Arbitrary waveform generators
Staff -- Test & Measurement World, 5/1/2005
Tabor Electronics has introduced the Wonderwave series of arbitrary waveform generators that create waveforms for simulating systems such as brakes and motor drives. The series includes the single-channel WW1281, which produces waveforms at sample rates up to 1.2 Gsamples/s with 12-bit resolution. As a function generator, it creates sine waves and square waves at frequencies up to 400 MHz. It also can store waveforms up to 8 Msamples long (16 Msamples optional).
The Wonderwave line also includes the dual-channel WW5062, which creates waveforms at 50 Msamples/s/channel. It generates sine and square waves at frequencies up to 25 MHz with 14-bit resolution. Waveform memory is 512 ksamples with 1 Msample optional. Other models include 100 Msample/s and 250 Msamples/s single and dual-channel instruments.
All models come with ArbConnection 4.0 software, which lets you generate and edit waveforms on your PC. You can draw waveforms or create them using an equation editor and download them to any instrument through the Ethernet, USB, or IEEE 488 port.
Base prices: WW1281-$17,000; WW5062-$2,150. Tabor Electronics, www.taborelec.com.
