Introduction; Gen Series Multi-Mainframe Configurations - HBM GEN Series User Manual

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our GEN series Data Acquisition System is one of the most sophisticated and powerful

systems in the marketplace and demonstrates the quality HBM has to offer. GEN DAQ

products are "future-proof", modular and easily extendable.

Using the GEN series Master/Slave option, multiple mainframes can be interconnected to

provide a synchronized multi-mainframe test system with hundreds of channels. The Master/

Slave option for the GEN series Data Acquisition System enables up to nine mainframes to be

fully synchronized.

The new Master/Slave board for the GEN series extends the high channel count capabilities of

the GEN series by offering fully synchronized acquisitions between mainframes. The Master/

Slave boards establish a fiber-optic connection between mainframes, thus overcoming EMC

problems inherent in electrically based Master/Slave approaches.

With a Master/Slave connection, all mainframes run from the same clock and distribute real-

time information as well as triggers between mainframes. At the first connection between Master

and Slave, the Master figures out the distance to the Slave, computes the signal runtime and

compensates for skews caused by different cable lengths. Therefore, the GEN series can

support a distributed system with up to 300 m between sub-systems while still maintaining a

sample and trigger synchronous acquisition. So a large scale acquisition can be broken into

"sub-stations" which can be positioned as close to the device under test as possible to minimize

intrinsic noise caused by long cables.

This manual provides information about the GEN series Data Acquisition System configurations,

options and requirements:

the Master/Slave option

Verification

Specifications

I2710-1.0 en

Introduction

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