PXIE-5442

National Instruments PXIe-5442 100 MS/s, 16-Bit Arbitrary Waveform Generator with On-Board Signal Processing
Features

• Interpolation and Pulse-Shaping Filters
• Carrier Frequencies up to 43 MHz with 355 nHz Resolution
• Continuous Data Streaming up to 200 MB/s; FIR Interpolation Filter
• 400 MS/s Effective Sampling Rate with DAC Interpolation

The National Instruments PXIe-5442 100 MS/s, 16-Bit Arbitrary Waveform Generator with On-Board Signal Processing. The OSP functions include pulse shaping and interpolation filters, gain and offset control, a numerically controlled oscillator (NCO), and IQ mixing for quadrature digital upconversion. With 16-bit resolution and -91 dBc close-in spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR), the NI PXIe-5442 is ideal for baseband I/Q and intermediate frequency (IF) generation. Common applications include prototyping, validation, and testing of semiconductor components and communications, radar, and electronic warfare systems. The NI PXIe-5442 is also a full-featured arbitrary waveform generator capable of generating general-purpose test signals at a maximum output range of 2 Vpk-pk into a 50 Ω load.

With its National Instruments Synchronization and Memory Core (SMC) architecture, the NI PXIe-5442 aides in the integration of mixed- signal test systems by enabling synchronization with other instruments such as digitizers, digital waveform generator/analyzers, and other signal generators. In fact, you can synchronize multiple arbitrary waveform generators to form a phase-coherent multichannel generator for generating multiple I/Q signal pairs common in applications such as MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) or beamforming antenna schemes.