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2 channels sampled at 8-Bit resolution 250 MS/s simultaneous real-time sampling rate on each input Up to 256 million samples of on-board acquisition memory per channel Optional 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 ATS9872 Product Operating System AlazarTech ATS®860 is a state of the art, dual-channel, high-resolution, 8 bit, 250 MS/s waveform digitizer card for PCI bus, capable of storing up to 256 Million samples per channel of acquired data in its on-board memory. With optional dual-port memory and fully asynchronous DMA, ATS860 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 100 MS/s on one channel and 50 MS/s on 2 channels, simultaneously. Applications Ultrasonic & Eddy Current NDT/NDE Terabyte Storage Oscilloscope Multi-Channel Transient Recording Motherboards with PCI slots are becoming increasingly difficult to source. Customers should, therefore, consider using the ATS9872 PCIe waveform digitizer, which provides 8-bit, 1 GS/s dual-channel sampling, and 1.6 GB/s throughput across PCIe Gen2 x4 bus. For scientific customers who want to record multiple analog inputs simultaneously, ATS860 offers multichannel data acquisition systems of up to 8 channels. ATS860 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 ATS860 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.

250 MS/s 8-Bit PCI Digitizer Analog Input An ATS860 features two analog input channels with extensive functionality. Each channel has 100 MHz of full power analog input bandwidth. With software-selectable attenuation, you can achieve an input voltage range of ±20 mV to ±10 V. Attenuating probes (sold separately) can extend the voltage range even higher. Software-selectable AC or DC coupling further increases the signal measurement capability. Softwareselectable 50 Ω input impedance makes it easy to interface to high-speed RF signals. For applications that require the best signal integrity,...

250 MS/s 8-Bit PCI Digitizer A BUFFER_OVERFLOW flag is asserted if more than 512 buffers have been acquired by the acquisition system, but not transferred to host PC memory by the AutoDMA engine. 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. Many ultrasonic scanning and medical imaging applications do not need any pre-trigger data: only post-trigger data is sufficient. NPT AutoDMA is designed...

250 MS/s 8-Bit PCI Digitizer AlazarTech calls this architecture Asynchronous DMA or AsyncDMA. AsyncDMA uses overlapped IO to re-start DMAs and consume data, thereby minimizing CPU usage to almost 0%, reducing re-arm time of DMAs and allowing the full bus bandwidth to be realized. 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...

250 MS/s 8-Bit PCI Digitizer ATS860 External Clock option provides an SMA input for an external clock signal, which should be a high slew rate signal or LVTTL signal. All manufacturing is done using RoHS-compliant components and lead-free soldering. User can set the input impedance and coupling for the external clock input by setting the appropriate DIP switches located in the top-left corner of the ATS860 printed circuit board. ATS860 is supplied with the powerful AlazarDSO software that allows the user to setup the acquisition hardware and capture, display and archive the signals. In...

250 MS/s 8-Bit PCI Digitizer Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008. Linux Support AlazarTech offers Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) drivers for the following Linux distributions: Ubuntu, Debian, and RHEL®. AlazarTech DKMS drivers may work for other Linux distributions but they have not been tested and technical support may be limited. Users can download the DKMS driver for their specific distribution by choosing from the available drivers here: ftp://release@ftp.alazartech.com/outgoing/linux Only 64-bit Linux operating systems...

250 MS/s 8-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 Input Impedance 50 Ω, irrespective of the input impedance setting for the channel 2.4 A, typical for ATS860-8M 3.1 A, typical for ATS860-128M +5 V voltage level must remain between the range of 4.75 V to 5.20 V at all times after power-on Physical Size Single slot, half length PCI card...

250 MS/s 8-Bit PCI Digitizer Optional ECLK (External Clock) Input Input coupling Signal direction Input impedance 50 Ω, DIP switch selectable or 1 kΩ when DC-coupled Input or Output, software-selectable. Trigger Output by default Output types: Trigger Output, Pacer (programmable clock) Output, Software-controlled Digital Output Input types: Trigger Enable Software readable Digital Input Fast External Clock Maximum amplitude Minimum amplitude Maximum frequency Minimum frequency Decimation factor Slow External Clock Signal Level Maximum frequency Minimum frequency Decimation factor 2 Vp-p 1...