Red Pitaya - 5 tools in 1 for $ 400

Only a day remained until the end of the Kickstarter campaign . So you can still manage to order a multifunctional measuring device including:

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

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

Specifications:

Analog characteristics:

2 RF input channels:

• Bandwidth: 50 MHz (DC, 3dB BW)
• Sampling Rate: 125 Msps
• ADC resolution: 14 bits (LTC ADCs)
• Input Impedance: 1 MΩ / / 10 pF
• Channel Input Gain: Fixed (improved dynamic range with 14-bit granularity)
• By default, full voltage scale: + -0.6 V (+ -6 V with 10x attenuation). Full reconfigurable scale by replacing discrete components (+ -15V)
• Overload protection: with protective diodes
• Connector Type: SMA (from SMA to BNC adapters and probes are available in the “Diagnostic Red Pitaya Kit”

2 RF output channels:

• Bandwidth: 49 MHz at 3 dB (DC, 3dB BW determined by filter)
• Sampling rate: 125 million conversions per second
• DAC Resolution: 14 bit
• Resistance: 50 Ohm
• Full power scale: 10 dBm (at 50 Ohm load)
• Output slew rate: 200 V / μs
• Short circuit protection: yes
• Connector Type: SMA (from SMA to BNC adapters are available in the “Diagnostic Red Pitaya Kit”

4 additional channels of analog input

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

4 additional channels of analog output

• Type: PWM low pass filtering
• PWM Frequency: 250 MHz
• Nominal sampling rate: 100 thousand conversions per second
• Equivalent PWM Resolution: 11.3 bit
• 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 that will be used for synchronization and serial data transmission with the ability to connect up to 500 Mbps
• Type of connector: 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 ...

You will find more detailed technical specifications on the project page.

Red pitaya ecosystem

But Red Pitaya is not just a multi-functional board. It includes an entire ecosystem that simplifies experimentation, training, development and distribution of applications.

Red Pitaya Ecosystem includes:

• Red Pitaya - $ 400 High Performance Tool
• Bazaar is a free market where open source applications are available in one click for immediate use. The starter kit includes: an oscilloscope, a spectrum analyzer, an arbitrary waveform generator, a frequency response analyzer PID controller that can be accessed from any web browser from a tablet or laptop, and this market is growing!
• Backyard - an organized repository containing the appropriate open source code and tools necessary for application development
• Spark Center is a place for sharing new ideas, publishing sketches or messages, and co-creating new applications and hardware expansion modules.

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 web-based HTML.

The web interface allows you to access the 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 due to external modules

Price

Work plan

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