Spectrum catalog 2023

S P E C T R U M I N S T R U M E N T A T I O N Per fec t f i t – modu la r des igned so lu t ions 2023 Digitizers | Transient Recorders | Arbitrary Waveform Generators | Digital Waveform Acquisition Cards for PCI Express, PXI Express and LXI / Ethernet

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4 Prefaces ................................................................................ Dear valued customers and friends, We are very pleased to present our current catalog and would like to take the opportunity to give you a few insights into the topics that have been on our minds at Spectrum lately. You have long been familiar with our extensive range of fast, high-precision digitizers and Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWGs). In addition, you will find a development in our product range that fills us with pride: the new cards of the M5i series. With these three latest generation digitizers, we have succeeded in making the world's first modular digitizer cards that use the PCIe x16 (Gen 3) interface. The recorded data is continuously streamed over the bus at 12.8 GB per second, which is almost twice as fast as any conventional PCIe digitizer on the market. The three cards in the new high-performance M5i digitizer family also offer sampling rates of up to 6.4 GS/s with 12-bit resolution. They are ideal for test situations that require the acquisition and analysis of high-frequency signals and, thanks to the speed of the data transmission rate, open up completely new possibilities for application areas with intensive signal processing. For the first time, very large amounts of data can be continuously streamed directly to the PC environment. In addition to this groundbreaking new development, we would like to use a few current examples to illustrate the range of our appli- cations in a wide variety of areas. A 256-channel digitizer system is used in fusion reactor research by the English company First Light Fusion (FLF). Within just four years, FLF was able to achieve a successful fusion process, which the British Atomic Energy Agency UKAEA confirmed in April 2022. By 2030, FLF wants to build a power plant for 150 megawatts to produce affordable green electricity. Expansion – Move to new Office building First Modular PCI Cards Spectrum founded First ISA Card 8 Bit 200 MS/s First Waveform First PCI First 12 Bit PXI and cPCI M2i Series Digitizer Generator DAQ Card Digital I/O 200 MS/s Cards released Card Card Digitizer 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

......................................................................................... 5 In quantum research, Spectrum AWG cards are used because of their unique precision. Their extremely precise control signals con- taining practically no noise are used to drive lasers which then move single atoms. The Arbitrary Waveform Generator M4i.6622-x8 has made it possible to explore the quantum behavior of electrons in an ionic lattice by simulating this system with atoms. Our measurement cards are not only used in cancer research - e.g., in the world's fastest cell sorter developed by the University of Tokyo - but also in a new type of small MRI scanner for babies, which will be available for hospitals worldwide at the end of 2022. Brand new is the use of our products in the NVIDIA Clara PC, which enables affordable, mobile and AI-enabled medical devices that can be used to carry out diagnostic examinations and analyses. For this platform, we offer 64 different measurement cards and extensive driver support, thus enabling fast signal generation and signal acquisition - an important basis for numerous high-tech applications in the medical field. The use of our products in all these forward-looking, sustainable technologies shows us the appreciation and recognition of the quality of our developments - a reason for us at Spectrum to be happy! Last but not least, we have redesigned our website so that you can access detailed information on all our products even more con - veniently. It is now even easier to find your way around our new homepage, which is focused on the needs of users thanks to clearer navigation, improved search function and optimized support area. In this way you can reach your destination in the shortest possible time. We hope to provide you with all important information about our products in this way. If you have any further questions – please do not hesitate to contact us! We are at your side today and in the future as a committed and reliable partner. Best wishes Gisela Hassler Oliver Rovini Carsten Gralla CEO CTO MD M4x PXIe cards First Digitizer released with First First digitizerNETBOX First AWG 30 Years fast 10 GS/s PCIe Cards 1 GS/s Card released with 1.25 GS/s SPECTRUM hybridNETBOX SBench 6 First Digitizer M2p Series hybridNETBOX: First Digitizer Software with released Digitizer + with 5 GS/s AWG 6.4 GS/s 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

6 History ................................................................................... 1989 2009 Spectrum was founded by Gisela Hassler and Michael Janz with In the year 2009, the M3i series was introduced, starting with a the business objective of developing custom-built instrumenta- 500 MS/s digitizer and followed by a digitizer card reaching tion. They started developing an own product line and created 1 GS/s speed a year later. Meanwhile, the cards of the MI and the first ISA card in 1991. This digitizer card with 50 MHz and 8 bit M2i series were successfully sold around the world, being used called "PAD52" was sold for 17 years until 2008! in many companies, universities and for many OEM products. Many other ISA digitizers All three series formed a range of 320 different products! and the first Arbitrary- Waveform-Generator- 2011 cards followed in Spectrum delivered 140 digitizer cards to CERN. Since then, they the next years. are used to control the Beam Dumping System of the LHC, the largest particle accelerator in the world. 1996 Spectrum created its first 12 bit digitizer card for the new bus standard PCI with a sampling rate of 80 MS/s. Many other PCI based cards followed. 2000 and 2001 Oliver Rovini, who joined the company in 1995 as a software engineer, takes over the position of the Technical Manager after founder Michael Janz left the company. It was Oliver's idea to build modular PCI products, consisting of the same platform card and several different modules. This quickly led to a large range of digitizers, AWGs and digital I/O boards. 2013 To support the growing business in Asia, Spectrum appointed Gregory Tate as Asian Business Manager. Greg has 30 years of experience in electronics and a deep knowledge of digitizer tech- nology, modular instrumentation and their applications in the Asian market. 2004 Based on the existing MI series and with the benefit of the modular system, a complete range of CompactPCI and PXI cards were launched. Second, Spectrum introduced the M2i series, the successor of the MI cards with a better interface, more memory and more A totally new product group was launched, the "digitizerNET- features. BOX". This stand-alone unit contains two Spectrum digitizer From 2000 to 2004, thanks to the modular system, the number cards, offering up to 16 fully synchronized data acquisition chan- of different products grew from 18 to 170! nels in one small box with full remote control via Ethernet/LXI from any PC or network. And third, in April the company moved to a much larger building with special areas for the development, production and office. 2007 All 90 cards of the M2i-series became available as PCI Express version – the latest bus standard for PC based systems. 2008 SBench 6 measurement software was introduced. The software is intuitive to use for comfortable and fast data acquisition and 2014 analysis of GByte of analog and digital data in addition to its Spectrum released the M4i series with 5 GS/s sampling speed! powerful export and report functions. SBench 6 quickly became These very fast cards opened new application areas down into a very popular tool. the sub-nanosecond range.

.......................................................................................... 7 2015 2019 In the beginning of this year, Spectrum opened its own US of fice With the release of the M2p AWG, Spectrum finished the repla- caring for the growing US market and the increasing number cement of the older product ranges MI, M2i and M3i and now of manufacturing representatives. In over 30 other countries, has a modern range of nearly 200 instrumentation products, all Spectrum already announced distributors to enhance the global designed within the last 5 years. sales. The more than 400 obsolete products are still in production for The new M4i series was extended with Arbitrary Waveform existing customers to allow a smooth replacement inside the Generators offering up to 1.25 GS/s of data generation rate. various projects. 2016 6. December 2019 – 30th Anniversary Spectrum released PXIe version of all its fast M4i-series In 30 years, Spectrum was able to gain customers all around the Digitizers and AWGs. The PXIe cards share the same driver inter- world, including many A-brand industry-leaders, as well as 100’s face and are 100 % software compatible with the PCIe cards. of different universities and research institutes. 2020 Spectrum presented the hybridNETBOX, a multi-channel AWG and Digitizer in one box. This single instrument simultaneously generates, acquires and analyzes electronic signals. The first series offered six different models. Also, the larger version of the digitizerNETBOX was introduced: Containing up to 6 Spectrum cards, this stand-alone unit offers up to 48 synchronous channels in one 19" chassis with total remote control via Ethernet/LXI. 2017 2021 Since the beginning, all Spectrum The second series of hybridNETBOX products offered eight high- products are completely de signed, speed models. built and tested in Germany showing an extremely low failure rate, so Spectrum increased the warran- ty for its products from 2 years to an industry-leading 5 years. Also, in this year, the "Spectrum Systementwicklung Microelec- tronic GmbH" changed its name to the internationally much more understandable "Spectrum Instrumentation GmbH". 2022 Spectrum introduced the world’s first digitizers using the full PCIe x16 Gen3 Interface for massive data streaming at 12.8 GB per second. The M5i digitizer cards sample at 6.4 GS/s with 12- bit resolution, streaming this huge amount of data continuously to CPUs or GPUs for processing. 2023 2018 Spectrum launched the most powerful digitizers in its company Spectrum launched a new series called "M2p", with the PCIe history! The new M5i cards offer a stunning combination of platform board being only 168 mm in length, with many diffe- ultrafast 10 GS/s sampling speed, 12-bit vertical resolution, over rent modules forming digitizers in the range of 5 MS/s to 125 3 GHz bandwidth, and market-leading 12.8 GB/s data streaming MS/s with up to 8 channels on a single card. over the PCIe bus.

8 Spectrum's Philosophy Designed to Last At Spectrum, we believe in long-term partnerships. If it is necessary to end a product line due to obsolete parts, we help with the transition to successor products. Furthermore, all products that have been released since 2000 are available for existing customers as long as we get the parts on the market. Support, updates, repairs and calibration is part of the long life cycle. Modularity Brings Flexibility Spectrum has a unique design philosophy. By using a modular design, platform boards are populated with different analog and digital daughter-boards as required to create a wide range of performance options – ensuring a perfect match against the required specifications of customers. This allows users to get exactly the specifications that they need without compromise, without delay, and without the price premium of a one-off custom product. Production and Pricing The modular approach enables Spectrum to mass-produce platform boards and daughter-boards. We then pass on the cost savings of this method to our customers, ensuring Spectrum is always competitively priced. It gives purchasers the advantages of a customized solution without a price premium – often more competitively priced than rivals’ standard products – all thanks to the benefits of mass-produced modular design. Rapid Time to Customer Spectrum’s modular design also enables products to be rapidly built to order and fully tested from stock boards so that customers receive their deliveries quickly. Wide Selection Choice To match as many applications as possible, Spectrum offers the widest range and choice. Digitizers are available with sampling rates from as low as 5 MS/s to as high as 5 GS/s, allowing you to capture signals from the Hz to the GHz range. Models offer vertical resolution from 8 to 16 Bits and they’re optimized for dynamic performance to ensure the best possible accuracy and precision. Acquired signals can be stored in large on-board memories, processed using the latest FPGA technology, or transferred directly to other devices such as GPU cards and external storage devices via a variety of versatile readout modes. Similarly, our AWGs offer output rates from 40 MS/s up to 1.25 GS/s making them suitable for producing almost any wave shape with signal frequency content from DC to 400 MHz or as an option even up to 600 MHz. Customized Products If you can’t find the product you need in this catalog then let us know your mandatory specifications and we will be happy to investigate the possibility of making a customized product just for you! Perfect fit – modular designed solutions Support and Warranty Customer satisfaction is our highest priority so when you buy a Spectrum product we expect you will be pleased. All our products are designed and manufactured in Germany where we endeavor to attain the highest quality and reliability. The same philosophy applies to technical support. Our engineers are at your disposal. Need help on a software or hardware issue? Just send us a message to support@spec.de and our engineers will respond to you directly. You can have confidence that your message will be answered by the right specialist for the task. All the technical support from our engineers and partners is free, with no hidden charges. Spectrum products are covered by an industry leading five years warranty while software and driver updates are available to download free of charge from our website for the lifetime of the product. In the unusual event that a repair is necessary our service department will assist you to make it happen as quickly and efficiently as possible. We will diagnose the problem and then help you to get the repair made in the fastest and most cost effective way. Spectrum also offers a complete calibration service. Calibration is performed with fully certified instruments ensuring traceability and specification confidence. All products are manufactured and tested to meet our rigid design standards and they are shipped with the CE mark to certify that they meet all the necessary requirements of the European CE directives.

Table of Contents 9 Prefaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 Spectrum’s Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 10 PCIe Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12 PXIe Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13 Ethernet Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14 Digitizers Digitizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 16 Features & Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 17 33xx Series – High-Speed 12 Bit Digitizers up to 10 GS/s . . . . N. .e .w . .p .r .o . d .u .c .t s. . . . . . . . . . . Page 18 16 22xx Series – Ultra High-Speed 8 Bit Digitizers up to 5 GS/s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 20 44xx Series – High-Resolution High-Speed Digitizers up to 500 MS/s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 22 59xx Series – 16 Bit General Purpose Digitizers up to 125 MS/s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 24 Arbitrary Waveform Generators Arbitrary Waveform Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 26 Features & Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 27 26 66xx Series – 16 Bit High-Speed Arbitrary Waveform Generators up to 1.25 GS/s . . . . . . . . Page 28 65xx Series – 16 Bit Arbitrary Waveform Generators up to 125 MS/s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 30 Digitizer and AWG in one box hybridNETBOX – hybridNETBOX up to 125 MS/s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 32 32 hybridNETBOX – hybridNETBOX up to 500 MS/s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 33 Digital Data Acquisition and Digital I/O Digital Data Acquisition and Digital I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 34 77xx Series – 32 Channel Digital Waveform Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 35 34 75xx Series – versatile fast Digital I/O card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 36 Examples for Systems with Star-Hub synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 37 PC Systems Turn-Key High-Performance Streaming Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 38 38 Multi-Card PC Systems and Docking Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 39 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 39 Software Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 40 40 SCAPP GPU Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 43 SBench 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 44 Comments from our customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 48 10 Facts about Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 49 Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 50 Social Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 50 Imprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 50

10 Applications .......................................... ..... When it comes to applications where custom specific measurements are necessary, modular PC-based instru- mentation offers a host of advantages over conventional stand-alone testing devices. The approach allows you to Aerospace take advantage of the latest developments in PC techno- High Sampling Rates and Resolution logy: accessing the most powerful processors, fastest Data Streaming and Storage bus speeds, and state-of-the-art graphical tools. Further- Ultrafast Data Transfer (>12.8 GB/s) more, you have the unrivaled flexibility of creating your own application specific programs, selecting from an ever expanding array of shareware utilities, or utilizing a wide variety of third party analysis products. Spectrum Instrumentation products are powerful and universal PC-based instruments that can be used in Communications nearly any application that needs an interface between 14 and 16 Bit Resolution the electrical analog world and PC-based data ana lysis, Time and Frequency Domain Analysis calculation, display and storage. The scalability of the Advanced Display Modes products covers anything from single channel OEM medical or ultrasound devices to multi-channel trans- mission and reception communication design. Intelligent Semiconductor Tests designed synchronization structures allow to scale-up LXI, PCIe and PXIe Modules even to hundreds of synchronous fast channels. Optimized SNR and SFDR Fully Functional Front-End Circuitry This page shows a number of common application areas where Spectrum products are found. Spectroscopy Ultrafast Data Transfer Fiber Optics (DTS, DAS, OTDR) Large Acquisition Memories 14 and 16 Bit Resolution On-Board Signal Averaging Big Physical Experiments Fast Data Rates Distributed Ethernet Acquisition Block Averaging High Channel Density with Hundreds of Synchronous Channels Combination of Slow and Fast Channels Astronomy High Sampling Rates and Resolution Acoustics Time and Frequency Domain Analysis Automotive Low-Noise and High Resolution Low-noise Front-End Circuitry Acquisition and Replay of Analog and Very high SNR (> 90 dB) and Digital Signals SFDR (>105 dB) Combination of Slow and Fast Channels Hundreds of Synchronous Channels Portable (DC Supply) Systems

................................... .......... ..... 11 LIDAR Advanced Acquisition and Readout Modes Block Averaging Low-Noise, High SNR Medical Science (OCT) High Sampling Rates and Resolution Fast Trigger and Read-Out Rates External Clock Nanotechnology Low-Noise High Dynamic Range Acquisition Precision Signal Generation High Gain Amplification Laser 6.4 GS/s Sampling Rates and High Bandwidth Fast Trigger and Read-Out Rates On-Board Block Statistics (Peak Detection) Quantum Science Versatile Signal Generation High Speed Data Streaming SCAPP GPU Support ATE – Automatic Test Equipment LXI and PXIe Modules Acquisition and Generation LabVIEW, MATLAB and IVI Interface Ultrasound 14 and 16 Bit Resolution Segmented Memory with FIFO Readout Low Dead-Time Between Triggers (< 80 ns) Materials Science Flexible Front-End Signal Conditioning High Resolution Recording Fully Synchronous Multi-Channel Radar Acquisition 14 and 16 Bit Resolution Segmented Memory and FIFO Readout High Voltage Testing Acquisition and Generation Fully Buffered Front-End Circuitry (Continuous Radar Simulation) Single-Ended and Differential Inputs On-Board Block Statistics (Peak Detection)

12 PCIe Platform PCI Express is the standard platform for all current PC-based systems and also for the future. Today’s state-of-the-art motherboards normally have a couple of PCI Express slots but only one or two PCI/PCI-X slots. The PCI Express bus is a point to point connection allowing full speed for every single slot. The Express bus is freely scaling and is available with 1 lane (x1), 4 lanes (x4), 8 lanes (x8) and 16 lanes (x16). For mechanical compatibility connectors may have more lanes than are connected to the motherboard. M5i PCI Express M4i PCI Express M2p PCI Express PCIe x16 Gen3 Interface PCIe x8 Gen2 Interface PCIe x4 Gen1 Interface Up to 12.8 GB/s streaming Over 3.0 GB/s streaming Over 700 MB/s streaming SMA connectors Sync of up to 8 cards Sync of up to 16 cards Drivers for CUDA-GPUs SMA & MMCX connectors SMB & MMCX connectors Drivers for CUDA-GPUs Drivers for CUDA-GPUs Advantages of the PCIe platform Universal bus system incorporated into millions of commercial and industrial systems world-wide Scalable PC platform from low-cost, low-end up to high-performance, multi-processor, multi-core Wide choice of components like ultra-low noise power supplies, additional interface cards or high-performance graphics cards Very fast backplane (PCIe lanes) – capable of very fast streaming to SSD arrays Direct interconnection with GPU for data processing possible (SCAPP option) Easy system extension via wide choice of PCIe extension components Record-breaking Continuous Streaming Speed Digital Option In March 2022, Spectrum presented the M5i, the world’s first digitizer using the full PCIe x16 Gen3 interface (see page 18). On selected systems, a record-breaking continuous streaming speed of 12.8 GB/s is possible! The M4i series is using PCIe x8 Gen2 interface with more than 3 GB/s streaming, reaching 3.4 GB/s on selected motherboards. The M2p-series with PCIe x4 Gen1 offers more than 700 MB/s streaming. Digital Option for MIXED MODE testing Digital Option The digital expansion modules add programmable digi- tal I/O lines to the digitizer and AWG cards. These lines acquire digital channels synchronously with the analog channels when used on a digitizer and can be used as synchronous digital outputs (marker outputs) when used on an AWG card. The M2p-module (for the 59xx digitizers and 65xx AWGs) carries 16 SMB-connectors with 10 of them Digital module for M4i.44xx family Digital module for M2p family directly located on the front plate and is also available with a flat-ribbon 40-pole FX2 connector which is pin compatible to all older digital expansion options of Spectrum. The M4i- module (for the 44xx digitizers) offers 8 additional digital channels via SMA connectors.

PXIe Platform 13 Option Synchronization Star-Hub Digital Option The Star-Hub is an additional module allowing the phase stable synchronization of up to 16 boards (M2p series) or up to 8 boards (M4i series). Independent of the number of boards there is no phase delay between all channels. The piggy-back module distributes clock, trigger and control lines to all connected cards and can be ordered in two different mounting positions: as extension module, extending the carrier board without adding the need for an additional slot space; or as top mount module, keeping the board length the same but needing an additional slot space. All connected boards are running with the same clock and the same trigger. Each board is internally connected with a small cable of the same length, even the carrier board. That minimizes the clock skew between the different boards. The clock skew is down to 130 ps between any two cards, depending on the family used. On the M2p series the Star-Hub allows the synchronization of various cards when running with different sampling rates. This allows a mix of slow and fast sampling as well as the mixing of acquisition cards and generator cards in one system whilst still preserving the phase relation between the different channels Star-Hub for M4i family Star-Hub for M2p family PXI Express or PXIe is a subset of the PXI standard that replaces the parallel data bus of PXI with a high-speed serial interface. PXIe provides the most advantages for modular instruments like digitizers or arbitrary waveform generators which often need to M4x PXI Express Platform transfer large amounts of data. For example, state-of-the-art PXIe products from Spectrum incorporate a fast interface that PCIe x4 Gen2 Interface can stream at rates of up to 1.7 GByte/s. More than 1.5 GByte/s streaming rate 3U double-width card PXIe reference clock supported PXIe trigger bus and star trigger supported SMA and MMCX connections Advantages of the PXIe platform Industrial systems with robust connections Defined clock and trigger interconnection between the cards and the chassis Front-side card handles for easy exchange Defined air-stream for cooling Different chassis sizes from 4 slot up to 21 slot available Mix and match components from different vendors Outstanding Continuous Streaming Speed The optimized firmware and kernel driver of the Spectrum PXIe cards allows a sustained streaming speed between card and PC of more than 1.5 GByte/s, reaching 1.7 GByte/s on selected systems. The on-board memory of 4 GByte is completely used as a FIFO buffer.

14 Ethernet Platform .......................d..i..g..i.t..i.z..e..r..N...E..T..B...O..X................. generatorNETBOX hybridNETBOX The digitizerNETBOX / generatorNETBOX is a remote solution that is connected by Ethernet using the LXI standard. The device can be used as bench-top instrument directly connected to a laptop or desktop PC or as 19" instrument connected to the company LAN and accessible from anywhere. Complete portable instrument solution Connect directly to your PC or Laptop or anywhere in the company LAN BNC (< 125 MS/s) or SMA (> 125 MS/s) connectors SBench 6 Professional software license included 19“ and DC power supply options available Mobile or service Shared instrument on desktop Remote Instrument in a LAN DN2 Series Small and portable LXI/Ethernet Up to 16 analog channels with either device with up to 16 channels BNC or SMA connectors. Full analog interface with programmable ranges, termination and offset available Each LXI device from Spectrum offers several interconnections with other instruments. Be it trigger or clock input and output, universal I/O lines or a timestamp reference clock input. The handle, the stackable bumpers, the light weight of only 6 kg and the optional internal DC power supply make it possible to use the DN2 devices for mobile applications, service jobs or for mechanical inte- gration into custom systems. 19“ rack mount kit available as an option LXI eXtensions for Instrumentation The digitizerNETBOX / generatorNETBOX / hybridNETBOX is a fully compliant LXI instrument that is able to show the status of the box along with the current acquisition / generation information. It offers an IVI compatible interface for the IVI digitizer, IVI scope and IVI FGen classes. LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI) is a standard developed by the LXI Consortium, an industry consortium that maintains the LXI specification, promotes the LXI Standard, and ensures inter operability. The LXI standard defines the communication protocols for instrumentation and data acquisition systems using Ethernet.

........................................................................................... 15 SBench 6 – Powerful Data Acquisition and Analysis Software SB6 SBench 6 – The digitizerNETBOX / generator- NETBOX can be used with Spectrum’s powerful software SBench 6 – a Professional license for the software is already installed in the box. SBench 6 supports all of the standard features of the instrument (see page 38 for more details). DN6 Series 19“ multi-channel LXI/Ethernet systems which can be used either as desktop or rack mount versions. Up to 48 channels Up to 48 analog channels with either BNC or SMA connectors. Full analog interface with programmable in a single chassis. ranges, termination and offset available Powerful cooling fans, a replaceable dust filter and the heavy, well-shielded metal chassis make the DN6 a reliable instrument for industry and research environments. Embedded Server Option This option turns the digitizerNETBOX / generatorNETBOX into a powerful PC that can run your own programs on a small and remote data acquisition system. The Ethernet device is enhanced by more memory, a powerful CPU, a freely accessible internal SSD and a remote software development access method. The enhanced instrument can either run connected to a LAN or it can run totally independently, storing data to the internal SSD. The original remote instrument functionality is fully maintained but running the embedded server option allows the pre-calculation of results inside the unit. Then you can choose to transfer just the information (data or calculated results) that’s required in a client-server based software structure. The embedded server option is ideal for surveillance/logger applications, which can run totally independently for days. When necessary, it can send notification emails or alerts over the LAN, or offload stored data as soon as it’s connected again.

Digitizers A digitizer is an electronic acquisition device that acquires analog waveforms, processes them through analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and sends the digitized sample to a buffer, which allows them to be saved before being processed by a computer. Today’s modular digitizers share a common historical architecture augmented by new high speed serial interface standards such a PCI Express (PCIe) and PXI Express (PXIe). Synchronous Sampling All digitizers from Spectrum are built with a completely synchronous design. Every chan- nel has its own independent input amplifier as well as an independent A/D converter. All the input channel related settings can be individually programmed. Compared with standard products that use multiplex technology, where scanning of each channel is done one after the other with a single A/D converter, the more sophisticated design of 16 the Spectrum products has a lot of advantages: Full sampling rate for all channels No phase delay between the single channels Smallest crosstalk between adjacent channels due to individual input amplifiers Direct comparison of acquired values with no need for interpolation Digitizer Terms Selecting a digitizer requires matching the application needs to the digitizer specifications. The following is a glossary of common digitizer specifications and terms: Acquisition Memory Digital data from the ADCs is stored in a high speed buffer memory called the acquisition memory. The depth of the digitizers acquisition memory determines the length of a signal that may be stored in the buffer before it must be transferred for processing, display or saved. Longer memory also allows for a higher sampling rate over extended record times. Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) An analog-to-digital converter transforms an analog signal cap tured by a sampler into digital data that can be processed by a computer. Resolution The resolution of an ADC is specified by the number of bits used to re present the analog value, ideally giving 2N signal levels for an N-bit signal. Resolution is important for measuring large dynamic signals that contain small signal variations. Sampling Rate The sampling rate, or sample rate, of a digitizer is the frequency at which analog signals are converted to digital data by the analog- to-digital converter. Effective measurement requires the sample rate of a digitizer to be least twice the frequency of the highest signal frequency component. This is called the Nyquist rate. It is preferable to sample slightly higher than Nyquist. Bandwidth (-3 dB) Digitizer bandwidth represents the frequency range that can go through the input stage without significant loss of signal ampli tude. Bandwidth is typically measured as the frequency (in Hertz) where the signal amplitude falls to half the power (-3 dB) of the signal at a low frequency. Dynamic Range The digitizers dynamic range determines the maximum and minimum signal voltages that can be measured in one acquisition. A large dynam ic range allows for the measurement of signals that contain both small and large voltage components at the same time. Dynamic range is rela t ed to the digitizers resolution. Memory Segmentation Fast, repetitive signals are stored on each trigger event as a single segment within the memory. This reduces the required transfer rate and saves memory. DIGITIZERS

Features & Modes Memory T r i g Transient Capture / Ring Buffer Mode The standard mode of the digitizer is the ring buffer mode. In this mode data is written into the buffer until a trigger event occurs. After the event additional posttrigger values are recorded enabling both pre- and posttrigger data to be acquired. It is also possible to read the acquired data directly after the trigger event, even while the acquisition is still running. FIFO FIFO Mode The FIFO mode is designed for continuous data transfer between the digitizer and the PC memory or hard disk. It uses the complete on-board memory as a real FIFO buffer, making the transfer extremely reliable. Data is transferred over the bus by the driver without the need for the user to make any spe cial setup. Spectrum products are designed to reach maximum continuous transfer speeds and can reach up to 3.4 GByte/s on a PCIe x8 Gen2 interface. 17 Multiple Recording Multiple recording allows the acquisition of several trigger events without restarting the hardware. The on-board memory is split into segments and for each trigger event one segment is recorded. The segment size and the pre- and posttrigger settings can be freely defined. The powerful combination of a small re-arming time and FIFO mode makes it easy to adapt to nearly every measurement task. Gated Sampling With Gated Sampling the acquisition is controlled by an external gate signal. Data is only acquired if the gate signal has reached a programmed level. Before and after each gate a programmable number of samples will be acquired in addition. Gated Sampling can be combined with timestamps for time-correct positioning of the gate segments and to determine the length of each acquired gate segment. . .. ... ABA Mode / Dual Timebase The ABA mode is similar to Multiple Recording. However, between the segments additional samples are acquired with a slower sampling rate, e.g. for monitoring purposes. The ABA mode works like the combination of a data logger and transient recorder inside one instrument. Timestamp The Timestamp mode writes the time positions of the trigger events into an extra memory. The Timestamps are relative to the start of recording, to a defined zero time or externally synchronized to the seconds signal from a radio clock or a GPS receiver. With this mode acquisitions of systems in different locations may be set in a precise time relation. The Timestamp memory is designed as a FIFO buffer allowing the readout of Timestamps also in FIFO mode. Signal Processi n g Integrated Signal Processing All digitizers of 44xx and 22xx series including PCIe, LXI/Ethernet and PXIe versions can be extended by integrated signal processing functions. The Block Average Processing Module allows the accumulation and averaging of multiple repetitive signals. The function removes random noise from the signal, improving the signal-to-noise ratio and measurement resolution. Ultrafast triggering also ensures the dead-time between each acquisition is kept to a minimum. The Block Statistics Processing Module is a hardware-based data analysis and reduction function. Each acquisition block is scanned for minimum and maximum peaks and a summary including min, max, average, timestamps and peak position information is stored in memory. The 44xx series comes with the native Boxcar averaging mode that enhances the high-resolution digitizer and reduces signal noise. ...... DIGITIZERS

33xx Series – High-Speed 12 Bit Digitizers up to 10 GS/s ................. One or two channel PCIe x16 Gen3 cards Up to 12.8 GB/s streaming speed to PC or GPU 50 Ω front-end with 4 input ranges between ±200 mV and ±2.5 V NEW COOLING CONCEPT Up to 3 GHz bandwidth Independently from the PC, two powerful fans are transporting the heat of the card out of the PC housing through holes in the Programmable input offset ±100 % front plates. 1 to 8 GSample memory per channel 4 multi-purpose I/O lines (synchronous digital inputs) 18 Ó Fastest Digitizer with 12 Bit 10 GS/s PCI Express Digitizer PCIe x16 Gen3 Interface Up to 12.8 GB/s streaming rate ¾ length (241 mm) double-slot fully shielded card Integrated cooling fans All SMA connections SCAPP option for CUDA based calculations S ampling Rate Bandwidth Resolution 2 Channels 1 Channel 10 GS/s 3 GHz 12 Bit M5i.3357-x16 M5i.3350-x16 1 x 10 GS/s 1 x 10 GS/s 2 x 5 GS/s 6.4 GS/s 2 GHz 12 Bit M5i.3337-x16 M5i.3330-x16 1 x 6.4 GS/s 1 x 6.4 GS/s 2 x 3.2 GS/s 3.2 GS/s 1 GHz 12 Bit M5i.3321-x16 2 x 3.2 GS/s Dual-Use listed products with the need of an export license when exporting outside Europe/US/Canada DIGITIZERS

.............................................................................................. Technical Details I nput Coupling DC I nput Impedance 50 Ω I nput Ranges ±200 mV, ±500 mV, ±1 V, ±2.5 V I nput Offset: ±100 % of input range, programmable in 1% steps M5i.3330-x16 M5i.3350-x16 M5i.3321-x16 M5i.3337-x16 M5i.3357-x16 (3.2 GS/s) (6.4 GS/s) (10 GS/s) 10 MHz 55.3 dB 53.8 dB 52.0 dB SNR 70 MHz 54.8 dB 53.5 dB 51.7 dB 600 MHz 54.9 dB 52.5 dB 51.5 dB 10 MHz 8.8 LSB 8.7 LSB 8.3 LSB ENOB 70 MHz 8.8 LSB 8.6 LSB 8.3 LSB 600 MHz 8.8 LSB 8.5 LSB 8.3 LSB R MS Noise 2.3 LSB 2.8 LSB 2.9 LSB T rigger Modes Channel, External, Software, Window, Re-Arm, Delay, OR/AND A cquisition Modes Single-Shot, FIFO, Multiple Recording, Stream to CUDA-GPU (Option) 19 E xternal Trigger programmable level ±5 V + 4 LVTTL Re-Arming Time 352 samples (1 channel) 176 samples (2 channels) C lock Modes Internal, External Reference S ampling Clocks Maximum sampling rate + divider: 1, 2, 4, 8, ... 262144 E xternal Reference Clock 2 MHz to 750 MHz E xternal Clock Type Single-ended, sine or square wave 0.2 V to 3.0 V peak-peak Multi-Purpose I/O Input: Synchronous Digital-In, Asynchronous Digital-In, Timestamp Reference Clock, Trigger Input Output: Asynchronous Digital-Out, Trigger Out, Status, System Clock In March 2022, Spectrum presented the world’s first digitizer card using the full PCI x16 (Gen3) interface for data streaming. In March 2023, two new variants were launched with enormous 10 GS/s speed: DIGITIZERS

22xx Series – Ultra High-Speed 8 Bit Digitizers up to 5 GS/s ............. One, two or four channel PCIe and PXIe card versions Two to 24 channel LXI/Ethernet versions 50 Ω high bandwidth front-end with 4 input ranges between ±200 mV and ±2.5 V Low voltage option: ±40 mV to ±500 mV Programmable input offset ±200 % 1 to 4 GSample memory per channel STAR-HUB Firmware options Block Average and Block Statistics This piggy-back module synchronizes up to 8 cards of the M4i.22xx-family. Top mount (TM) version with 2 slots available width or Extension (EX) version with 1 slots width and 3 multi-purpose I/O lines 312 mm length are available. 20 Ó Bestseller-Digitizer with 8 Bit 5 GS/s PCI Express Digitizer PXI Express Digitizer PCIe x8 Gen2 Interface PCIe x4 Gen2 Interface Up to 3.4 GByte/s streaming rate Up to 1.7 GByte/s streaming rate Star-Hub for internal synchronization up to 8 cards 3U double-width card ¾ length (241 mm) single-slot card PXIe reference clock supported SMA and MMCX connections PXIe trigger bus and star trigger supported SCAPP option for CUDA based calculations SMA and MMCX connections S ampling Rate Bandwidth Resolution 4 Channels 2 Channels 1 Channel 4 Channels 2 Channels 1.25 GS/s 500 MHz 8 Bit M4i.2212-x8 M4i.2211-x8 M4i.2210-x8 M4x.2212-x4 M4x.2211-x4 4 x 1.25 GS/s 2 x 1.25 GS/s 1 x 1.25 GS/s 4 x 1.25 GS/s 2 x 1.25 GS/s 2.5 GS/s 1.5 GHz 8 Bit M4i.2221-x8 M4i.2223-x8 M4i.2220-x8 M4x.2221-x4 2 x 2.5 GS/s 1 x 2.5 GS/s 1 x 2.5 GS/s 2 x 2.5 GS/s 2 x 1.25 GS/s 5 GS/s 1.5 GHz 8 Bit M4i.2234-x8 M4i.2233-x8 M4i.2230-x8 M4x.2234-x4 1 x 5 GS/s 1 x 5 GS/s 1 x 5 GS/s 1 x 5 GS/s 2 x 2.5 GS/s 2 x 2.5 GS/s 2 x 2.5 GS/s 4 x 1.25 GS/s 4 x 1.25 GS/s DIGITIZERS