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News Release from: TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) | Subject: TG4001 Function generator
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 May 2006
Function generator for high purity sine
waves
The TG4001, new from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments), is a low-cost DDS function generator with arbitrary waveform capability that can generate high-purity sine waves up to 40 MHz.
The TG4001, new from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments), is a low-cost DDS function generator with arbitrary waveform capability that can generate high-purity sine waves up to 40 MHz and square waves up to 50 MHz: double the frequency of other function generators within a similar price bracket In addition to sine and square waves, the new instrument can generate cosine, haversine, havercosine, pulse, triangle, ramp and sin(x)/x waveforms
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Setting resolution is ten digits or 1 mHz.
The TG4001 can generate not just pulses but complex pulse trains.
A pattern of up to ten pulses can be quickly defined with each pulse having its own amplitude, width and delay.
The whole pulse train pattern can then be replayed at a user-defined repetition rate.
As an arbitrary generator, the TG4001 can produce waveforms of up to 65,536 (64K) words at sample rates of up to 100 MS/s.
Waveform Manager Plus software for Windows is supplied for the creation and editing of waveforms on a PC.
Waveforms are downloaded to the generator using RS232 or USB interfaces.
A full voltage output signal from 5 mV to 20 V peak-to-peak EMF from 50 ohms is available over the full frequency range of the generator.
Amplitude flatness for sinusoids is +/-0.2 dB to 1 MHz and +/-0.4 dB to 40 MHz.
Pulse rise and fall times are less than 8 ns.
Modulation modes include wide-range phase-continuous sweep, AM, tone switching, and signal summing.
A built-in trigger generator provides gated and triggered burst modes.
All waveforms can be swept over their full frequency range at a variable rate.
The TG4001 includes both RS232 and USB interfaces as standard.
These give full control of every instrument function as well as providing arbitrary waveform download capability.
A GPIB (IEEE-488) interface is available as an option.
The generator is housed in a half-rack 3U case suitable for benchtop or system use.
A rack-mount kit is available.
The TG4001 costs GBP 995 (plus VAT) in the UK.
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