Vector signal transceiver

3 April 2013 Test & Measurement

National Instruments has débuted its second vector signal transceiver (VST), the PXIe-5645R, which is built on a software-designed architecture that engineers can modify with LabVIEW to meet their specific needs.

The new instrument adds a high-performance differential or single-ended I/Q interface to test both the RF and baseband signals of a device with a single instrument for faster test times using the latest PC and FPGA technologies.

The VST features a 65 MHz to 6 GHz frequency range, 80 MHz instantaneous bandwidth and 24 channels of high-speed digital I/Q. It integrates a baseband I/Q interface with 16-bit data sampled at 120 MSps with up to 80 MHz of complex bandwidth, configurable as differential or single-ended.

The PXIe-5645R provides an open, programmable FPGA that engineers can customise to add user-defined functionality. Users can download prebuilt and modifiable IP for the most common applications.

For more information contact National Instruments, 0800 203 199, [email protected], www.ni.com/southafrica

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