1 full size slot BaseXIO output drive strength 32 ma maximum current Width (star-hub 16) 2 full size slots Weight (depending on options/channels) Warm up time 290g (2 ch) up to 460g (4 ch + sh) 10 minutes Software programmable parameters Output amplitude ±100 mv up to ±3 V in 1 mv steps (Amp option: ±333 mv up to ±10 V) Operating temperature 0 C - 50 C Output offset ±3 V selectable in 1 mv steps (Amp otpion: Storage temperature -10 C - 70 C ±10 V in 3 mv steps) Humidity 10% to 90% Filters no filter or one of 3 different filters as defined in technical data section PCI / PCI-X specific details Mode Singleshot, Repeated Replay, Single Restart PCI / PCI-X bus slot type 32 bit 33/66 MHz Clock mode Int. PLL, int. quartz, ext. clock, ext. divided, PCI / PCI-X bus slot compatibility 32/64 bit, MHz, 3,3 V and 5 V I/O ext. reference clock, sync Clock impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) PCI EXPRESS specific details Trigger impedance 50 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) PCIe slot type x1 Trigger mode external TTL, software, pulsewidth, Or/ PCIe slot compatibility x1/x4/x8/x16* And, Delay *Some x16 PCIe slots are for graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards. Trigger edge Rising edge, falling edge, both edges Trigger pulse width 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample Trigger delay 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample Max channels with Star-Hub SH5 SH16 SSHS5 SSHS16 Memory depth 8 up to [installed memory / number of M2i active channels] in steps of 8 M2i Multiple Replay segment size 8 up to[installed memory / 2 / active channels] in steps of 4 Power consumption (max speed) PCI / PCI-X PCI EXPRESS Synchronization clock divider 2 up to [8k - 2] in steps of 2 3,3 V 5 V 3,3 V 12 V Channel selection 1, 2, 4 M2i.6110 (256 MS memory) 2.8 A 0.7 A 0.4 A 0.9 A M2i.6111 (256 MS memory) 3.2 A 1.1 A 0.4 A 1.2 A Output Delays M2i.6111 (4 GS memory), max. power 4.9 A 1.1 A 0.4 A 1.7 A Trigger to 1st sample 16 clocks Gate end to last replayed sample 16 clocks Certifications and Compliances Gate end alignement [4 / active channels] in samples EMC Immunity Compliant with CE Mark EMC Emission Compliant with CE Mark Clock, Filter and Dynamic Parameters M2i.6110 M2i.6111 M2i.6110 and M2i.6111 max internal clock 125 MS/s 125 MS/s Test - Samplerate 125 MS/s 125 MS/s Dynamic parameters are measured at the given max external clock 125 MS/s 125 MS/s Output Frequency 400 khz 4 MHz output level and 50 Ohm termination with a high resolution data acquisition card and are calculated from the spectrum. The sample rate that is -3 db bandwidth no filter > 60 MHz > 60 MHz Output Level ±2 V ±2 V Filter 3: Characteristics 5th order Butterworth Used Filter 500 khz 5 MHz selected is the maximum possible one. All available channels are activated for the tests. SNR and Filter 3: -3 db bandwidth 25 MHz 25 MHz SNR (typ) > 60.9 db > 55.2 db Filter 2: Characteristics 4th order Butterworth THD (typ) < db < db SFDR figures may differ depending on the quality of the used PC. SNR = Signal to Noise Ratio, Filter 2: -3 db bandwidth 5 MHz 5 MHz SFDR (typ), excl harm. > 71.9 db > 65.6 db THD = Total Harmonic Distortion, SFDR = Spurious Free Dynamic Range Filter 1: Characteristics 4th order Butterworth Filter 1: -3 db bandwidth 500 khz 500 khz

67 M2i.61xx - 8 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator Hardware block diagram

68 M2i.61xx - 8 bit 125 MS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator Order Information.. PCI/PCI-X Order no. Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels M2i MByte 125 MS/s 125 MS/s M2i MByte 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s PCI Express Order no. Standard mem 1 channel 2 channels 4 channels M2i.6110-exp 256 MByte 125 MS/s 125 MS/s M2i.6111-exp 256 MByte 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s Memory Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-512MB M2i.xxxx-1GB M2i.xxxx-2GB M2i.xxxx-4GB Options Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-mr M2i.xxxx-gs M2i.xxxx-SH5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SH16 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHM (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS16 (1) MI.6xxx-1Amp MI.6xxx-2Amp MI.6xxx-4Amp M2i.xxxx-bxio M2i-upgrade Memory upgrade to 512 MB of total memory Memory upgrade to 1 GB of total memory Memory upgrade to 2 GB of total memory Memory upgrade to 4 GB of total memory Option Multiple Replay Option Gated Replay Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 5 cards, only 1 slot width Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 16 cards M2i.61xx-vee Agilent VEE driver for all M2i.61xx cards (1) : Just one of the options can be installed on a card at a time. System-Star-Hub Master for up to 15 cards in the system and up to 17 systems, sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 5 cards in one system, all sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 16 cards in one system, all sync cables included ±10 V output amplifier card with 1 channel including SMB to SMB connection cable ±10 V output amplifier card with 2 channels including SMB to SMB connection cables ±10 V output amplifier card with 4 channesl including SMB to SMB connection cables Option BaseXIO: 8 digital I/O lines usable as asynchronous I/O and additional external trigger lines, additional bracket with 8 SMB connectors Upgrade for M2i.xxxx: later installation of option -dig or -bxio Cables Order no. Option Cab-3f-9m-80 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 80 cm Cab-3f-9f-80 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 80 cm Cab-3f-3f-80 Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 80 cm Cab-3f-9m-200 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 200 cm Cab-3f-9f-200 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 200 cm Cab-3f-3f-200 Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 200 cm Cab-3f-9f-5 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 5 cm (short cable especially for oscilloscope probes) Drivers Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-ml MATLAB driver for all M2i cards M2i.61xx-lv LabVIEW driver for all M2i.61xx cards M2i.61xx-dl DASYLab driver for all M2i.61xx cards

69 M2i.70xx - 64 bit fast digital I/O with TTL levels M2i.70xx - 64 bit fast digital I/O with TTL levels 16, 32 or 64 bit digital I/O 1 ks/s up to 125 MS/s at 16 and 32 bit 1 ks/s up to 60 MS/s at 32 and 64 bit 110 Ohm input impedance selectable Inputs 3.3 V and 5 V TTL compatible, Outputs 3.3 V Up to 4 GByte on-board memory 256 MByte standard memory installed FIFO mode for input and output Pattern/edge/pulse width/delay trigger Synchronization of up to 16 cards per system and up to 271 cards with system sync Options: Multiple Recording/Replay, Gated Sampling/Replay, BaseXIO 66 MHz 32 bit PCI-X interface 5V / 3.3V PCI compatible 100% compatible to conventional PCI > V2.1 Sustained streaming mode up to 225 MB/s 2,5 GBit x1 PCIe Interface Works with x1/x4/x8/x16* PCIe slots Software compatible to PCI Sustained streaming mode up to 140 MB/s Operating Systems Windows 2k, XP, Vista Linux Kernel Both 32 and 64 bit Recomended Software Visual Basic, Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, GNU C++, Borland Delphi,.VB.NET, C#, J# SBench, SPviewIT Drivers MATLAB LabVIEW, LabWindows DASYLab Agilent VEE Model 1-4 bit 8 bit 16 bit 32 bit 64 bit General Information M2i MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s The M2i.70xx series of fast digital I/O boards offer a resolution between M2i MS/s 125 MS/s 1 bit and 64 bit with a maximum sampling rate of 125 MS/s (60 M2i MS/s 125 MS/s 60 MS/s MS/s). All I/O lines of the card can be programmed for either input or M2i MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s output direction. The on-board memory of up to 4 GByte can be used M2i MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 60 MS/s completely for recording or replaying digital data. Alternatively the M2i.70xx can be used in FIFO mode. All boards of the M2i.70xx series may use the whole installed on-board memory completely for the currently activated number of channels. Then data is transferred on-line to PC memory or hard disk. The internal standard synchronisation bus allows synchronisation of several M2i series cards. Therefore the M2i.70xx board can be used as an enlargement to analog boards. *Some x16 PCIe slots are for the use of graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards

70 M2i.70xx - 64 bit fast digital I/O with TTL levels Software Support Windows drivers The cards are delivered with drivers for Windows 2000, XP, XP64, Vista and Vista64. Programming examples for Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, LabWindows/CVI, Borland Delphi, Visual Basic, VB.NET, C# and J# are included. Linux Drivers All cards are delivered with full Linux support. Pre compiled kernel modules are included for the most common distributions like RedHat, Fedora, Suse or Debian. The Linux support includes SMP systems, 32 bit and 64 bit systems, versatile programming examples for Gnu C++ as well as the possibility to get the driver sources for own compilation. SBench A full licence of SBench the easy-to-use graphical operating software for the Spectrum cards is included in the delivery. The version 6 is running under Windows as well as under Linux (KDE and GNOME). SPViewIT card. SPviewIT is the professional streaming software solution for the Spectrum PC instruments. The software is optimised for continuous data acquisition of large amounts of data. Key features of SPviewIT are different data displays, editable interface and a huge amount of export filters. A demo version comes with the Third-party products A lot of third-party products are supported as an option. Choose between LabVIEW, MATLAB, DASYLab and Agilent VEE. All drivers come with examples and detailed documentation. MI Software compatibility layer To allow an easy change from MI cards to the new M2i cards for existing software a special software compatibility layer is delivered with the cards. This DLL converts MI calls to M2i calls and simulates a MI card in the software. Hardware features and options PCI/PCI-X The M2i cards with PCI/PCI-X bus connector use 32 Bit and up to 66 MHz clock rate for data transfer. They are 100% compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The universal interface allows the use in PCI slots with 5 V I/O and 3.3 V I/O voltages as well as in PCI-X or PCI 64 slots. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 225 MByte/s per bus segment. PCI Express The M2i cards with PCI Express use a x1 PCIe connector. They can be used in PCI Express x1/x4/x8/x16 slots, except special graphic card slots, and are 100% software compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 160 MByte/s per slot. Ring buffer mode The ring buffer mode is the standard mode of all oscilloscope boards. Data is written in a ring memory of the board until a trigger event is detected. After the event the posttrigger values are recorded. Because of this continuously recording into a ring buffer there are also samples prior to the trigger event visible: Pretrigger = Memsize - Posttrigger. FIFO mode The FIFO mode is designed for continuous data transfer between measurement board and PC memory (up to 225 MB/s on a PCI-X slot and up to 115 MB/s on a PCI slot) or hard disk. The control of the data stream is done automatically by the driver on interrupt request. The complete installed on-board memory is used for buffer data, making the continuous streaming extremely reliable. Pattern trigger For every bit of the digital input the pattern trigger defines individually the expected level or sets the bit to don t care. In combination with pulsewidth counter and edge detection the pattern trigger could be used to recognise a huge variety of trigger events. External trigger I/O All digital boards can be triggered using an additional external TTL signal per acquisition module. It s possible to use positive or negative edge also in combination with a programmable pulse width. An internally recognized trigger event can - when activated by software - be routed to the trigger output connector to start external instruments. Pulse width Defines the minimum or maximum width that a trigger pulse must have to generate a trigger event. Pulse width can be combined with channel trigger, pattern trigger and external trigger. Multiple Recording The Multiple Recording option allows the recording of several trigger events with an extremely short re-arming time. The hardware doesn t need to be restarted in between. The on-board memory is divided in several segments of the same size. Each of them is filled with data if a trigger event occurs. Pre- and posttrigger of the segments can be programmed. The number of acquired segments is only limited by the used memory and is unlimited when using FIFO mode. Gated Sampling The Gated Sampling option allows data recording controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only recorded if the gate signal has a programmed level. In addition a pre-area before start of the gate signal as well as a post area after end of the gate signal can be acquired. The number of gate segments is only limited by the used memory and is unlimited when using FIFO mode

71 M2i.70xx - 64 bit fast digital I/O with TTL levels Timestamp The timestamp option writes the time positions of the trigger events in an extra memory. The timestamps are relative to the start of recording, a defined zero time, externally synchronised to a radio clock, or a GPS receiver. With this option acquisitions of systems on different locations can be set in a precise time relation. External clock I/O Using a dedicated line a sampling clock can be fed in from an external system. It s also possible to output the internally used sampling clock to synchronize external equipment to this clock. BaseXIO (enhanced trigger) The BaseXIO option offers 8 asynchronous digital I/O lines on the base card. The direction can be selected by software in groups of four. Two of these lines can also be used as additional external trigger sources. This allows the building of complex trigger conjunctions with external gated triggers as well as AND/OR conjunction of multiple external trigger sources like, for example, the picture and row synchronisation of video signals. In addition one of the I/ O lines can be used as reference clock for the Timestamp counter. Reference clock The option to use a precise external reference clock (normally 10 MHz) is necessary to synchronise the board for high-quality measurements with external equipment (like a signal source). It s also possible to enhance the quality of the sampling clock in this way. The driver automatically generates the requested sampling clock from the fed in reference clock. Star-Hub The star-hub is an additional module allowing the phase stable synchronisation of up to 16 boards in one syste,. Independent of the number of boards there is no phase delay between all channels. The starhub distributes trigger and clock information between all boards. As a result all connected boards are running with the same clock and the same trigger. All trigger sources can be combined with OR/AND allowing all channels of all cards to be trigger source at the same time. The star-hub is available as 5 card and 16 card version. The 5 card version doesn t need an extra slot. 271 synchronous cards with thesystem Star-Hub With the help of multiple system star-hubs it is possible to link up to 17 system phase synchronous with each other. Each system can then contain up to 16 cards (master only 15). In total 271 cards can be used fully synchronously in a bunch of systems. One master system distributes clock and trigger signal to all connected slave systems. 1-4 bits mode On the model 7005 it is also possible to use just 1, 2 or 4 bits for acquisition or replay. In 1 bit mode the 8 times higher memory is then available, at 2 bits mode it is 4 times higher and at 4 bits mode it is double. This enlarges the recording/replay time in on-board memory and it reduces the transfer rate when using FIFO mode. The data is stacked internally to 8 bit samples. Therefore all information on memory/segment/pre and posttrigger sizes and steps can be up to 8 times higher

72 M2i.70xx - 64 bit fast digital I/O with TTL levels Technical Data Digital Inputs Clock Input Impedance (programmable) 110 Ohm / 50 kohm 15 pf Available clock modes PLL, Quartz, External, Reference Clock, 110 Ohm termination voltage 2.5V External with Divider, Sync Clock Standard input levels Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V Internal clock range (PLL mode) 1 ks/s to max (see table below) Absolute maximum Input levels 0.5 V and 7.0 V Internal clock accuracy 20 ppm Data Input current sink (no termination) -1.0µA (0.0 V), +1.0µA (3.3V), +20.0µA (5.0V) Internal clock: max. jitter in PLL mode TBD Internal clock: max. jitter in quartz mode TBD Digital Outputs Internal clock setup granularity ( 100 M) 1% of range (100M, 10M, 1M, 100k,...) Typical output levels (high impedance) Low: 0.2 V High: 2.8 V Internal clock setup granularity example range 1M to 10M: stepsize 100k Output max current load Low: 64 ma High: -32 ma Reference clock: external clock range 1.0 MHz and MHz Output levels at max load Low: < 0.5 V High: > 2.0 V External clock range DC to max (see table below) Output Impedance (typical) ca. 7 Ohms External clock input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, duty 45% - 55% External clock delay to internal clock 15.8 ns (EXRANGE_LOW); 1.3 ns (others) Output Delays External clock maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.5 V Trigger to 1st sample ( 8 active chan.) 19 clocks External clock input current sink ± 1.0 µa (no termination) Trigger to 1st sample (< 8 active chan.) 9 clocks + 10 * 8/active channels External clock output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible Gate end to last replayed sample 19 samples ( 8 active channels) External clock output drive strength Capable of driving 110 and 50 ohm load Gate end alignement [32 / active channels] in samples Clock Input impedance (programmable) 110 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) Trigger Available trigger modes Pattern and mask Pattern and mask, edge, external TTL, software, pulsewidth, Or/And, Delay 32 bit / 64 bit wide: 0 pattern, 1 patterm, don t care or edge Software programmable parameters Data direction Memory depth Input/output for all channels 8 up to [installed memory / number of active channels] samples in steps of 4 Trigger pulse width 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample Posttrigger 4 up to [8G - 4] samples in steps of 4 Trigger delay 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample Multiple Recording segment size 8 up to [installed memory (Bytes) * 4 / Mulit/Gate re-arm time < 4 samples ( 8 channels) active channels] samples in steps of 4 Max Pretrigger at Multi, Gate, FIFO bytes as sum of all active channels Multi / Gated pretrigger 0 up to [8 * 16k samples / number of Internal trigger accuracy 1 sample ( 8 active channels) active channels - 32] Trigger output delay 19 clocks ABA clock divider 1 up to [64k - 1] in steps of 1 External trigger type TTL compatible Synchronization clock divider 2 up to [8k - 2] in steps of 2 External trigger input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, 2 clock periods Channel selection 1, 2, 4, 16, 32, or 64 digital channels External trigger maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.5 V (depending on card type) External trigger input current sink ± 1.0 µa (no termination) External trigger accuracy 1 sample ( 8 active channels) BaseXIO (Option) External trigger accuracy 8/active channels samples (< 8 channels) BaseXIO Connector (extra bracket) 8 x SMB (8 x MMCX internal) External trigger output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible BaseXIO input TTL compatible: Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V External trigger output drive strength Capable of driving 110 and 50 ohm load BaseXIO input maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.5 V Trigger impedance (programmable) 110 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) BaseXIO output levels TTL compatible: Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V BaseXIO output drive strength 32 ma maximum current PCI / PCI-X specific details PCI / PCI-X bus slot type 32 bit 33/66 MHz Environmental and Physical details PCI / PCI-X bus slot compatibility 32/64 bit, MHz, 3,3 V and 5 V I/O Connector (digital inputs) 40 pole half pitch (Hirose FX2 series) Dimension (PCB only) 312 mm x 107 mm (full PCI length) PCI EXPRESS specific details Width (Standard or star-hub 5) 1 full size slot PCIe slot type x1 Width (star-hub 16) 2 full size slots PCIe slot compatibility x1/x4/x8/x16* Width (with BaseXIO) 1 full size slots + 1 half size slot *Some x16 PCIe slots are for graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards. Weight (depending on type/options) 290g (16 ch) to 480g (64 ch all options) Warm up time instant on Power consumption (max speed) PCI / PCI-X PCI EXPRESS Operating temperature 0 C - 50 C 3.3 V 5 V 3.3 V 12 V Storage temperature -10 C - 70 C M2i.7005/M2i.7010 (256 MB memory) 3.0 A 0.5 A 0.4 A 1.2 A Humidity 10% to 90% M2i.7011 (256 MB memory), 60 MS/s 3.2 A 0.5 A 0.4 A 1.1 A M2i.7020 (256 MB memory), 125 MS/s 4.7 A 1.0 A 0.4 A 1.4 A Power up M2i.7021 (256 MB memory), 60 MS/s 5.4 A 0.9 A 0.4 A 1.3 A Data channels direction after power up input (high impedance) M2i.7021 (4 GB memory), max. power 6.1 A 0.9 A 0.4 A 1.9 A Clock and trigger output after power up disabled Max channels with Star-Hub Opt. SH5 SH16 SSHS5 SSHS16 M2i.7005, M2i Certifications and Compliances M2i.7011, M2i EMC Immunity Compliant with CE Mark M2i.7021 (each card needs 2 slots) EMC Emission Compliant with CE Mark

73 M2i.70xx - 64 bit fast digital I/O with TTL levels External clock-to-data timing The setup and hold times as well as any delays relate to the output clock. If using external clock the timing depends on the used external range. Please be sure to meet this timing constraints if feeding in external clock. For detailed information on the different modes for external clocking please refer to the dedicated chapter in the hardware manual for the boards of the M2i.70xx series. External Clocking Mode Internal Clocking Delay time EXRANGE_LOW EXRANGE_LOW_DPS EXRANGE_HIGH t d 16.9 ns 1.6 ns 1.6 ns n.a. t co1 2.0 ns 2.0 ns 2.0 ns 2.0 ns t co2 5.8 ns 5.8 ns 5.8 ns 5.8 ns t s 2.1 ns 2.1 ns 2.1 ns 2.1 ns t h 0.7 ns 0.7 ns 0.7 ns 0.7 ns When using external clock a delayed clock signal is generated on the Clock Output pin. The timing data in relation to this delayed clock output is similar to the timing when using internal clocking. It is therefore strongly recommended that you use the delay clock output for clocking any external devices. Hardware block diagram

74 M2i.70xx - 64 bit fast digital I/O with TTL levels Order Information. PCI/PCI-X Order no. Std Mem 1 Bit 2 Bit 4 Bit 8 Bit 16 Bit 32 Bit 64 Bit M2i MB 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s M2i MB MS/s 125 MS/s M2i MB MS/s 125 MS/s 60 MS/s M2i MB MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s M2i MB MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 60 MS/s PCI Express Order no. Std Mem 1 Bit 2 Bit 4 Bit 8 Bit 16 Bit 32 Bit 64 Bit M2i.7005-exp 256 MB 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s M2i.7010-exp 256 MB MS/s 125 MS/s M2i.7011-exp 256 MB MS/s 125 MS/s 60 MS/s M2i.7020-exp 256 MB MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s M2i.7021-exp 256 MB MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 60 MS/s Memory Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-512MB Memory upgrade to 512 MB of total memory M2i.xxxx-1GB Memory upgrade to 1 GB of total memory M2i.xxxx-2GB Memory upgrade to 2 GB of total memory M2i.xxxx-4GB Memory upgrade to 4 GB of total memory Options Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-mr M2i.xxxx-mgt M2i.xxxx-SH5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SH16 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHM (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS16 (1) M2i.xxxx-bxio M2i-upgrade Cables Order no. Option Cab-3f-9m-80 Cab-3f-9f-80 Cab-3f-3f-80 Cab-3f-9m-200 Cab-3f-9f-200 Cab-3f-3f-200 Cab-3f-9f-5 Cab-d40-idc-100 Cab-d40-d Drivers Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-ml M2i.70xx-lv M2i.70xx-dl Option Multiple Recording/Replay M2i.70xx-vee Agilent VEE driver for all M2i.70xx cards (1) : Just one of the options can be installed on a card at a time. Option pack including Multiple Recording/Replay, Gated Sampling/Replay, Timestamp Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 5 cards, only 1 slot width Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 16 cards System-Star-Hub Master for up to 15 cards in the system and up to 17 systems, sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 5 cards in one system, all sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 16 cards in one system, all sync cables included Option BaseXIO: 8 digital I/O lines usable as asynchronous I/O, timestamp ref-clock and additional external trigger lines, additional bracket with 8 SMB connectors Upgrade for M2i.xxxx: later installation of option -dig or -bxio Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 80 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 200 cm Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 5 cm (short cable especially for oscilloscopes probes) Flat ribbon cable 40 pole FX2 for digital connector to 2x20 pole IDC connector, 100 cm Flat ribbon cable 40 pole FX2 for digital connector to 40 pole digital FX2 connector, 100 cm MATLAB driver for all M2i cards LabVIEW driver for all M2i.70xx cards DASYLab driver for all M2i.70xx cards

75 M2i.72xx - 32 bit pattern generator with programmable levels M2i.72xx - 32 bit pattern generator with programmable levels Programmable output levels from -2,0 V up to +10,0 V Levels individually programmable per 4 bit Up to 40 MS/s at 32 bit All Outputs can be separately disabled (Tristate) Hardware controlled differential output possible Up to 4 GByte on-board memory 256 MByte standard memory installed FIFO mode for input and output Sustained streaming mode Pattern/edge/pulse width/delay trigger Synchronization of up to 16 cards per system and up to 271 cards with system sync Options: Multiple Replay, Gated Replay, BaseXIO 66 MHz 32 bit PCI-X interface 5V / 3.3V PCI compatible 100% compatible to conventional PCI > V2.1 Sustained streaming mode up to 225 MB/s 2,5 GBit x1 PCIe Interface Works with x1/x4/x8/x16* PCIe slots Software compatible to PCI Sustained streaming mode up to 140 MB/s Operating Systems Windows 2k, XP, Vista Linux Kernel Both 32 and 64 bit Recomended Software Visual Basic, Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, GNU C++, Borland Delphi,.VB.NET, C#, J# SBench, SPviewIT Drivers MATLAB LabVIEW, LabWindows DASYLab Agilent VEE Model 1-4 bit 8 bit 16 bit 32 bit General Information M2i MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s The M2i.72xx pattern generator series gives the user the possibility M2i MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 5 MS/s to generate digital data with a wide range of output levels. M2i MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s For every 4 bit the LOW and HIGH levels can be programmed M2i MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s from -2.0 V up to V. Even at high speeds you are not limited concerning the maximum output swing. This enables the user to drive devices of nearly any logic family, like ECL, PECL, TTL, LVDS, LVTTL, CMOS or LVCMOS. The potentially necessary differential signals are generated in hardware, so that only one data bit is used for each pair of differential signals. The onboard memory of up to 4 GByte can be used completely for recording or replaying digital data. Alternatively the M2i.70xx can be used in FIFO mode. Then data is transferred on-line from PC memory or hard disk. All boards of the M2i.72xx series may use the whole installed on-board memory completely for the currently activated number of channels. *Some x16 PCIe slots are for the use of graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards

76 M2i.72xx - 32 bit pattern generator with programmable levels Software Support Windows drivers The cards are delivered with drivers for Windows 2000, XP, XP64, Vista and Vista64. Programming examples for Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, LabWindows/CVI, Borland Delphi, Visual Basic, VB.NET, C# and J# are included. Linux Drivers All cards are delivered with full Linux support. Pre compiled kernel modules are included for the most common distributions like RedHat, Fedora, Suse or Debian. The Linux support includes SMP systems, 32 bit and 64 bit systems, versatile programming examples for Gnu C++ as well as the possibility to get the driver sources for own compilation. SBench A full licence of SBench the easy-to-use graphical operating software for the Spectrum cards is included in the delivery. The version 6 is running under Windows as well as under Linux (KDE and GNOME). Third-party products A lot of third-party products are supported as an option. Choose between LabVIEW, MATLAB, DASYLab and Agilent VEE. All drivers come with examples and detailed documentation. MI Software compatibility layer To allow an easy change from MI cards to the new M2i cards for existing software a special software compatibility layer is delivered with the cards. This DLL converts MI calls to M2i calls and simulates a MI card in the software. Hardware features and options PCI/PCI-X The M2i cards with PCI/PCI-X bus connector use 32 Bit and up to 66 MHz clock rate for data transfer. They are 100% compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The universal interface allows the use in PCI slots with 5 V I/O and 3.3 V I/O voltages as well as in PCI-X or PCI 64 slots. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is 225 MByte/s per bus segment. PCI Express 160 MByte/s per slot. The M2i cards with PCI Express use a x1 PCIe connector. They can be used in PCI Express x1/x4/x8/x16 slots, except special graphic card slots, and are 100% software compatible to Conventional PCI > V2.1. The maximum sustained data transfer rate is FIFO mode The FIFO mode is designed for continuous data transfer between measurement board and PC memory (up to 225 MB/s on a PCI-X slot and up to 115 MB/s on a PCI slot) or hard disk. The control of the data stream is done automatically by the driver on interrupt request. The complete installed on-board memory is used for buffer data, making the continuous streaming extremely reliable. External trigger I/O All digital boards can be triggered using an additional external TTL signal per acquisition module. It s possible to use positive or negative edge also in combination with a programmable pulse width. An internally recognized trigger event can - when activated by software - be routed to the trigger output connector to start external instruments. Pulse width Defines the minimum or maximum width that a trigger pulse must have to generate a trigger event. Pulse width can be combined with channel trigger, pattern trigger and external trigger. Multiple Replay The Multiple Replay option allows the fast repetition output on several trigger events without restarting the hardware. With this option very fast repetition rates can be achieved. The on-board memory is divided in several segments of same size. Each of them is generated if a trigger event occurs. Gated Replay The Gated Sampling option allows data replay controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only replayed if the gate signal has a programmed level. External clock I/O Using a dedicated line a sampling clock can be fed in from an external system. It s also possible to output the internally used sampling clock to synchronize external equipment to this clock. Reference clock The option to use a precise external reference clock (normally 10 MHz) is necessary to synchronise the board for high-quality measurements with external equipment (like a signal source). It s also possible to enhance the quality of the sampling clock in this way. The driver automatically generates the requested sampling clock from the fed in reference clock. Singleshot output When singleshot output is activated the data of the on-board memory is replayed exactly one time. As trigger source one can use the external TTL trigger or the software trigger. Repeated output When repeated output is used the data of the on-board memory is replayed continuously until a stop command is executed or N times. As trigger source one can use the external TTL trigger or the software trigger. Single Restart replay When this mode is activated the data of the on-board memory will be replayed once after each trigger event. Trigger source one can use the external TTL or software trigger

77 M2i.72xx - 32 bit pattern generator with programmable levels Star-Hub The star-hub is an additional module allowing the phase stable synchronisation of up to 16 boards in one syste,. Independent of the number of boards there is no phase delay between all channels. The starhub distributes trigger and clock information between all boards. As a result all connected boards are running with the same clock and the same trigger. All trigger sources can be combined with OR/AND allowing all channels of all cards to be trigger source at the same time. The star-hub is available as 5 card and 16 card version. The 5 card version doesn t need an extra slot. 271 synchronous cards with thesystem Star-Hub With the help of multiple system star-hubs it is possible to link up to 17 system phase synchronous with each other. Each system can then contain up to 16 cards (master only 15). In total 271 cards can be used fully synchronously in a bunch of systems. One master system distributes clock and trigger signal to all connected slave systems. 1-4 bits mode On all models it is also possible to use just 1, 2 or 4 bits for replay. In 1 bit mode the 8 times higher memory is then available, at 2 bits mode it is 4 times higher and at 4 bits mode it is double. This enlarges the replay time in on-board memory and it reduces the transfer rate when using FIFO mode. The data is stacked internally to 8 bit samples. Therefore all information on memory/segment/pre and posttrigger sizes and steps can be up to 8 times higher. BaseXIO (enhanced trigger) The BaseXIO option offers 8 asynchronous digital I/O lines on the base card. The direction can be selected by software in groups of four. Two of these lines can also be used as additional external trigger sources. This allows the building of complex trigger conjunctions with external gated triggers as well as AND/OR conjunction of multiple external trigger sources like, for example, the picture and row synchronisation of video signals. In addition one of the I/ O lines can be used as reference clock for the Timestamp counter

78 M2i.72xx - 32 bit pattern generator with programmable levels Technical Data Outputs Clock Output impedance approximately 80 Ohm Internal clock modes PLL, Quartz, Custom Quartz Data signal level programmable from -2.0 V up to V External clock modes Direct, Ext. divided, Reference clock Programmable level accuracy ±10 mv Internal clock range (PLL mode) 1 ks/s to max (see table below) Max output current per pin 100 ma Internal clock accuracy 20 ppm Max output current per nibble (4 bit) 200 ma Internal clock: max. jitter in PLL mode TBD Max output current per 500 ma (M2i.721x cards, otherwise no limit) Internal clock: max. jitter in quartz mode TBD Rise/Fall time 10% to 90%, 110 ohm 2.0 ns (1 MS/s) up to 2.25 ns (40 MS/s) Internal clock setup granularity ( 100 M) 1% of range (100M, 10M, 1M, 100k,...) Connector 40 pole half pitch (Hirose FX2 series) Internal clock setup granularity example range 1M to 10M: stepsize 100k Reference clock: external clock range 1.0 MHz and MHz Trigger External clock range DC to max (see table below) Multi, Gate: re-arming time <4 samples ( 8 active channels) External clock delay to internal clock 14.9 ns (EXRANGE_LOW); 1.3 ns (others) Max Pretrigger at Multi, Gate, FIFO bytes as sum of all active channels External clock input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, duty 45% - 55% Internal trigger accuracy 1 sample ( 8 active channels) External clock maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.5 V External trigger type TTL compatible External clock input current sink ± 1.0 µa (no termination) External trigger input Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V, 2 clock periods External clock output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible External trigger maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.5 V External clock output drive strength Capable of driving 110 and 50 ohm load External trigger input current sink ± 1.0 µa (no termination) External trigger accuracy 1 sample ( 8 active channels) BaseXIO (Option) External trigger accuracy 8/active channels samples (< 8 channels) BaseXIO Connector (extra bracket) 8 x SMB (8 x MMCX internal) External trigger output levels Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V, TTL compatible BaseXIO input TTL compatible: Low 0.8 V, High 2.0 V External trigger output drive strength Capable of driving 110 and 50 ohm load BaseXIO input maximum voltage -0.5 V up to +5.5 V BaseXIO output levels TTL compatible: Low 0.4 V, High 2.4 V Environmental and Physical details BaseXIO output drive strength 32 ma maximum current Dimension (PCB only) 312 mm x 107 mm (full PCI length) Width (standard or sh5) M2i.721x 1 full size slot Output Delays Width (star-hub 16) or M2i.722x 2 full size slots Trigger to 1st sample ( 8 active chan.) 18 clocks Width (with BaseXIO) M2i.721x 1 full size slots + 1 half size slot Trigger to 1st sample (< 8 active chan.) 8 clocks + 10 * 8/active channels Width (with BaseXIO) M2i.722x 2 full size slots + 1 half size slot Gate end to last replayed sample 18 samples ( 8 active channels) Weight (depends on options/channels) 290g (7210) to 570g (7221 all options) Gate end alignement [32 / active channels] in samples Warm up time instant on Operating temperature 0 C - 50 C Software programmable parameters Storage temperature -10 C - 70 C Clock impedance 110 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) Humidity 10% to 90% Trigger impedance 110 Ohm / high impedance (> 4kOhm) Trigger mode External TTL, software, pulsewidth, Delay Power up Trigger pulse width 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample Data channels state after power up tristate (high impedance) Trigger edge Rising edge, falling edge, both edges Clock and trigger output after power up disabled Trigger delay 0 to [64k - 1] samples in steps of 1 sample Memory depth 8 up to [inst mem / channels] in steps of 4 Power consumption (max speed) 3.3 V 5 V +12 V +12 V Posttrigger 4 up to [8G - 4] samples in steps of 4 (Power Source) Bus Bus Bus Cable Multiple Recording segment size 8 up to [inst mem / channels] in steps of 4 M2i.7210 (256 MB memory 1.7 A 0.5 A 0.4 A - Synchronization clock divider 2 up to [8k - 2] in steps of 2 M2i.7211 (256 MB memory) 1.8 A 0.6 A 0.4 A - Channel selection 1, 2, 4, 16 or 32 digital channels M2i.7220 (256 MB memory) 1.9 A 0.1 A A M2i.7221 (256MB memory) 2.3 A 0.1 A A PCI / PCI-X specific details M2i.7221 (4 GB memory), max. power 3.9 A 0.1 A A PCI / PCI-X bus slot type 32 bit 33/66 MHz M2i.7210-Exp (256 MB memory 0.4 A n.a. 1.1 A - PCI / PCI-X bus slot compatibility 32/64 bit, MHz, 3.3V and 5V I/O M2i.7211-Exp (256 MB memory) 0.4 A n.a. 1.2 A - M2i.7220-Exp (256 MB memory) 0.4 A n.a. 0.7 A 1.5 A PCI EXPRESS specific details M2i.7221-Exp (256 MB memory) 0.4 A n.a. 0.8 A 3.0 A PCIe slot type x1 M2i.7221-Exp (4 GB memory) 0.4 A n.a. 1.2 A 3.0 A PCIe slot compatibility x1/x4/x8/x16* *Some x16 PCIe slots are for graphic cards only and can not be used for other cards. Max channels with Star-Hub Opt. SH5 SH16 SSHS5 SSHS16 M2i.7220 (each card needs 2 slots) Certifications and Compliances M2i.7210, M2i.7221 (needs 2 slots) EMC Immunity Compliant with CE Mark M2i EMC Emission Compliant with CE Mark

79 M2i.72xx - 32 bit pattern generator with programmable levels External clock-to-data timing The setup and hold times as well as any delays relate to the output clock. If using external clock the timing depends on the used external range. Please be sure to meet this timing constraints if feeding in external clock. For detailed information on the different modes for external clocking please refer to the dedicated chapter in the hardware manual for the boards of the M2i.72xx series. External Clocking Mode Internal Clocking Delay time EXRANGE_LOW EXRANGE_LOW_DPS t d 17.9 ns 4.3 ns n.a. t co1 TBD TBD TBD t co2 TBD TBD TBD When using external clock a delayed clock signal is generated on the Clock Output pin. The timing data in relation to this delayed clock output is similar to the timing when using internal clocking. It is therefore strongly recommended that you use the delay clock output for clocking any external devices. Hardware block diagram

80 M2i.72xx - 32 bit pattern generator with programmable levels Order Information PCI/PCI-X Order no. Standard Mem 1 Bit 2 Bit 4 Bit 8 Bit 16 Bit 32 Bit M2i MB 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s M2i MB 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 5 MS/s M2i MB 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s M2i MB 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s PCI Express Order no. Standard Mem 1 Bit 2 Bit 4 Bit 8 Bit 16 Bit 32 Bit M2i.7210-exp 256 MB 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s M2i.7211-exp 256 MB 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 10 MS/s 5 MS/s M2i.7220-exp 256 MB 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s M2i.7221-exp 256 MB 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s Memory Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-512MB M2i.xxxx-1GB M2i.xxxx-2GB M2i.xxxx-4GB Options Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-mr M2i.xxxx-gs M2i.xxxx-SH5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SH16 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHM (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS5 (1) M2i.xxxx-SSHS16 (1) M2i.xxxx-bxio M2i-upgrade Memory upgrade to 512 MB of total memory Memory upgrade to 1 GB of total memory Memory upgrade to 2 GB of total memory Memory upgrade to 4 GB of total memory Option Multiple Replay Option Gated Replay Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 5 cards, only 1 slot width Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 16 cards M2i.70xx-vee Agilent VEE driver for all M2i.70xx cards (1) : Just one of the options can be installed on a card at a time. System-Star-Hub Master for up to 15 cards in the system and up to 17 systems, sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 5 cards in one system, all sync cables included System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 16 cards in one system, all sync cables included Option BaseXIO: 8 digital I/O lines usable as asynchronous I/O and additional external trigger lines, additional bracket with 8 SMB connectors Upgrade for M2i.xxxx: later installation of option -dig or -bxio Cables Order no. Option Cab-3f-9m-80 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 80 cm Cab-3f-9f-80 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 80 cm Cab-3f-3f-80 Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 80 cm Cab-3f-9m-200 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 200 cm Cab-3f-9f-200 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 200 cm Cab-3f-3f-200 Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 200 cm Cab-3f-9f-5 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 5 cm (short cable especially for oscilloscopes probes) Cab-d40-idc-100 Flat ribbon cable 40 pole FX2 for digital connector to 2x20 pole IDC connector, 100 cm Cab-d40-d Drivers Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-ml M2i.70xx-lv M2i.70xx-dl Flat ribbon cable 40 pole FX2 for digital connector to 40 pole digital FX2 connector, 100 cm MATLAB driver for all M2i cards LabVIEW driver for all M2i.70xx cards DASYLab driver for all M2i.70xx cards

81 PCI.DIO MHz 32 Bit Digital I/O PCI.DIO MHz 32 Bit Digital I/O High speed PCI interface Selectable 32 bit input or 32 bit output or 16 bit input and 16 bit output MHz to 100 MHz recording / replay Up to 32 MSamples (128 MB) memory Synchronisation with other Spectrum boards Clock and Trigger In-/Output Software/Drivers A large number of drivers and examples are delivered with the board or are available as an option: Hardware block diagram Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP - drivers Linux - drivers SBench 5.3 Microsoft Visual C++ examples Borland Delphi examples Microsoft Visual Basic examples Microsoft Excel examples LabWindows/CVI examples FlexPro support with SBench LabVIEW - drivers (as option) DASYLab - drivers (as option) MATLAB - drivers (as option) Agilent VEE - drivers (as option) General Information The fast digital I/O board PCI.DIO32 works with two 16 bit channels. Each channel may be programmed individually as input or output. This results in a maximum of 32 bit for output or 32 bit for input. A system test mode with 16 bit input synchronously to 16 bit output is also implemented. For synchronisation purposes with external systems the board is equipped with a clock and trigger in/output. This allows the board to work with other boards from Spectrum as well as boards from other producers. An internal synchronisation bus allows to cascade multiple PCI.DIO32. Application examples Software programmable parameters Sampling frequency: Direction: Input impedance: Triggermode: Memory depth: Posttrigger: 3.33 MHz to 100 MHz, external clock Possibilities and options 32 bit input, 32 bit output, 16 bit input and 16 bit output 110 Ohm / 50 kohm for every 16 bit (relais) digital pattern and mask, external TTL (trigger in/out), software, single shot 32 Samples up to installed memory in increments of 32 samples 32 Samples up to 32 MSamples in increments of 32samples Pattern trigger For every bit of the digital input the pattern trigger defines individually the expected level or sets the bit to don t care. In combination with pulsewidth counter and edge detection the pattern trigger could be used to recognise a huge variety of trigger events. Semiconductor test Data acquisition Production test Logic analyser External clock I/O Using a dedicated connector a sampling clock can be fed in from an external system. It s also possible to output the internally used sampling clock to synchronise external equipment to this clock. External trigger I/O All boards can be triggered using an external TTL signal. It s possible to use positive or negative edge also in combination with a programmable pulse width. An

82 PCI.DIO MHz 32 Bit Digital I/O internally recognised trigger event can - when activated by software - be routed to the trigger connector to start external instruments. Cascading The cascading option synchronises up to 4 Spectrum boards internally. It s the easiest way to build up a multi channel system. There is a phase delay between two boards of about 500 pico seconds when this synchronisation option is used. Singleshot output When singleshot output is activated the data of the on-board memory is replayed exactly one time. As trigger source one can use the external TTL trigger or the software trigger. Continuous output When continuous output is activated the data of the on-board memory is replayed continuously until a stop command is executed. As trigger source one can use the external TTL trigger or the software trigger. Multiple Recording The Multiple Recording option allows the recording of several trigger events without restarting the hardware. With this option very fast repetition rates can be achieved. The on-board memory is divided in several segments of same size. Each of them is filled with data if a trigger event occurs. Multiple Replay The Multiple Replay option allows the fast repetition output on several trigger events without restarting the hardware. With this option very fast repetition rates can be achieved. The on-board memory is divided in several segments of same size. Each of them is generated if a trigger event occurs. Gated Sampling The Gated Sampling option allows data recording controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only recorded if the gate signal has a programmed level. Gated Replay The Gated Sampling option allows data replay controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only replayed if the gate signal has a programmed level. Technical Data Samplerate 3.33 MHz up to 100 MHz Dimension 203 mm x 109 mm Input impedance 110 Ohm or 50 kohm 15 pf Connector 80 pin (2 * 40 pin flat ribbon cable 2.54 mm) Signal level TTL Operating temperature 0 C - 50 C Multi: Trigger to 1st sample delay 26 samples Storage temperature -10 C - 70 C Samplerate 3.33 MHz up to 100 MHz Dimension 203 mm x 109 mm Multi: Recovery time 21 samples Humidity 10% to 90% non condensing Trigger output delay 5 samples Trigger accurathy 1 sample Ext. clock: output delay 12.5 ns Ext. clock: delay to internal clock 9.0 ns +3.3 V +5 V +12 V -12 V Sync: board to board trigger jitter 0 samples Power consumption (A) 0 ma 2500 ma 0 ma 0 ma Sync: board to board clock delay 1 ns Power consumption (W) 0.0 W 12.5 W 0.0 W 0.0 W Order information Order No Description Order No Description PCIDIO32 PCI.DIO32 with 8 MS (32 MBytes) memory including drivers & cable PCIDIO32-mr Option Multiple Recording/Replay: Memory segmentation PCIDIO32-32 Option: 32 MSample memory instead of 8 MSample standard mem PCIDIO32-gs Option Gated Sampling: Gate signal controls acquisition/replay PCIDIO32-up Additional handling cost for later memory upgrade PCIDIO32-dl DASYLab driver for PCI.DIO32 series PCIDIO32-ks Synchronisation of 2-4 boards, one option per system PCIDIO32-hp VEE driver for PCI.DIO32 series PCIDIO32-cab Additional 80 pole flat ribbon cable to 2x40 pole IDC connector, ca. 1 m PCIDIO32-lv MATLAB LabVIEW driver for PCI.DIO32 series MATLAB driver for all PCI boards

83 M2i Synchronization Star-Hub M2i Synchronization Star-Hub For all M2i.xxxx and M2i.xxxx-exp boards available No clock delay between channels Supports up to 16 boards in one system Multiple systems synchronization Clock and trigger synchronization Piggyback module for M2i boards All cables included Easy-to-program software interface Later synchronization of already delivered cards as slaves possible Later extension of systems possible General Information The Star-Hub modules allow the synchronization of up to 16 M2i boards in one system or even the synchronization of multiple systems each equipped with several boards. The synchronization option was designed for system setup with no phase delay between channels. Synchronized cards do not need to run with the same sampling rate. Indeed it is possible to run any of the cards with a divided sampling clock that is still synchronized with the fastest clock. This allows to synchronize even cards of different speed grades without slowing down the fast cards. For sure it is also possible to synchronize different card types with each other, for example A/D running synchronuous with D/A or A/D combined with Digital I/O. Hardware block diagram of single Star-Hub The connection of the boards is automatically recognized and checked by the driver at load time. The programming of the Star-Hub is included in the standard board interface and consists of only a few additional commands. Synchronization in one system Two versions of the Star-Hub are available: a 5 card version (Star-Hub 5) and a 16 card version (Star-Hub 16). The 5 card version as shown in the picture doesn t need an additional system slot while the 16 card version occupies the adjacent system slot. It is possible to synchronize boards of the same type with each other as well as different types. The module acts as a Star-Hub for clock and trigger. Each board is connected with a small cable of the same length, even the master board. That minimises the clock skew between the different boards. Any board inside this system can be the clock master. All clock sources of this board can be used, be it internal clock, reference clock or external clock. Any one or even several boards can be used as trigger sources for the complete system. The trigger source of all boards can be combined with logical OR or logical AND. All trigger modes that are available on the master boards are also available if the synchronization Star-Hub is used. System synchronization It is even possible to synchronize several systems with each other having the same advantages that the standard Star-Hub gives. The need for a system synchronization can be given if: The number of channels that fit into one system should be exceeded Data should be stored continuously to hard disk RAID array and the limits of the PCI/PCI-X or PCIe bus doesn t allow to place all cards in one system Extensive online calculations have to be made for several channels and the bus bandwidth is not capable of streaming data for all channels or the CPU power is not sufficient This system synchronization can be done using special System Star-Hubs. Each system is then equipped with one System Star-Hub which is connected with a Master System Star-Hub. In this setup the master system generates clock and trigger as described before. All slave systems only receive clock and trigger information and ca not be used as clock or trigger sources. The complete system can be extended step by step by adding new systems with a Slave System Star-Hub or by adding new cards to one system. This extension can be continued until the maximum number of supported cards is reached

84 M2i Synchronization Star-Hub However it is still possible in this configuration to use the slave systems as independent synchronised systems allowing again all possibilities of the standard one system Star-Hub. System Synchronization block diagram The master system generates trigger and clock information for all systems. Trigger and clock signals are routed to the slave systems as well as to the master itself using shielded coax cables. The system-connection lines have equal length. Within each system a System Star-Hub distributes the signals to each connected card. These cables again have all the same length. Technical Details Star-Hub 5 Star-Hub 16 System Star-Hub Master System Star-Hub Slave 5 System Star-Hub Slave 16 Max sync cards in system Max synchronized systems n.a. n.a. 17 (including master) n.a. n.a. Additional space needed - 1 slot (space only) 1 additional PCI slot needed 1 slot (bracket and space only) 1 slot (bracket and space only) internal sync cables included system sync cables included set (2 cables) of 2m 1 set (2 cables) of 2m Clock master Any card in system Any card in system Any card in system System Star-Hub Master clock System Star-Hub Master clock Divided clock on cards possible possible possible n.a. n.a. Trigger master Any card in system Any card in system Any card in system System Star-Hub Master trigger System Star-Hub Master trigger Trigger OR/AND conjunction possible possible possible n.a. n.a. Differing memory setup possible possible possible n.a. n.a. Minimum sampling rate no additional limits no additional limits no additional limits limits to minimum external clock limits to minimum external clock Maximum number of channels in example configurations Card type in example Sampling rate per channel Star-Hub 5 Star-Hub 16 Multiple Systems Slave Star-Hub 5 Multiple Systems Slave Star-Hub 16 Max number of cards in total 5 cards 16 cards 95 cards 271 cards 8 bit A/D channels M2i MS/s 20 channels 64 channels 380 channels 1084 channels Medium fast 12 bit A/D channels M2i MS/s 40 channels 128 channels 760 channels 2168 channels Fast 12 bit A/D channels M2i MS/s 10 channels 32 channels 190 channels 542 channels 16 bit A/D (SE or fully differential) M2i MS/s 40 channels 128 channels 760 channels 2168 channels Slow 16 bit A/D channels (SE) M2i ks/s 80 channels 256 channels 1520 channels 4336 channels Fast digital I/O channels M2i MS/s 160 channels 512 channels 3040 channels 8672 channels Fast D/A channels M2i MS/s 20 channels 64 channels 380 channels 1084 channels Order Information Options Order no. Option M2i.xxxx-SH5 (1) Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 5 cards in one system, only 1 slot width, all sync cables included M2i.xxxx-SH16 (1) Synchronization Star-Hub for up to 16 cards in one system, all sync cables included M2i.xxxx-SSHM (1) System-Star-Hub Master for up to 15 cards in the system and up to 17 systems, sync cables included M2i.xxxx-SSHS5 (1) System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 5 cards in one system, all sync cables included M2i.xxxx-SSHS16 (1) System-Star-Hub Slave for up to 16 cards in one system, all sync cables included (1) : Just one of the options can be installed on a card at a time

85 M2i.ClkDist - Clock and Trigger Distribution Card M2i.ClkDist - Clock and Trigger Distribution Card Easy synchronization of distributed systems 2 independent 1 onto 17 distribution channels for 2 x clock or clock and trigger Very low channel-to-channel skew Passive card, no programming necessary LVTTL outputs, capable of driving 50 ohm loads Outputs can be deactivated by jumper As an option: useable as clock source equipped with separetely orderd quartz oscillator Hardware block diagram

86 M2i.ClkDist - Clock and Trigger Distribution Card Technical Data Inputs Outputs Input voltage low level 0 V and 0.8 V (min level -0.3 V) Output voltage low level (50 ohm load) 0 V and 0.5 V Input voltage high level 2.0 V and 3.3 V (max level 3.8 V) Output voltage high level (50 ohm load) 2.4 V and 3.3 V Trigger pulse width on sync feature use 2 samplings clocks max channel to channel skew (one bank) 85 ps Termination 20 kohm, selectable per jumper to 50 ohm max channel to channel skew (all outputs) 200 ps Coupling DC, selectable by jumper to AC Output impedance (typical) 7 ohm Max input clock rate 250 MHz Max propagation delay 5 ns Max trigger synchronization rate 125 MHz Outputs in bank 0 0, 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11 Connector type 3mm SMB male Outputs in bank 1 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16 Outputs in bank 2 12 Connector type MMCX female Power consumption PCI/PCI-X max Environmental and Physical details 3,3 V Total Dimension (PCB only) 174 mm x 107 mm (half PCI length) Idle Running, no loads 0.7 A 2.3 W Width 1 slot 4 output channels 50 ohm load* 0.9 A 3.0 W Weight < 200g 17 output channels 50 ohm load* 1.2 A 4.0 W Warm up time 10 minutes 34 output channels 50 ohm load* 1.6 A 5.3 W Operating temperature 0 C - 50 C *measured with 125 MHz clock signal, 50% duty cycle Jumper Placement Order Information. PCI/PCI-X Order no. Description M2i.ClkDist Clock and trigger distribution card with 2 times 1 onto 17 channels distribution, no cables included M2i.ClkDist-xxMyy Quartz option with xx MHz and a accuracy of yy ppm (e.g. 40M20 = 40 MHz 20 ppm), please request an individual quote Cables Order no. Option Cab-1m-9m-80 Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC male, 80 cm Cab-1m-9f-80 Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC female, 80 cm Cab-1m-9m-200 Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC male, 200 cm Cab-1m-9f-200 Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC female, 200 cm Cab-1m-3f-80 Adapter cable MMCX male to SMB female, 80 cm Cab-1m-3f-200 Adapter cable MMCX male to SMB female, 200 cm Cab-3f-9m-80 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 80 cm Cab-3f-9f-80 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 80 cm Cab-3f-3f-80 Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 80 cm Cab-3f-9m-200 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 200 cm Cab-3f-9f-200 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 200 cm

87 Accessories/Options Adapter cables Accessories/Options Adapter cables Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC male Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC female Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female Flat ribbon cable with 40 pin Hirose FX2 connector and two 20 pin IDC socket connectors Flat ribbon cable with two 40 pin Hirose FX2 connectors Order Information Cables Order no. Option Cab-1m-9m-80 Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC male, 80 cm (for analog inputs) Cab-1m-9f-80 Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC female, 80 cm (for analog inputs) Cab-1m-9m-200 Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC male, 200 cm (for analog inputs) Cab-1m-9f-200 Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC female, 200 cm (for analog inputs) Cab-1m-9f-5 Adapter cable MMCX male to BNC female, 5 cm (short cable especially for oscilloscope probes) Cab-3f-9m-80 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 80 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Cab-3f-9f-80 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 80 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Cab-3f-3f-80 Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 80 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Cab-3f-9m-200 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC male, 200 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Cab-3f-9f-200 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 200 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Cab-3f-3f-200 Adapter cable SMB female to SMB female, 200 cm (for clock and trigger I/O) Cab-3f-9f-5 Adapter cable SMB female to BNC female, 5 cm (short cable especially for oscilloscopes probes) Cab-d40-idc-100 Flat ribbon cable 40 pole FX2 for digital connector to 2x20 pole IDC connector, 100 cm Cab-d40-d Flat ribbon cable 40 pole FX2 for digital connector to 40 pole digital FX2 connector, 100 cm

88 PC-Card/ExpressCard - Docking Station PC-Card/ExpressCard - Docking Station Mobile Instrumentation for Notebooks Available for 1 up to 4 PCI Cards Available for 1 PCI Express Card PCCard/ExpressCard connector PCI/PCI-Express adaptor card as option Capable of hot-plugging Runs with Windows XP/Vista Software transparent General Information The PCI and PCI Express docking stations allow to use all Spectrum PCI boards and PCI Express boards totally hardware transparent with a standard notebook. The high-end instrumentation boards are placed in an external docking station that is connected to the notebook via an integrated PC-Card or ExpressCard interface. The docking station is a good alternative to complete portable PC systems at reasonable costs especially if a notebook is already existing. The docking station is also a good solution to use the instrumentation system with different notebooks. Programming of the Spectrum boards is done with the existing drivers. After the installation of an additional driver for the dokking station there is no extra step necessary for programming the boards. The connection is done totally hardware transparent. Extra cooling fans are included in the docking station to keep the correct temperature. Compatibility All Spectrum PCI boards and all Spectrum PCI Express boards work together with the docking stations. It is possible to use up to four PCI boards or 1 PCI Express board in the external box. The docking station works together with the Spectrum boards under Windows XP and Windows Vista. Technical Data OS compatibility Windows XP, Windows Vista Cable 1m connection cable included MTBF Hours Operating Temperature 0 up to 50 Slots (full length) Size Weight Cooling fan Power supply (standard) Power supply (option) DOCK1PCI 1 PCI 355 mm x 180 mm x 45 mm 1.2 kgs 1 External 230 V AC/12 V DC DC XLR4 or Cigarette Lighter DOCK2PCI 2 PCI 385 mm x 254 mm x 64 mm 2.4 kgs 2 Internal 230 V AC DC XLR4 or Cigarette Lighter DOCK4PCI 4 PCI 417 mm x 333 mm x 89 mm 4.1 kgs 2 Internal 230 V AC n.a. DOCK1Exp 1 PCI Express 348 mm x 196 mm x 44 mm 2.0 kgs 3 Internal 230 V AC n.a

89 PC-Card/ExpressCard - Docking Station Dock1PCI Power Options Standard Power Supply DC 12V to 16V power input using a 230 VAC external power brick. DC Option XLR4 12V to 16V DC input on XLR4 connector as an extra option. 230 VAC power brick still included in delivery. DC Option CAR 12 V Cigarette Lighter Adapter as used in cars. Contains option XLR4 and a XLR4 to Cigarette Lighter Adapter. 230 VAC power brick still included in delivery. Dock2PCI Power Options Standard Power Supply Internal AC 230 VAC Power Supply. DC Option Internal DC 12V to 16V Power Supply with XLR4 connector. Contains also XLR4 to Cigarette Lighter Adpater. 230 VAC power brick still included in delivery. Dock4PCI Power Options Standard Power Supply Internal AC 230 VAC Power Supply. Dock1Exp Power Options Standard Power Supply Internal AC 230 VAC Power Supply