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100 MS/s 16 channel PCIe Digitizer • 16 analog channels per card • Sample rate of 100 MS/s per channel • 14-bit vertical resolution • PCI Express Gen 2 interface • 3.5 GB/s sustained throughput • Up to 4 Gigasample dual-port memory • Continuous streaming mode • Asynchronous DMA device driver ® • AlazarDSO oscilloscope software • Software Development Kit supports ® ® C/C++, C#, Python, MATLAB , LabVIEW ® • Support for Windows & Linux Operating System 32-bit/64-bit Windows & 64-bit Linux AlazarTech ATS®9416 is an 8-lane PCI Express Gen 2, 16-channel, high-speed, 14-bit, 100 MS/s waveform digitizer card capable of streaming acquired data to PC memory at rates up to 3.5 GB/s or storing it in its deep on-board dual-port acquisition memory buffer of up to 4 Gigasamples. Each ATS9416 board has 16 Analog-to-Digital converters (ADCs) that are clocked simultaneously using a low-jitter VCO to provide absolute synchronization. in single channel mode Applications Fiber Sensing Microscopy Multi-Channel RF Recording Terabyte Storage Oscilloscope High-Resolution Oscilloscope Spectroscopy A high-density RF connector is used to increase the I/O density on the back-panel of ATS9416. Up to four ATS9416 boards can be configured as a Leader/Follower system to create a simultaneous sampling system of up to 64 input channels. 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. ATS9416 is supplied with AlazarDSO software that lets the user get started immediately without having to go through a software development process. Users who need to integrate the ATS9416 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 card.

100 MS/s 16 channel PCIe Digitizer PCI Express Bus Interface ATS9416 interfaces to the host computer using an 8-lane PCI Express bus. Each lane operates at 5 Gbps (Gen 2). By definition, ATS9416 is also compatible with PCI Express Gen 1 and Gen 3. According to PCIe specification, an 8-lane board can be plugged into any 8-lane or 16-lane slot, but not into a 4-lane or 1-lane slot. As such, ATS9416 requires at least one free 8-lane or 16-lane slot on the motherboard. The physical and logical PCIe x8 interface is provided by an on-board FPGA, which also integrates acquisition control...

100 MS/s 16 channel PCIe Digitizer If customers want to design an identical QSS‑025‑01‑L‑D‑RA‑MTI connector on their circuit board, it is also possible to purchase a cable that can mate the two QSS connectors. This cable is called QSS-QSS cable. Users should note that the maximum achievable bandwidth using the QSS‑QSS cable is approximately 10 MHz. Due to its inferior frequency response, we do not recommend it for new designs. On-Board Acquisition Memory ATS9416 supports on-board memory buffer of 4 Gigasamples. Note that one sample is stored as two bytes, so 4 Gigasample means there is 8...

100 MS/s 16 channel PCIe Digitizer More recently, some customer applications have required a limited amount of pre-trigger data to be available even in NPT AutoDMA. This capability has been added to ATS9416 and now it is possible to acquire up to 4096 points of pre-trigger data in NPT mode. START CAPTURE TRIGGER Note that a DMA is not started until RecordsPerBuffer number of records (triggers) have been acquired and written to the on-board memory. NPT AutoDMA buffers support footers, so it is possible to get a 40-bit timestamp as well as other information about the record. The footer is...

100 MS/s 16 channel PCIe Digitizer The 2x and 2x-W models allow a 2-board Leader/ Follower system; the 3x-W model allows a 2 or 3-slot Leader/Follower system; and the 4x and 4x-W models allow 2, 3 or 4 board Leader/Follower systems. A programmable trigger delay can also be set by the user. This is very useful for capturing the signal of interest in a pulse-echo application, such as ultrasound, radar, lidar etc. The Leader board’s clock, trigger and initialization signals are copied by the SyncBoard-9416 and supplied to all the Follower boards. This guarantees complete synchronization...

100 MS/s 16 channel PCIe Digitizer Auxiliary (AUX) I/O ATS9416 provides an AUX (Auxiliary) I/O signal that can be used to input or output various signals. When configured as a Trigger Output, AUX connector outputs a 5 Volt TTL signal synchronous to the ATS9416 Trigger signal, allowing users to synchronize their test systems to the ATS9416 Trigger. When combined with the Trigger Delay feature of the ATS9416, this option is ideal for ultrasonic and other pulse-echo imaging applications. AUX connector can also be used as a Trigger Enable Input that can be used for frame capture applications....

100 MS/s 16 channel PCIe Digitizer FFTs can be done on triggered data or on continuous gapless stream of data. It is also possible to do spectral averaging. Our benchmarks showed that it was possible to do 780,000 FFTs per second when capturing data in 16-channel mode and using a NVIDIA® Quadro® P5000 GPU. Based on a minimum annual business commitment, the Linux driver source code license (order number ATS9416-LINUX) may be granted to qualified OEM customers for a fee. For release of driver source code, a Non-Disclosure Agreement must be executed between the customer’s organization and...

100 MS/s 16 channel PCIe Digitizer RoHS Compliance ATS9416 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. ATS9416 conforms to the following standards: Electromagnetic Emissions: CISPR 32:2015/EN 55032:2015 (Class A): Multimedia Equipment (MME) Radio disturbance characteristics. Limits and method of measurement: EN...