Red Pitaya - 5 tools in 1 for $ 400

Just a day left before the end of the campaign on Kickstarter . So you can still have time to order a multifunctional measuring device that includes:

• 2 channel oscilloscope
• 2 channel spectrum analyzer with 60 MHz bandwidth
• 2 channel arbitrary waveform generator
• 2 channel frequency response analyzer with 60 MHz bandwidth
• programmable PID controller

By the way, because of the success of the campaign, which has already collected more than $ 200,000, the amount of memory in the device has been increased from 1 GB to 4 GB DDR3, and the network adapter from 100 Mbit to 1 Gbit.

Specifications:

Analog Characteristics:

2 RF input channels:

• Bandwidth: 50 MHz (DC, 3dB BW)
• Sample Rate: 125 Msps
• ADC resolution: 14 bits (LTC ADCs)
• Input resistance: 1 MOhm / / 10 pF
• Input channel gain: fixed (improved dynamic range with 14-bit details)
• The default full scale voltage: + -0.6 V (+ -6 V with 10-fold attenuation). Full reconfigurable scale by replacing discrete components (+ -15V)
• Overload protection: with protective diodes
• Connector type: SMA (SMA to BNC adapters and probes are available in the “Diagnostic Red Pitaya Kit” kit

2 RF output channels:

• Bandwidth: 49 MHz at 3 dB (DC, 3dB BW determined by filter)
• Sample Rate: 125 Million Conversions Per Second
• DAC resolution: 14 bits
• Resistance: 50 Ohm
• Full power scale: 10 dBm (with 50 ohm load)
• Output slew rate: 200 V / µs
• Short circuit protection: yes
• Connector Type: SMA (SMA to BNC adapters are available in the “Diagnostic Red Pitaya Kit” kit

4 additional channels of analog input

• Sample rate: 100 thousand conversions per second
• ADC resolution: 12 bits
• Bandwidth: 50 kHz
• Connector Type: IDC (insulation-displacement connector)

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4 additional analog output channels

• Type: low pass filtering PWM
• PWM frequency: 250 MHz
• Nominal sampling rate: 100 thousand conversions per second
• Equivalent PWM resolution: 11.3 bits
• Connector Type: IDC (insulation-displacement connector)

Digital specifications

• 16 digital GPIOs with FPGA connectivity (or 8 differential) @ 3.3V logic
• 4 pairs of differential digital signals to be used for synchronization and serial data transmission with the ability to connect up to 500 Mbps
• Connector Type: 2x SATA
• FPGA: Xilinx Zynq 7010 SoC (17600 TMP, 28k logic cells, 80 DSP layers)
• Other connections: 100 Mb Ethernet, USB, USB OTG (2.0), JTAG, I2C, UART, SPI ...

More detailed specifications can be found on the project page.

Red Pitaya Ecosystem

But Red Pitaya is not just a multifunctional board. It includes a whole ecosystem that simplifies conducting experiments, learning, developing and distributing applications.

Red Pitaya Ecosystem includes:

• Red Pitaya - a high-performance tool for $ 400
• Bazaar is a free market where open source applications are available in one click for direct use. The initial set includes: oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, arbitrary waveform generator, frequency response analyzer PID controller, which can be accessed from any web browser from a tablet or laptop, and this market is growing!
• Backyard is an organized repository containing relevant open source code and tools needed for application development.
• Spark Center is a place to share new ideas, publish sketches or messages, and create new applications and hardware expansion modules together.

BY

Red Pitaya is built on GNU / Linux and can be modified at different levels.

Available software interfaces include: HDL, C / C + +, scripting languages, Matlab and HTML based on a web interface.

The web interface allows access to functionality on most browsers, including the application available on iPhone, iPad, other smartphones and tablets.

Expansion Modules

The number of input channels can be increased by external modules

Price

Work plan

According to the developers, the project will be of interest to inventors, students, teachers, start-ups, radio operators, research laboratories and industry.