AS108

Professional and portable performance at a low cost

The PicoSource™ AS108 Agile Synthesiser generates signals to meet the needs of both benchtop and integrated module applications. Its broad 300 kHz to 8 GHz frequency range, fast settling and programmable phase, frequency and amplitude match it to a wide range of applications, with the added advantages of low cost, small footprint and 12 to 15 V power requirement.

The AS108 has professional-grade performance that is effective in both static and parameter agile applications, making it a bench or field instrument for developers, scientists, educators, students, and service and installation technicians. Its speed, external clock referencing, trigger capabilities and user-programmable power-up mode all suit it for system integrations such as automated tests, unmanned installations and multi-signal stimulus.

The PicoSource™ AS108 is a full-function USB-controlled vector (IQ) modulating signal synthesiser. It is supplied with a clean, easy and efficient user interface for controlling its amplitude, frequency and phase agility; including modulations, sweeps, hopping and list modes from Microsoft Windows. Multiple synthesisers can be controlled from multiple instances of the software running on a single controlling PC or device. Remote control is also possible using the API included.

PicoSynth 2 software

The PicoSynth 2 software presents a clean, efficient, touchscreen-compatible user interface for direct and convenient access to synthesis parameters. These can be typed, scrolled or stepped by a configurable increment value, in a selectable unit of measure such as dBm, mW, V RMS, V pk-pk or degrees & radians. Its flexibility matches or exceeds that of the traditional control panel of a benchtop synthesiser.

The controls are presented in three independent parameter tabs, each of which holds separate settings for convenient switching of functionality:

• Carrier wave and basic modulations
• Sweep or hopping of parameters
• Arbitrary list of parameters