AWG5200 Arbitrary Waveform Generator
The AWG5200 Arbitrary Waveform Generator meets demanding signal generation needs with high signal fidelity and the ability to scale up to 32 or more channels with multi-unit synchronization at an affordable price. Ideal for advanced research, electronic test and radar, and electronic warfare system design and test.
Building a multiple emitter RF signal environment made easy
In recent years, proposals have been made for communication systems to operate in radar bands, closing the proximity of Radar and RF signal environments. Tektronix has put together a specific waveform creation plugin for current Arbitrary Waveform Generators that enables engineers to create specific RF environments for many specific applications.
Supported applications include simulating/emulating any real world wireless scenarios/environments for EW monitoring, radar receivers with interference signals and Phased Array Antennae and MIMO.
Environmental Plug-in for Arbitrary Waveform Generators
Features of the new environment plugin include:
- The ability to create multiple scenarios and assign to different AWG channels in one compile. Users can create up to 50 Scenarios.
- Scenarios are made up of individual RF Emitters signals and users can define up to 100 Emitters per Scenario
Less noise. Cleaner signals.
The AWG5200 Arbitrary Waveform generator delivers the industry's best combination of sample rate and vertical resolution at a surprisingly low price. Create real-life environments based on accurate, noise-free signals, and 5 GS/s 16-bit performance that allows for direct generation of signals up to 4 GHz.
Technical demonstration of the AWG5200
Highlights
- 16 bits of DAC resolution
- 5 GS/s sample rate
- Extremely low noise floor
- A scalable, flexible, affordable arbitrary waveform generator.
A scalable, flexible, affordable arbitrary waveform generator.
Scale efficiently with any setup, with up to 8 channels per unit, low cost per channel, and multi-unit synchronization. The fully-integrated platform allows for faster waveform loading and cleaner RF performance.
Highlights
- Simultaneously use up to 8 analog channels, 32 digital and 4 flags
- Up to 8 independent channels, multi-unit synchronization
- Extremely low noise floor
- Smart and affordable with a low base price per channel
Waveform creation on and off your arbitrary waveform generator.
The SourceXpress environment simulates the native firmware of the AWG5200 and runs on your PC. It works with the plug-ins to allow you to easily and conveniently switch between them. The plug-ins simplify the process of generating complex RF environment signals and modulated radar pulses, helping you iterate through designs much more quickly.
Highlights
- Radar, RF, OFDM Plug-ins
- Simulate AWG from anywhere on PC
- Create waveforms even when you don’t have access to AWG
- Control AWG remotely
Simplify your test set-up.
The AWG5200 Arbitrary Waveform generator is all about streamlining your test set-up. It starts by being an off-the-shelf solution for simplifying or replacing your current complex signal generation set-up. Backwards compatibility with other Tektronix signal generators means you don’t need to re-learn a set-up process. Finally, the ability to automate tests using Matlab scripts makes it a simpler set-up end-to-end.
Highlights
- AWG backwards compatibility
- Create waveforms using Matlab commands
- Digital up-conversion, wide range of clean, output power provides VSG-like capabilities
| Model | Analog Channels | Vertical Resolution | Analog Bandwidth | Output Frequency | Max Sample Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWG5202 | 2 | 16 bit | 2 GHz (at -3 dBx) | Direct DC Out: 1.5Vp-p Diff Direct AC Out: -17 to -5 dBm single-ended, BW 10 MHz to 2 GHz (standard) Amp AC Out: -85 to +10 dBm single-ended, BW 10 MHz to 2 GHz (option) |
1.5 kS/s - 10 GS/s (4 GHz) |
| AWG5208 | 8 | 16 bit | 2 GHz (at -3 dBx) | Direct DC Out: 1.5Vp-p Diff Direct AC Out: -17 to -5 dBm single-ended, BW 10 MHz to 2 GHz (standard) Amp AC Out: -85 to +10 dBm single-ended, BW 10 MHz to 2 GHz (option) |
1.5 kS/s - 10 GS/s (4 GHz) |
| AWG5204 | 4 | 16 bit | 2 GHz (at -3 dBx) | Direct DC Out: 1.5Vp-p Diff Direct AC Out: -17 to -5 dBm single-ended, BW 10 MHz to 2 GHz (standard) Amp AC Out: -85 to +10 dBm single-ended, BW 10 MHz to 2 GHz (option) |
1.5 kS/s - 10 GS/s (4 GHz) |
Real-life, real-time signals for radar design.
Create, validate and test radar components using flexible, precise tests while simplifying waveform designs. The AWG5200 delivers 16-bit DAC resolution, low noise (SFDR), high fidelity signals, and replicates complex signals through interpolation. Plus, you can use digital up-conversion to shift center frequencies.
Highlights
- Radar, RF Generic and pre-compensation plug-ins
- Generate complex true-to-life test signals with excellent spurious performance
- Generate complex RF environments with long signals, playback and streaming
- Up to 8 tightly synchronized channels per instrument or synchronize multiple instruments together for a higher channel count
Better results, less stress, with independent, synchronized channels for EW
Generate a complex RF environment with 8 independent, synchronized channels. Take advantage of long signals and playback while reducing the time, stress and cost of designing and building a setup. Simulate true-to-life environments with a 16 bit DAC, low noise floor (SFDR), high fidelity signals, more channels and scalability, and low trigger-to-output latency.
Highlights
- Quickly update existing code with AWG5000 backward compatibility
- Generate complex true-to-life test signals with excellent spurious performance
- OFDM, RF generic and RADAR Plug-ins
Focus on your quantum research, not the noise.
Quantum computing researchers and developers can reduce the time to iterate through designs, reduce scaling experiment costs, and create the clean, stable waveforms that make breakthroughs possible. 8 independent, tightly synchronized channels provide sample memory and bandwidth, resulting in a reliable, controlled source with low noise (SFDR), for the cleanest signal in the industry.
Highlights
- Minimal time between trigger and waveform playout
- Run multiple quantum experiments with built-in sequencer that can be changed programmatically
- Use up to 8 analog channels, 32 digital and 4 flags simultaneously
- Tightly synchronized, no crosstalk
Testing critical reliability.
Higher data rate transmission in automotive, industrial and high-energy physics is driving opportunities for low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS). For these applications, LVDS testing requires robust signal generation to test and stress from R&D to production. The Tektronix AWG5200 and AWG70000B series arbitrary waveform generators with Pattern Generator and Pulse Plugins, let you generate known-good signals, with the channel counts and data rates needed, to thoroughly test LVDS protocol and receiver margin.
Innovate in your field, affordably.
Bring complex, cutting edge academic research to the next level, with fast, low-stress setup. Iterate designs while enabling more precise and easily scalable experiments at a low cost. All thanks to eight synchronized independent channels per unit and a fully-integrated platform that allows for faster waveform loading and cleaner RF performance.
Highlights
- Economically scale experiments with same amount of channels and half the instruments
- Up to 32 digital channels for flexible triggering of additional test equipment
- 16 bit DAC resolution, low noise floor and excellent spurious performance
- Remove unwanted effects added by test setup with advanced pre-compensation plug-in
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