Simulate sensor signals within a design or add noise with new arbitrary function generator option

Available from RS Components, the Tektronix MDO4000C arbitrary function generator option MDO4AFG can be used to simulate sensor signals within a design or add noise to signals to perform margin testing. It generates output of predefined waveforms up to 50MHz for sine, square, pulse, ramp/triangle, DC, noise, sin(x)/x(Sinc), Gaussian, Lorentz, exponential rise/fall, Haversine and cardiac. The option provides 128k points of record for storing waveforms (from the analog input, a saved internal file location, a USB mass storage device or from an external PC). Once a waveform is in the edit memory of the arbitrary waveform generator, it can be modified using an on-screen editor and then replicated out of the generator. The generator is compatible with Tektronix ArbExpress PC-based waveform creation and editing software, making creation of complex waveforms fast and easy. Users can transfer waveform files to MDO4000C edit memory via USB (or LAN or USB mass storage device) to be output from the AFG in the oscilloscope.