SP Devices

High-speed digitizers

Digitizers from SP Devices are ideal for demanding measurement applications that require high speed and high resolution. Based on SP Devices’ ADX technology, the ADQ products delivers unique high‑performance data acquisition. The digitizers feature an easy‑to‑use USB 2.0 interface or a PXI Express interface for high‑speed data transfer. Drivers are available for C/C++, MATLAB and LabView.

Product Sample Rate Bandwidth Resolution Channels Memory Size Interface
ADQ 108 7 GSPS 3 GHz 8 bit 1 1024 MS USB, PXIe
ADQ 112 1.1 GSPS 780 MHz 12 bit 1 170 MS USB, PXIe
ADQ 212 550 MSPS 1.2 GHz 12 bit 2 170 MS USB, PXIe
ADQ 114 800 MSPS 720 MHz 14 bit 1 128 MS USB, PXIe
ADQ 214 400 MSPS 1.2 GHz 14 bit 2 128 MS USB, PXIe

  

ADQ Series Digitizers

ADCapture Lab
SP Devices´ data capture software for the configuration and operation of the ADQ series data acquisition cards is included in all ADQ products. It displays the collected data in time and frequency domain. ADCapture Lab is able to calculate key performance parameters such as SNR and harmonic levels.

ADCapture Lab
ADQ Design Services
SP Devices offers total system solutions in combination with our high-speed data acquisition products and IP. Design services are offered for both customized system board layout and digital design as well as integration support for other systems and standards. Design services are also offered for customized digital signal processing for system functions on the mounted FPGAs.
 
IP Products

The following IP products are available from SP Devices as FPGA IP, silicon IP or software IP.

ADC
Interleaving
  • ADX IP
  • Increased sample rate with ADC interleaving
  • Background calibration i.e. no production calibration required
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Linearization
  • ADL IP
  • Correction of static non-linearities and frequency dependent nonlinearities
  • Self learning and does not need any calibration signal
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Imbalance
Correction
  • IQE IP
  • Wideband IQ imbalance correction of communication channels
  • Background calibration i.e. no production calibration required
 


Applications

  • Wireless communication
  • Software-defined radio
  • Medical imaging
  • Measurement and instrumentation
  • Radio basestations
  • High-speed data acquisition
  • Radar, sonar and lidar

White Papers

Frequency-Response Mismatch Errors and Digital Correction in Time-Interleaved ADCs

ADX2 Application Note: Recommended Analog Front-End Design for ADX with ADS5474/ADS5463