Aeroflex Broadband Signal Analyzer and Recorders - AEROFLEX - #1

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The Broadband Signal Analyzer and Recorder (BSA) quickly and accurately records, demodulates and analyzes advanced broadband and frequency agile communications and radar signals. Broadband Signal Analyzer and Recorder Celerity CS35000F Series • Analyze communications and radar signals with instantaneous bandwidths up to 600 MHz and hop rates to 500,000 hops per second • Capture up to 150 seconds of full bandwidth signals for detailed review, analysis and storage (150 minutes with optional RAID configuration) • Extended recording times using digital down conversion with tuning • Measure time, frequency and modulation signal parameters quickly, accurately and simultaneously with a single instrument • Demodulate continuous, burst and hopped signals (FSK, MSK, ASK, OOK, PSK, QAM, AM, SSB, FM, and PM) into analog data and digital bit streams • Characterize broadband next generation communications and radar signals with digital precision and repeatability using advanced BSA analysis software • Capture transmission faults with this real time RF recorder and pre-trigger mode • Simultaneously display frequency, waterfall, time, modulation (AM, FM, PM), and symbol plots The Aeroflex Broadband Signal Analyzer and Recorder (BSA) series provides the widest bandwidth and deepest memory RF/baseband signal analyzers available. The BSA combines broadband RF downconverters, wide bandwidth high dynamic range ADCs and very deep high speed memory with powerful DSP-based signal analysis software. The new F-Series BSA provides enhanced performance and capabilities, with dual-Xeon processors, gigabit Ethernet, deeper memory, larger removable disk storage, fast memory to disk transfers, and RAID options. The BSA instruments have bandwidths of up to 600 MHz and full bandwidth signal memory configurations up to 150 seconds (to 150 minutes with optional RAID). The bandwidth, memory depth and dynamic range make the BSA an essential tool for broadband satellite, broadband wireless network, agile radio, jammer, and radar test. The DSP software analyzes both real time signal inputs and signals captured into BSA signal memory. Digital acquisition and processing achieve the highest fidelity, accuracy and repeatability. Signals recorded into memory can be saved to multiple medias; internal or removable hard drives, DVD-R/W drives, and RAID systems. Recorded signals can be imported into Aeroflex's Broadband Signal Generators and played back. Powerful and flexible data visualization allows simultaneous plotting of the signal in frequency, time and modulation domains. Measurement and analysis software packages include digital spectrum analysis, channelized signal power and ACPR, demodulation and analysis (PSK/QAM, FSK/MSK, OOK and ASK, AM, FM, and PM), NPR, radar pulse parameters, signal-specific agile radio and SATCOM signal analysis. Robust PSK and QAM (burst and continuous) signal demodulation includes measurements of EVM, eye diagrams, symbol rate, and carrier frequency, along with symbols written to files. Radar and agile radio analysis includes rise and fall time, pulse width, pulse repetition interval, carrier frequency, modulation on pulse, and bits. Parameters for each hop or burst are written to an ASCII-format file for incorporation into reports and use in further analysis. The multi-threaded analysis software allows simultaneous analysis of signals with multiple analysis functions, providing tight correlation of time, frequency and modulation measurements on the same signal space. Parameters can be either plotted on strip charts, analyzed in real time or saved to disk. Integrated strip charts display statistics on all measurements (min, max, mean and standard deviation). Analyze and record broadband, high data rate and frequency agile signals