8-GHz RF-signal/spectrum analyzer offers open Windows XP interface, streams data to Matlab.(Leading edge: what's hot in the design community)

EDN, June, 2004 by Strassberg, Dan

FOLLOWING THE LEAD of digital-oscilloscope manufacturers, RF-instrument makers are introducing products that contain PC hardware. Many of the specifications of one such unit, Anritsu's Signature RF-signal analyzer, compete with those of high-quality swept-frequency spectrum analyzers. The product provides an open Windows XP operating environment and streams data directly from its measurement hardware to an analysis program that runs on the PC within the analyzer. Usually, the device works with The MathWorks' (www.math works.com) Matlab, but it can also work with the company's Simulink. This architecture thus enables data to flow in real time to customizable, top-tier math software, which displays complex calculated results as quickly as the instrument acquires the...

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