Streaming Systems - SPECTRUM Instrumentation

Streaming Systems

Combining a number of Spectrum M2p, M2i, M3i or M4i PCIe digitizers with a Tera-Store Data Streaming solution allows the capture and storage of long complex signals for extended periods of time. With systems available offering from 1 to 96 TB of storage and streaming rates up to 3 GB/s signals can be digitized and stored seamlessly for hours on end.

At the heart of the system is one of the carefully selected base PC systems:

SPcB8-E6: This powerful computer includes a Supermicro 4U/Tower with 8 drive bays and 6 free PCIe slots for Spectrum cards. The PC is powered by a Xeon Quad Core 3.5 GHz processor, has a passive cooled graphics card, 16 GB RAM, a separate 256 GB SSD for the system installation, a DVD drive, and runs under Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit. The chassis hosts a powerful 865W power supply and has whisper quiet fan-based cooling.
SPcB24-E8: This powerful computer includes a Supermicro 4U/Tower with 24 drive bays and 8 to 10 free PCIe slots for Spectrum cards. The PC is powered by a Dual Xeon Octa Core 1.7 GHz processor, has a passive cooled graphics card, 2 x 32 GB RAM, a separate 256 GB SSD for the system installation and runs under Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit. The chassis hosts a powerful redundant 1200W power supply and has powerful fan-based cooling.

If more acquisition channels are needed, than can fit into the base PC system, a special 16 slot docking station can be connected to extend the number of synchrnous streaming data acquisition channels up to 256.

For large multi-digitizer systems Spectrum also provides Star-Hub, a unique clock and trigger distribution system, which allows all the installed digitizer cards of one family to be clocked synchronously and to share a common trigger. The star-hub is already included in the base system.

Storage systems are available offering a range of streaming rates, from 500 MB/s up to 3 GB/s, and storage capacities, from 1 TB to 96 TB. The options consist of a high performance RAID controller and a number of solid-state or hard-disk drives (SSD/HDD’s) configured to support the required transfer rates and storage times.

Spectrum integrates the complete system, providing factory configuration and performance testing. This includes the PC setup, software and hardware installation and digitizer calibration. Hardware and software are both optimized and tested to guarantee the specified streaming rates.

Highlights

Continuous (seamless) Data Recording
Guaranteed Streaming Speed up to 3 GByte/s
Complete turn-key PC solution
Data Storage Options from 1 to 32 Terabyte
Single-Shot and Multiple (segmented) Acquisition Modes
Sampling rates up to 5 GS/s (segmented) and 2.5 GS/s (single-shot)
Configurations with 1 to 96 channels in one chassis
Configurations up to 256 channels with docking station
SBench6 software for easy control, display and analysis
Factory Integrated and Performance Tested

SBench 6

SBench 6 is the out-of-the-box software solution from Spectrum, designed to support all features of the Spectrum product range. SBench 6 is able to act as a simple oscilloscope software as well as a versatile transient recording software, handling GBytes of data files and offering analysis, export and documentation features. SBench 6