Aeroflex PXI Studio - AEROFLEX - #2

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STANDARD PXI STUDIO PLUG-INS PXI Studio automatically determines how many and what type of logical instruments can be formed from the PXI hardware resources connected. Any number of logical instruments may be formed and controlled simultaneously from the same application making PXI Studio adaptable to whatever 3000 Series PXI modules are in use. Three basic logical instrument types are defined RF Digitizer, Signal Generator and RF Combiner. The performance and operating range of each is determined by which module variant is used. Figure 1. PXI Studio hardware configuration Digitizer Plug-in The digitizer plug-in is a general purpose interface to control any 3030 Series digitizer and output or plot the acquired signal in a variety of ways. A zoom feature allows you to examine the signal viewed in fine detail without acquiring new data. Figure 2. RF Digitizer screenshot The digitizer plug-in provides a drag and drop facility to view the spectrum in one tile for a user defined time window from another tile as shown in Figure 3 or to simultaneously view multiple narrows spans of a single spectrum in detail. Figure 3. Using drag and drop to see time gated spectra Signal Generator Plug-in The signal generator plug-in is a general purpose interface to control any 3020 Series digital signal generator. RF output and modulation settings, triggering and list mode operation are just a few of the primary controls provided to the user. Figure 4: Signal Generator plug-in main screen Combiner Plug-in The combiner plug-in is used to couple up to 3 instruments together at a single calibrated reference port. For example to provide connection to a full duplex transceiver, to test amplifier intermodulation products or it can be used simply as a switch to share PXI resources. Figure 5: RF Combiner plug-in