{"title":"Fast, real-time, DFT instrument based on VMEbus","authors":"J. Snell","doi":"10.1109/AUTEST.1989.81098","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"An emerging class of VMEbus-based test and measurement instruments is benchmarked by a recently introduced digital spectrum analyzer. The instrument performs real-time spectrum analysis in the DC-to-10 MHz range at 5000 spectrums per second. Its architecture is based on the VMEbus and is partly adapted for high-speed pipeline processing. The keyboard and color graphic displays suit basic spectrum analysis, as well as advanced analysis of amplitude vs. both frequency and time. The instrument provides a DSP (digital signal processing) programming environment when an RS232 terminal is attached. With addition of an RF spectrum analyzer, downconverter, and software, real-time analysis is extended to 21 GHz and beyond. Postprocessable spectral output makes the instrument suitable for use in a larger signal analysis or test system. This digital spectrum analyzer, which has 17 boards on the bus, is representative of an emerging class of filled-enclosure instruments.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":321804,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Automatic Testing Conference.The Systems Readiness Technology Conference. Automatic Testing in the Next Decade and the 21st Century. Conference Record.","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Automatic Testing Conference.The Systems Readiness Technology Conference. Automatic Testing in the Next Decade and the 21st Century. Conference Record.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUTEST.1989.81098","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
An emerging class of VMEbus-based test and measurement instruments is benchmarked by a recently introduced digital spectrum analyzer. The instrument performs real-time spectrum analysis in the DC-to-10 MHz range at 5000 spectrums per second. Its architecture is based on the VMEbus and is partly adapted for high-speed pipeline processing. The keyboard and color graphic displays suit basic spectrum analysis, as well as advanced analysis of amplitude vs. both frequency and time. The instrument provides a DSP (digital signal processing) programming environment when an RS232 terminal is attached. With addition of an RF spectrum analyzer, downconverter, and software, real-time analysis is extended to 21 GHz and beyond. Postprocessable spectral output makes the instrument suitable for use in a larger signal analysis or test system. This digital spectrum analyzer, which has 17 boards on the bus, is representative of an emerging class of filled-enclosure instruments.<>