Innovative low cost RF signal generator is software-tunable from 54 MHz to 13.6 GHz in 0.1 Hz
steps
July 3, 2015
Fairport, NY. - Saelig Company Inc. announces the
SynthHD Dual-channel RF Signal Generator, an innovative, highly portable device that brings low cost to precision
microwave signal generation. The SynthHD is a compact software-tunable, dual channel RF signal generator which
can be controlled by a Windows or Linux PC via its USB port, or run as a standalone generator. The SynthHD allows
frequency stepping to better than 0.1 Hz on each channel, and control of the relative phase between channels
to less than a millidegree and amplitude to 0.01 dB, producing up to +22 dBm of power per channel. The
SynthHD's dual independent channels can be configured to run at two different frequencies, or at the same frequency
with different phases in 0.01 degree steps. This allows its use in antenna beam steering applications or
quadrature signal generation commonly used in image reject frequency conversion. Based on a 72MHz 32 bit
ARM processor, the SynthHD also has nonvolatile on-board memory so it can be programmed to produce any frequency,
power, sweep or modulation setting (and combinations) on power-up for running standalone field applications.
Gain is set via the supplied open source Labview GUI, and power levels are settable from -50 dBm to +20 dBm
in 0.1 dB increments. The
SynthHD has powerful software and firmware features such as sweeps, lookup-table frequency and amplitude hopping,
pulse modulation, AM, FM, and FMCW pulsed chirps. Its compact size (2.75" X 2.15" inches excluding mounting flanges)
makes it ideal for field or OEM for equipment use as a basic building block in microwave communications systems.
Applications include: wireless communications systems, antenna beam steering, quadrature oscillator for image
reject mixers, RF and microwave building blocks, software-defined radio, radar including FMCW, automated test
equipment, radiated immunity pre-compliance testing, electronic warfare and law enforcement, quantum device research,
plasma physics, and education.
Designed and manufactured in USA by Windfreak Technologies, a designer of low cost, innovative RF products
that are in use worldwide in a variety of technical applications, the SynthHD is a highly mobile, low power, lightweight
solution for sophisticated RF signal generation needs. It is available now from Saelig Company, Inc. Fairport,
NY. For detailed specifications, free technical assistance, or additional information, please contact Saelig.
About Saelig Company, Inc.
Founded in 1988 in Rochester, New York, Saelig is a North American distributor with a growing reputation for
finding and sourcing unique, easy-to-use control and instrumentation products and related active components, for
use in a variety of industries. Products lines are continuously added from sources across the globe, and are offered
at highly competitive prices, accompanied by full in-house technical support, exceptional customer service, and
fast delivery. For full details of available product lines, please visit
www.saelig.com.
Contact Info
Alan Lowne
President
Saelig Company, Inc.
71 Perinton Parkway
Fairport, NY 14450
USA
Toll-Free: (888) 7-SAELIG
(888) 772-3544
Tel: (585) 385-1750
Email: info@saelig.com
Web: www.saelig.com
Posted July 3, 2015