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2 channels sampled at 16-bit resolution 125 MS/s simultaneous real-time sampling rate on each input Up to 128 million samples of on-board acquisition memory per channel Dual-port memory for data streaming • AlazarDSO oscilloscope software • Software Development Kit supports ® ® C/C++, C#, Python, MATLAB , LabVIEW Support for Windows & Linux For new designs, please use ATS9146 Product Operating System AlazarTech ATS®660 is a state of the art, dual-channel, high-resolution, 16 bit, 125 MS/s waveform digitizer card for PCI bus, capable of storing up to 128 Million samples per channel of acquired data in its on-board memory. With standard dual-port memory and fully asynchronous DMA, ATS660 allows users to build Windows or Linux based real-time data acquisition systems. Users are allowed to read acquired data even while the acquisition is in progress, including the ability to stream data to disk at rates up to 50 MS/s on one channel and 25 MS/s on 2 channels, simultaneously. For scientific customers who want to record multiple analog inputs simultaneously, ATS660 offers multichannel data acquisition systems of up to 8 channels. Applications Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Ultrasonic & Eddy Current NDT/NDE Radar/RF Signal Recording & Analysis Terabyte Storage Oscilloscope High-Resolution Oscilloscope Lidar Spectroscopy Digital Down Conversion (DDC) Multi-Channel Transient Recording ATS660 is supplied with AlazarDSO oscilloscope software that lets the user get started immediately without having to write any software. Users who need to integrate the ATS660 in their own program can purchase a software development kit, ATS‑SDK, for C/C++, C#, Python, MATLAB, and LabVIEW for both Windows and Linux operating systems. All of this advanced functionality is packaged in a low-power, half-length PCI card.

125 MS/s 16-Bit PCI Digitizer Not Recommended for New Designs Motherboards with PCI slots are becoming increasingly difficult to source. Customers should, therefore, consider using the ATS9146 PCIe waveform digitizer, which provides 14-bit, 125 MS/s dual-channel sampling, and dual-port memory. Analog Input An ATS660 features two analog input channels with extensive functionality. Each channel has 65 MHz of full power analog input bandwidth. With software-selectable attenuation, you can achieve an input voltage range of ±200 mV to ±16 V. Attenuating probes (sold separately) can extend the...

125 MS/s 16-Bit PCI Digitizer While Traditional AutoDMA can acquire data to PC host memory at sustained rates in excess of 100 MB/s, an overflow can occur if more than 512 triggers occur in very rapid succession, even if all the on-board memory has not been used up. Continuous AutoDMA buffers do not include headers, so it is not possible to get trigger time-stamps. The amount of data to be captured is controlled by counting the number of buffers acquired. Acquisition is stopped by an AbortCapture command. Many ultrasonic scanning and medical imaging applications do not need any pre-trigger...

125 MS/s 16-Bit PCI Digitizer Another advantage of AsyncDMA is that it can provide the full bus bandwidth to a multi-card Leader/Follower system. Some helper routines are provided for programming languages that cannot directly use overlapped IO. Examples of such languages include Visual BASIC and LabVIEW. It is important to note that AsyncDMA is a software construct and it can be used with any of the AutoDMA modes mentioned before. Software-Selectable Bandwidth Limit A majority of applications for PCI digitizers require oversampling of input signal, i.e. the frequency of the analog signal...

125 MS/s 16-Bit PCI Digitizer Optional External Clock While the ATS660 features low-jitter, high-reliability 125 MHz and 100 MHz oscillators as sources of the timebase system, there are occasions when ATS660 has to be synchronized to an external clock source. ATS660 External Clock option provides an SMA input for an external clock signal, which should be a high slew rate signal or LVTTL signal. Input impedance for the external clock input is fixed at 50 W. Input coupling for the external clock is userprogrammable between AC and DC coupling. In order to operate the ADC under optimal...

125 MS/s 16-Bit PCI Digitizer Microsoft mainstream support ended in 2018 for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. As such, AlazarTech has ceased development on these operating systems. Current software and driver releases may work with these operating systems but they are not officially supported. Due to lack of demand and due to the fact that Microsoft no longer supports these operating systems, AlazarTech no longer supports Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008. Linux Support AlazarTech offers Dynamic...

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125 MS/s 16-Bit PCI Digitizer System Requirements Amplifier Bypass Mode Personal computer with at least one free PCI slot, 512 MB RAM, 100 MB of free hard disk space Standard Feature Yes, independently for each channel Input Range Input Coupling DC, irrespective of the input coupling setting for the channel +5 V voltage level must remain between the range of 4.75 V to 5.20 V at all times after power-on Input Impedance 50 Ω, irrespective of the input impedance setting for the channel Single slot, half length PCI card (4.225 inches x 7.5 inches excluding the connectors protruding from the...