Wave generators

Trio Test & Measurement has released the Wonder Wave series of arbitrary waveform generators from Tabor. These combine the capabilities of digital conversion and control with the signal integrity of synthesised analog generators.

Sample clock rates from 50 MS/s to 1.2 GS/s give wide output frequency ranges from 1 µHz to 400 MHz, depending on model, making these instruments suitable for many applications in electromagnetic simulation, communications and audio and video simulation.

High vertical resolution of 12, 14 or 16 bits means the generators can be used for narrow-band modulation and creating complex waveforms with small details superimposed on large signals such as noise simulation.

Remote operation and connectivity are further enhanced by the use of ethernet and USB 2.0 control interfaces as standard features, as well as the traditional GPIB interface.

The series includes flexible waveform and memory segmentation and sequencing, which allows the user to get optimal use of the memory in each instrument when building up long and complex signals, in addition to a complete range of standard waveforms such as sine, square, pulse etc.

ArbConnection software, included with each generator, is an enhanced package to generate waveforms on a PC and download to the generator.