Pulse Streamer 8/2
Synchronous digital pattern and arbitrary waveform generator
The Pulse Streamer 8/2 is a synchronous digital pattern and arbitrary waveform generator with 8 digital and 2 analog output channels. It comes with a powerful user interface that allows you to define complex pulse sequences and arbitrary waveforms efficiently.
1 GSa/s
digital sampling rate
125 MSa/s
analog sampling rate
1 M pulses
pattern memory
Orchestrate your experiment
Pulse Streamer 8/2 is the ultimate tool to solve your experiment control challenges. Its intuitive encoding lets you generate accurately timed high-resolution digital patterns and analog waveforms within minutes. It is the preferred choice for demanding scientific applications across disciplines ranging from pulsed EPR and NMR, solid state defects and quantum dots to ultracold atoms and ions research.
Documentation (pdf)
Product Brochure
Software Downloads
Featured with 8 digital outputs
Generate complex digital patterns with 1 GSa/s sampling rate and timing accuracy of 1 ns by 8 synchronous digital outputs. The rise and fall times are less than 300 ps.
Complemented by 2 analog outputs
Beyond the digital outputs, the Pulse Streamer 8/2 provides two analog outputs with 125 MSa/s sampling rate, 14 bit vertical resolution, and timing accuracy of 8 ns.
Implement your ideas within minutes
An intuitive encoding lets you design digital patterns and analog waveforms of any complexity within minutes. Instead of just sample points, it allows you to define segments.
Be synchronous to start with
The Pulse Streamer’s digital and analog outputs are always synchronous. Skip all efforts synchronizing separate hardware. Instead, output precisely timed synchronous digital and analog signals right away.
Stick to your favorite programming language
Control your experiment in your preferred programming language with our included native software libraries covering Python, Matlab, and LabVIEW.
Set your Pulse Streamer anywhere in your lab
You talk to your Pulse Streamer via Ethernet. Set it anywhere in your lab and use it from anywhere.
Specifications
| Digital Output | |
| output channels | 8x SMA |
| sampling rate | 1 GSa/s |
| voltage levels (into 50 Ω) | 0 and 2.6 V |
| rise and fall time (20%-80%) | < 300 ps |
| minimum pulse width | 2 ns |
| RMS jitter | < 50 ps |
| Analog Output | |
| output channels | 2x SMA |
| sampling rate | 125 MSa/s |
| voltage range | -1.0 to 1.0 V |
| bandwidth (-3 db) | 50 MHz |
| resolution | 14 bit |
| offset error | < 2 mV |
| gain error | < 1 % |
| rise and fall time (20%-80%) | < 7 ns |
| step response overshoot (typ.) | 25 % |
| output settling time | < 100 ns |
| Pattern Generation | |
| max. pattern length | 1 M pulses |
| repeat modes | 1, N, infinite |
| trigger modes | external, internal |
| Trigger Input | |
| max. voltage range (no damage) | -0.3 to 5.3 V |
| voltage range | 0 to 5 V |
| trigger level | 0.5 V |
| minimum pulse width | 5 ns |
| trigger-to-data delay (typ.) | 65 ns |
| trigger-to-data jitter | ±4 ns |
| External Clock Input | |
| coupling | AC |
| amplitude | 0.2 to 5 Vpp |
| frequency | 10 MHz ref. clock or 125 MHz sample clock |
| General Parameters | |
| data interface | Ethernet (1Gbit/s) |
| size (L x W x H) in mm | 185 x 145 x 65 |
Pulse Streamer 8/2
Synchronous digital pattern and arbitrary waveform generator
The Pulse Streamer 8/2 is a synchronous digital pattern and arbitrary waveform generator with 8 digital and 2 analog output channels. It comes with a powerful user interface that allows you to define complex pulse sequences and arbitrary waveforms efficiently.
1 GSa/s
digital sampling rate
125 MSa/s
analog sampling rate
1 M pulses
pattern memory
Orchestrate your experiment
Pulse Streamer 8/2 is the ultimate tool to solve your experiment control challenges. Its intuitive encoding lets you generate accurately timed high-resolution digital patterns and analog waveforms within minutes. It is the preferred choice for demanding scientific applications across disciplines ranging from pulsed EPR and NMR, solid state defects and quantum dots to ultracold atoms and ions research.
Documentation (pdf) Product Brochure Software DownloadsFeatured with 8 digital outputs
Generate complex digital patterns with 1 GSa/s sampling rate and timing accuracy of 1 ns by 8 synchronous digital outputs. The rise and fall times are less than 300 ps.
Complemented by 2 analog outputs
Beyond the digital outputs, the Pulse Streamer 8/2 provides two analog outputs with 125 MSa/s sampling rate, 14 bit vertical resolution, and timing accuracy of 8 ns.
Implement your ideas within minutes
An intuitive encoding lets you design digital patterns and analog waveforms of any complexity within minutes. Instead of just sample points, it allows you to define segments.
Be synchronous to start with
The Pulse Streamer’s digital and analog outputs are always synchronous. Skip all efforts synchronizing separate hardware. Instead, output precisely timed synchronous digital and analog signals right away.
Stick to your favorite programming language
Control your experiment in your preferred programming language with our included native software libraries covering Python, Matlab, and LabVIEW.
Set your Pulse Streamer anywhere in your lab
You talk to your Pulse Streamer via Ethernet. Set it anywhere in your lab and use it from anywhere.
Specifications
| Digital Output | |
| output channels | 8x SMA |
| sampling rate | 1 GSa/s |
| voltage levels (into 50 Ω) | 0 and 2.6 V |
| rise and fall time (20%-80%) | < 300 ps |
| minimum pulse width | 2 ns |
| RMS jitter | < 50 ps |
| Analog Output | |
| output channels | 2x SMA |
| sampling rate | 125 MSa/s |
| voltage range | -1.0 to 1.0 V |
| bandwidth (-3 db) | 50 MHz |
| resolution | 14 bit |
| offset error | < 2 mV |
| gain error | < 1 % |
| rise and fall time (20%-80%) | < 7 ns |
| step response overshoot (typ.) | 25 % |
| output settling time | < 100 ns |
| Pattern Generation | |
| max. pattern length | 1 M pulses |
| repeat modes | 1, N, infinite |
| trigger modes | external, internal |
| Trigger Input | |
| max. voltage range (no damage) | -0.3 to 5.3 V |
| voltage range | 0 to 5 V |
| trigger level | 0.5 V |
| minimum pulse width | 5 ns |
| trigger-to-data delay (typ.) | 65 ns |
| trigger-to-data jitter | ±4 ns |
| External Clock Input | |
| coupling | AC |
| amplitude | 0.2 to 5 Vpp |
| frequency | 10 MHz ref. clock or 125 MHz sample clock |
| General Parameters | |
| data interface | Ethernet (1Gbit/s) |
| size (L x W x H) in mm | 185 x 145 x 65 |