Theory of Operation
Digital Processing and Digital Control Group Operation
Rear Panel Interconnects The rear panel includes the following interfaces:
USB x4
Four universal serial bus (USB) jacks (industry standard 4-pin connectors).
GPIB (0)
A 24-pin, female, type D-24 connector that meets IEEE-488 standards.
Controller
GPIB (1)
A 24-pin, female, type D-24 connector that meets IEEE-488 standards.
Talker/Listener
A standard 8-pin, 10/100BaseT, Ethernet connection. It auto selects between the two data
LAN
rates.
A 15-pin, female, D-sub connector that provides a video output of the analyzer display that
Display (VGA)
can be viewed on an external VGA monitor.
A51 Solid State Drive
The solid state drive assembly (SSDA) is an integrated development environment (IDE) data storage device
which is connected directly to, and physically mounted within the enclosure of, the A17 CPU board. The full
operating system and firmware for the network analyzer is stored on the A51 solid state drive.
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PNA Series Microwave Network Analyzers
Service Guide N5222-90001
N5221A/22A