Cobra Max Compuscope Family 4 GS/s 8-Bit High Speed Digitizers

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CobraMax

	Product designed by Gage Applied Technologies Inc.

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	Features

1 or 2 digitizing channels
3 or 4 GS/s maximum sampling rate per channel
8 bits vertical resolution
256 MS to 4 GS on-board acquisition memory
1.5 GHz bandwidth
Full-size, single-slot PCI card
Full-featured front-end, with software selection of all signal conditioning settings
32 bits, 66 MHz PCI standard for 200 MB/s transfer to PC memory
Ease of integration with Reference Clock In and Clock Out, External
Trigger In and Trigger Event Out
Programming-free operation with GageScope® oscilloscope software
Software Development Kits available for LabVIEW, MATLAB, C/C# and more

	Description

CobraMax digitizers are available with 1 or 2 digitizing channels, 3 or 4 GS/s sampling per channel, and up to 1.5 GHz of input bandwidth.
For the complete technical specifications, please refer to the attached datasheet.
Not only does it provide up to 4 GS/s sampling, but its dynamic parameters are extremely impressive as well. For example, the CobraMax boasts an ENOB (SINAD) of 7.6 bits and a SNR of 47.2 dB. The CobraMax also provides an extremely low harmonic distortion of roughly -60 dB. These Dynamic Parameter values, measured at a signal frequency of 10 MHz, degrade only slightly to frequencies of over 400 MHz.
In addition, with up to 4 GS of on-board acquisition memory per card, the CobraMax can continuously digitize waveforms at 4 GS/s for a full second – a capacity that far exceeds that of any previously available instrument. Alternately, Multiple Record Mode allows the stacking into Cobra memory of many millions of shorter, rapidly acquired waveforms.
The CobraMax family is a quantum leap in terms of both digitizer sampling speed and acquisition time, making it ideal for industries such as radar and communications, where continuous ultra high-speed signal acquisition is often required for extended periods of time.
For applications that require several simultaneous digitizing channels, it is possible to interconnect up to 8 CobraMax digitizers in a single chassis and achieve true multi-card synchronization thanks to our advanced internal clock distribution technology. Using short and controlled timing signal propagation paths and automatic timing calibration, this technology provides far superior inter-card time skew and jitter performance, as compared to alternate external multi-module synchronization techniques.
For ease of integration, CobraMax digitizers also provide Reference Clock In and Clock Out, External Trigger In and Trigger Event Out.

	Ordering Information

CobraMax Model

Number of Channels

Max. Single Channel Sampling Rate

Max. Dual Channel Sampling Rate

Part Number

CS14G8

1

4 GS/s

x

CBX-014-000

CS23G8

2

3 GS/s

1.5 GS/s

CBX-023-000

CS13G8

1

3 GS/s

1.5 GS/s

CBX-013-000

CBX-181-001 Memory Upgrade: 256MS to 512MS
CBX-181-003 Memory Upgrade: 256MS to 1GS
CBX-181-005 Memory Upgrade: 256MS to 2GS
CBX-181-007 Memory Upgrade: 256MS to 4GS
CBX-181-012 Master Multicard Upgrade
CBX-181-012 Slave Multicard Upgrade