Special devices

Pulse generators

Device Manufacturer Resolution Channels Pulses Shortest pulse [clocks] Shortest delay [clocks] Programming speed
RS690 Interface Technology 4 ns/8 ns/16 ns 16/32/64 ~ 100 1 1 slow
DG535 Standford Research Systems 30 ps 2 1 1 1 slow
PulseBlaster SpinCore [www] 6.3 ns/8 ns/10 ns 12 ~200 8 8 average
PulseBlaster ESR SpinCore [www] 2.5 ns/3.3 ns/3 ns 20 ~600 1 6 fast
AWGDOUTS Chase Scientific [www] 1 ns/2 ns etc 16 ? 1 1 fast
DG2020A Sony/Tektronix 5 ns/10 ns etc 8/16/24 ? 1 1 slow

Analog to digital converters and scopes

Device Manufacturer Resolution Special features Date transfer speed
U1084A* Agilent [www] 0.25 ns Averager fast
DP2xx (U1069A) Agilent [www] 1 ns/2 ns - fast
DP3xx (U1070A) Agilent [www] 2 ns 12-bit fast
AP2xx (UP1082A) Agilent [www] 1 ns/2 ns Averager fast
NI60xx National Instruments 5 us - average
TDS520A Tektronix 0.5 ns Digital oscilloscope slow
WaveRunner (60xx) LeCroy 1 ns Digital oscilloscope average
*simultaneous data acquisition and readout will be supported in future versions

Field controllers

Device Manufacturer Description
ER032M/B-H15 Bruker up to 2 T
CIM-16 Cryogenics up to 5 T
IPS Oxford up to 5 T
SMS Cryogenics up to 12 T

Arbitrary waveform generators and function generators

Device Manufacturer Resolution Description
DA4300 Chase Scientific 300 MSPS AWG
LW420 LeCroy - function generator

RF generators

Device Manufacturer Range Description
ESG series Agilent - ESG4420B, has pulse gate capabilities
6000 series Fluke/Giga-tronics - 6080A & 6082A
SMR/SMT/SMX Rhode&Schwartz - -
PTSxxx Programmed Test Sources Inc - Connected through NI PCDIO-96 board or USB adapter (SpinCore) or GPIB
HP8662A Agilent - -
XS73xx HERLEY-CTI - PLL Frequency Synthesizer (LPT interface)
ADF41xx Analog Devices - PLL Frequency Synthesizer (LPT interface)

Others and partial support

Device Manufacturer Description
ER023M Bruker Signal channel. Callibration is not supported
HP8752ES Agilent Network analyzer. Only frequency sweep is supported
SR830/844 Stanford Research Systems Lock-In Amplifier