ATS9364
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2 channels sampled at 12-bit resolution 1 GS/s real-time sampling rate 512 Megasamples of on-board acquisition memory per channel Variable frequency external clocking Continuous streaming mode ±400 mV fixed input range • AlazarDSO oscilloscope software • • Software Development Kit supports ® ® C/C++, C#, Python, MATLAB , LabVIEW ® Support for Windows & Linux Product Operating System 64-bit Windows & 64-bit Linux Max. Sample Bandwidth Rate AlazarTech ATS®9364 is a 4-lane PCI Express Gen 3 (PCIe x4), dual-channel, high-speed, 12-bit, 1 GS/s waveform digitizer card capable of acquiring data into its on-board memory or streaming acquired data to PC memory at rates up to 3 GB/s. There are two A/D converters on the ATS9364 board, each running at 1 GS/s. Unlike other products on the market, ATS9364 does not use interleaved sampling. Each input has its own 12-bit, 1 GSPS ADC chip. Optional variable frequency external clock allows operation from 1 GHz down to 300 MHz, making ATS9364 an ideal waveform digitizer for many applications. Applications Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Ultrasonic & Eddy Current NDT/NDE RF Signal Recording & Analysis Terabyte Storage Oscilloscope High-Resolution Oscilloscope Spectroscopy Multi-Channel Transient Recording Users can capture data from one trigger or a burst of triggers. Users can also stream very large datasets continuously to PC memory or hard disk. ATS9364 is supplied with AlazarDSO software that lets the user start data acquisition immediately, without having to go through a software development process. Users who need to integrate the ATS9364 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 Express Gen 3 card.

1 GS/s 12-Bit PCIe Gen3 Digitizer PCI Express Gen 3 Bus Interface ATS9364 interfaces to the host computer using an 4-lane PCI Express bus. Each lane operates at 8.0 Gbps (Gen 3). According to PCIe specification, an 4-lane board can be plugged into any 4-lane, 8-lane, or 16-lane slot, but not into a 1-lane slot. As such, ATS9364 requires at least one free 4-lane, 8-lane, or 16-lane slot on the motherboard. ATS9364 is fully compatible with motherboards of all generations of PCI Express (Gen 1, Gen 2 or Gen 3). At run-time, ATS9364 and the motherboard negotiates the appropriate link speed and...

1 GS/s 12-Bit PCIe Gen3 Digitizer NPT AutoDMA buffers do not include headers. However, users can specify that each record should come with its own footer that contains a 40-bit trigger timestamp. The footer is called NPT Footer. More importantly, a BUFFER_OVERFLOW flag is asserted only if the entire on-board memory is used up. This provides a very substantial improvement over Traditional AutoDMA. NPT AutoDMA can easily acquire data to PC host memory at the maximum sustained transfer rate of the motherboard without causing an overflow. This is the recommended mode of operation for most...

1 GS/s 12-Bit PCIe Gen3 Digitizer Note that it is the user application’s responsibility to unpack the data. Also note that NPT Footers are not available in Data Packing Mode. ATS9364 is equipped with sophisticated digital triggering options, such as programmable trigger thresholds and slope on any of the input channels or the External Trigger input. While most oscilloscopes offer only one trigger engine, ATS9364 offers two trigger engines (called Engines J and K). The user can specify the number of records to capture in an acquisition, the length of each record and the amount of pre-trigger...

1 GS/s 12-Bit PCIe Gen3 Digitizer See www.alazartech.com/en/technology/oct-ignorebad-clock/ for more information on this technology. ATS9364 provides an AUX (Auxiliary) SMA connector that is configured as a Trigger Output connector by default. When configured as a Trigger Output, AUX SMA connector outputs a 5 Volt TTL signal synchronous to the ATS9364 Trigger signal, allowing users to synchronize their test systems to the ATS9364 Trigger. When combined with the Trigger Delay feature of the ATS9364, this option is ideal for ultrasonic and other pulse-echo imaging applications. AUX connector...

1 GS/s 12-Bit PCIe Gen3 Digitizer Support for Windows Windows support for ATS9364 includes Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows Server® 2019, and Windows Server 2016. As Windows Server 2019 and 2016 are seldom used by our customers, they are expected to work but are not regularly tested with each software release. If there are issues related to Windows Server 2016 or 2019, tech support may not be as rapid as for other operating systems. Only 64-bit Windows operating systems are supported. Microsoft mainstream support ended in 2018 for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. As such, AlazarTech...

1 GS/s 12-Bit PCIe Gen3 Digitizer RoHS Compliance ATS9364 is fully RoHS compliant, as defined by Directive 2015/863/EU (RoHS 3) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2015 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. All manufacturing is done using RoHS-compliant components and lead-free soldering.

1 GS/s 12-Bit PCIe Gen3 Digitizer System Requirements Timebase System Personal computer with at least one free x8 or x16 PCI Express slot (must be Gen 3 slot to achieve full data throughput), 16 GB RAM, 100 MB of free hard disk space, SVGA display adaptor and monitor with at least a 1024 x 768 resolution. Timebase options Internal Clock or External Clock (Optional) Internal Clock accuracy Internal Sample Rates Physical Size Single slot, half length PCI Express card (4.377 inches x 6.5 inches excluding the connectors protruding from the front panel) Dynamic Parameters Typical values measured...

1 GS/s 12-Bit PCIe Gen3 Digitizer Trigger Engine Source CH A, CH B, EXT, Software or None, independently software selectable for each of the two Trigger Engines ±5% of full scale input, typical Trigger sensitivity ±10% of full scale input range. This implies that the trigger system may not trigger reliably if the input has an amplitude less than ±10% of full scale input range selected Trigger level accuracy ±5%, typical, of full scale input range of the selected trigger source Trigger Delay Software selectable from 0 to 9,999,999 sampling clock cycles Trigger Timeout Software selectable...