RadioProcessor is SpinCore Technologies'  general purpose, broadband, radio frequency (RF) digital data acquisition and excitation system.  The RadioProcessor can serve as a complete system console for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) or Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance (NQR) with spectrometer frequencies from 0 to 100 MHz (certain restrictions apply, see the Manual).

This unique digital system is housed on a small form factor USB board, providing users with a compelling price/size/performance proposition unmatched by any other device on the market today.

Key Specifications

• Integrates excitation and acquisition components onto a single board.
• Directly captures and digitally demodulates IF/RF signals using quadrature detection. The desired baseband bandwidth is user definable through software.
• Generates completely formed RF excitation pulses as well as high resolution digital control signals.
• Supports 2 analog I/O channels and 4 digital output channels.
  
• Select models have Arbitrary Waveform Generation (AWG or 'shaped pulse') capability.
• Maintains signal coherence between excitation and acquisition systems at all frequencies.
• Autonomously signal-averages the baseband data between multiple acquisitions.
• Samples the input signal at up to 75 Ms/s with 14-bit resolution.
• Captures input signals above the Nyquist frequency, up to approximately 100 MHz.
• With signal detection enabled, provides up to 10 MHz bandwidth of baseband data.
• Direct Digital Synthesis generates RF output pulses with 14-bit resolution up to 300 Ms/s clock frequency.
• Standard clock stability of 100 ppm, with optional oven-controlled clock oscillator (OCXO) of 200 ppb.
• Pulse setting resolution up to 13.3 ns, pulses from 66.6 ns to days per interval.
• Zero-latency phase and frequency switching.
• Wide-bandwidth input amplifier and A/D converter allow for undersampling applications.
  

Applications

Advanced, automomous, broadband, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Magnetic Resoance Imaging (MRI), and Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance (NQR) experiments from 0 to 100 MHz. Customers applications have included

• Hyperspectral analysis for Homeland Security applications on mobile unmanned platforms (UAV)
• MRI Console
• Solid-state NMR of Quasi-Crystals
• Solid state physics experiments
• Nanomagnetism and spintronics applications
• Well-bore NMR analysis for oil drilling
• NQR of novel pigments
• NQR of explosives for airport security baggage screening
• Doppler radar non-contact vital sign detection - data acquisition and digital signal processing
• Digital communication and encryption
• Quantum Computing
• Turbine exhaust gas analysis
• Moisture content analysis of natural products>
• Chemical manufacturing plant process optimization
• Lock system for high-field NMR
• Vital Signs Detection System
  
• General laboratory use
• For more, please visit our Applications Page

Sample NMR Spectra obtained with RadioProcessor