PulseBlasterESR-PRO

High Speed Programmable Pulse Generator, Delay Generator and
Digital Word Generator (PCI, PCIe, and USB interfaces)

  
   Board (PCI, PCIe, or USB), and laboratory use desktop enclosure (2U rack mountable) form factors available.

Models and Ordering Information

XX – Clock frequency, in MHz.  Standard values are 400 and 500 MHz.
(YY) – Memory words.  4k memory words if omitted.  Other value is 32k.
ZZ – Interface.  Interfaces offered are PCI, PCIe, and USB.
Sample Part Number: PBESR-PRO-500-PCI: (500 MHz clock frequency, 4k memory depth, PCI interface).

Image	Model	Price	Order
	PBESR-PRO-500-PCI (PCI board, 500 MHz) 500 MHz 21 channels PCI connector 2.0 ns pulse resolution 2.0 ns shortest pulse 4k memory words	$4485
	PBESR-PRO-500-PCIe (PCIe board, 500 MHz) 500 MHz 21 channels PCIe connector 2.0 ns pulse resolution 2.0 ns shortest pulse 4k memory words	$6585
	PBESR-PRO-400-32k-PCIe (PCIe board, 400 MHz, 32k) 400 MHz 21 channels PCIe connector 2.5 ns pulse resolution 2.5 ns shortest pulse 32k memory words	$6585
	PBESR-PRO-500-USB-RM (Laboratory use, small desktop, rack mountable) 500 MHz 21 channels USB 2U rackmount/desktop enclosure 2.0 ns pulse resolution 2.0 ns shortest pulse 4k memory words	$6895

   PulseBlasterESR-PRO^TM series is a high-speed, programmable, multichannel pulse generator in the PCI, PCIe or USB form factor.  Based on the versatile PulseBlaster^TM processor architecture, the USB rackmount/desktop system, PCI, and PCIe boards can accommodate pulse programs with highly flexible control commands of up to 32k program words, featuring loops (nested 8 levels deep), large loop counter (20 bits, up to 1,048,576 repetitions), deterministic WAIT OpCode with a constant latency of 8 clock cycles (16.0 ns at 500 MHz), adjustable to 8.59 seconds in duration, or as long as 104 days (at 500 MHz) using the long delay feature, and up to 15 MHz retriggering frequency.

   PulseBlasterESR-PRO^TM includes 21 output signals and a short pulse feature allowing for down to 2.0 ns pulse at 500 MHz.

Key Specifications

• High speed - currently up to 500 MHz clock frequency for USB rackmount/desktop system, PCI and PCIe boards
  
• Standard clock stability of 100 ppm, with optional oven-controlled clock oscillator (OCXO) of 200 ppb
• 21 individually controlled output channels
• 4 BNC bracket mounted connectors for PCI and PCIe boards
  
• Three banks of IDC headers for all 21 signal outputs for PCI and PCIe boards
• 24 BNC connectors for rackmount/desktop system and 2U rackmount front panel
  
• 50 ohm impedance matched outputs
• Programmable pulse lengths from 2.0 ns to 8.59 s per instruction (at 500 MHz)
• Long Delay feature for pulse lengths beyond 8.59 s, up to 104 days in length (at 500 MHz)
• Sub-1 ns rise/fall times
• 2.0 ns pulse resolution (at 500 MHz)
• Up to 32k pulse program instruction words
• Advanced pulse-program flow control: nested loops (8 levels), subroutines
• Software and hardware triggering, up to 15 MHz retriggering frequency
• PCI, PCIe, or USB form factor

Similar Products

PBESR-PRO-USB-SMA

PBESR-PRO-USB-RM2

PBESR-PRO-USB-MX

Applications

   Complex, high-speed, multi-channel pulse, pattern, and word generation. Customers’ applications have included

• Experiment and process control in Electron, Nuclear and Quadrupole Resonances    (ESR, NMR, NQR)
• Mass Spectrometry and related test technologies
• Ultrasound, radar, medical imaging
• Laser control in advanced communication
• Solid state physics experiments
• Nanomagnetism and spintronics applications
• Robotics and process synchronization
• Data bus emulation
• General laboratory use
• Delay generator
• For more, please visit our Applications Page

Product Manuals and Documents

• PulseBlasterESR-PRO Boards and System Manual

• Simple PulseBlaster Control Word Programming Examples
  
  
• Feeding an External Signal to the PulseBlaster

Free Software Support

• Available as a part of the SpinAPI Package:
• Example programs (executables and C source files)
• PulseBlaster Interpreter for easy programming without writing C code
• The SpinAPI package available for download on the Software Downloads page
• Interfaces and examples - PBInterpreter, PulseBlaster.NET, LabVIEW, MATLAB

Warranty Information

• Standard warranty - two years for boards and one year for rackmount systems
  
• Longer warranty periods available
• Money-back guarantee - 30 days