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News Release from: LDS Test and Measurement | Subject: Gould Ultima 500
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 18 May 2000
Power of a DSO and flexibility of a PC
in one unit
Gould Ultima 500 - power of a DSO and flexibility of a PC in one compact unit from the company that introduced the first Digital Storage Oscilloscope
From the company that introduced the first Digital Storage Oscilloscope (DSO) comes another step in performance and capability - the Gould Ultima 500 Combining the acquisition power of a high performance 4-channel DSO with the flexibility and features of a PC, Ultima 500's unique capability simplifies data handling by moving effortlessly from capture to report in one compact unit
Users will also find Ultima 500's portability especially useful for those applications where, up until now, a separate digital storage oscilloscope and a PC have typically been required.
An unique dual mode interface combines the look and feel of both a DSO and PC in a single integrated operating system.
All controls are equally accessible using traditional front panel controls and through mouse and keyboard.
No need for users to learn different operating methods.
Ease of use is further simplified using Ultima's on-board menu editor which enables simple user customization of the user interface, limiting menu selections to the minimum required for any given application.
The Ultima series provides an unparalleled range of real-time analysis capabilities including FFT, Differentiation, Integration, Graphing, Histogram, Phase correction and Math functions.
User defined real-time measurements can be developed using the on-board formula editor.
The wide range of configurable measurements will track sections of waveforms and measure them in real-time.
Ease of operation is enhanced by dual level page selection enabling easy access to basic DSO functions in one page and providing setup and control of the more powerful analysis capabilities in the other page, assisted by preview windows.
Up to 8 display windows can be viewed simultaneously enabling main and zoom traces or user defined math traces to be viewed independently and scaled to user defined units.
Ultima supports a sophisticated range of display capabilities including YT, XY, persistence, envelope and our patented TruTrace capability which enables important signal aberrations to be identified and examined in detail.
Offering 500 MHz bandwidth and up to 2 GS/sec sample rate with 1 Mbyte memory per channel, Ultima 500 is fully supported with an extensive package of trigger tools to qualify the incoming signal for amplitude, time, pulse, gating and TV.
A wide dynamic range in transient mode, with 12-bit resolution up to 2 MS/sec, is also included.
Featuring a Pentium class computer, and large 10.4 inch SVGA (800 x 640) color display, Ultima 500 easily transforms into a fully configurable Windows PC.
Direct data interchange is quickly made to Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel), as well as to other popular analysis and report generation packages.
Ultima 500 includes a large and flexible data store with an internal 8.4 Gbyte hard disk and removable 1.44 or >120 Mbyte floppy alternatives.
The addition of internal PCI cards allows Modem data transfer, GPIB control, GPS/IRIG timing or additional storage devices.
Familiar Windows operation offers real user benefits by providing the power of connectivity with high speed Ethernet for networking, USB ports for mouse and keyboard, IrDA wireless connections to printers and other devices, standard serial and parallel ports and video monitor output.
All this flexibility plus the Ultima 500's Programmers library and DataSentryTM for system customization and automatic archival, fax or emailing makes the Ultima 500 the ultimate Measurement Workstation.
Gould Nicolet Technologies markets a range of electronic instrumentation, including digital storage oscilloscopes, recorders and data acquisition systems used in a broad range of UK automotive, aerospace, power and other research and production applications.
Gould Nicolet Technologies is a subsidiary of Thermo Instrument Systems, Inc., which develops, manufactures and markets precision imaging, inspection and test instrumentation using high-speed data acquisition and digital processing technologies. Request a free brochure from LDS Test and Measurement ...
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