10G BERT System

SB10
10G Bit Error Rate Test System

Shown: SB10 with OPTC13
Affordable - Flexible Frequency - Test Systems

Product description

The Centellax Modular 10G BER Test System is designed for device characterization, research and development testing, production testing, and general lab use. The system features a synthesizer that operates the BERT at bitrates from 500 Mb/s to 12.5 Gb/s, and enables stressed eye testing. With the addition of other modular hardware, like a 622 Mb/s-13.5 Gb/s clock recovery unit, the SB10 system can be configured to address a wide range of physical layer digital signal integrity test applications.

The base system allows physical-layer BER testing of single-ended or differential DUTs with operating rates from 500 Mb/s to 12.5 Gb/s. The system is GPIB controlled with a suite of features including PRBS pattern selection (PRBS7-31), electronic clock/data alignment, variable output voltages (0.6-3.6 V p-p differential), and many clock and subrate trigger outputs.The SB10 system can support six BER test channels.

The system can be used as a bit error rate tester for many different applications, including characterization and production test of components and low-level systems. The jitter injection and clock chirping features allow compliance testing to a wide range of datacom standards, including PCI express, infiniband, serial ATA, and others.

When outfitted with the extended synthesizer range and un-banded clock recovery unit, the SB10 is ideally suited for testing higher-rate devices that induce signal distortion (like fiber loops). The clock recovery unit can also be used to test a signal generated at a remote site, where the fullrate data clock must be recovered to test bit error rates.

The BER test system comes with a standard 1 year warranty on all modular components. An extended system warranty - which extends the warranty on each component an additional year - is available at any time while the system is still under warranty.

Key benefits and features

  • Operates from 500 Mb/s to 12.5 Gb/s
  • Integrated jitter source for stressed eye testing
  • Configurable with a clock recovery unit
  • Cost-effective alternative to other systems
  • Modular solution allows functional additions later
  • Differential or single-ended connections to DUT
  • System controlled by GPIB remote interface
  • PRBS patterns: 7, 10, 15, 23, 31
  • Mark/space density (ratio of 0's to 1's): 1/2, 1/4, 1/8

Modular components

Model Number Function
TG1B1-A 0.5-12.5 Gb/s BERT
TG1C1-A 13G Clock Synthesizer
TR1C1-A 13G Clock Recovery Unit

Options

Option Number Option Details
SB10 10G BERT System: 10G BERT (TG1B1-A) and 13G Clock Synthesizer (TG1C1-A) with OPT002 High-UI Jitter Injection Cabability
OPTB10 SB10 Additional 10G BERT
OPTC13 SB10 Clock Recovery Unit 13G (TR1C1-A)
OPTP10 SB10 10G PRBS Generator (TG2P1A)
OPTPHP SB10 Increased Amplitude: 700-800 mV on 10G PRBS Generator
(OPT008 TG2P1A)
OPT101 European Power Cord
OPT102 UK Power Cord
OPT103 Domestic Power Cord
OPT109 China Power Cord
OPT300 SB10 1 Year Warranty Extended to 3 Years
OPT301 SB10 1 Year Warranty Extended to 5 Years
OPT320 SB10 Centellax Calibration - Per Incident
OPT321 SB10 Annual Centellax Calibration for 3 Years

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Product documentation

Guide SB10 Optical Fiber Test Setup with CRU 3 Apr 2008 90kB
Guide SB10 Optical Fiber Test Setup with CRU using Optical Attenuator 3 Apr 2008 90kB
Guide SB10 Optical Fiber Test Setup Using External Clock Source 3 Apr 2008 90kB

NI LabVIEW drivers

The following National Instrument LabVIEW drivers are provided free of charge with no user license required. You may download, modify, and freely distribute the driver. Centellax offers no direct or implied warranty on the software; contact National Instruments for troubleshooting or compatibility concerns. The driver allows virtual instrument (VI) GUI control of the 10G BERT, along with additional BER scan, differential BER measurement, and other features.

Screenshot LabVIEW BER Scan Screenshot 29 Aug 2008 91kB
Screenshot LabVIEW Instrument Control Screenshot 29 Aug 2008 130kB
VI files LabVIEW driver .vi files 12 Oct 2010 1712kB
 

The complete LabVIEW 6.1 virtual instrument (VI) files for graphical control of the TG1B1-A: 10G BERT via GPIB; software includes graphical BER scan, differential BER measurement, and other features.

EXE file LabVIEW driver .exe file 12 Oct 2010 587kB
 

The compiled driver executable, download if you want to use the compiled driver without installing LabVIEW on your computer.

EXE file National Instruments VISA library 22 Sep 2008 259MB
 

The NI VISA library, download if you want to use the compiled driver without installing LabVIEW on your computer.

EXE file National Instruments LabVIEW 6.1 RunTime Engine 29 Sep 2005 14.1MB
 

The NI RunTime library, download if you want to use the compiled driver without installing LabVIEW on your computer.

IVI-COM driver

Centellax IVI-COM instrument drivers are provided free of charge to assist you in developing software using Centellax instruments. The driver is a COM-model API that can be used in most application development environments, including Visual C# .NET, Visual Basic .NET, LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, MATLAB, Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++, and others. Review the Centellax appnotes and the IVI Foundation 'Quick Start' guides for use examples.

MSI file IVI-COM driver for the Centellax TG1B1-A 9 Jun 2010 2.26MB
MSI file IVI-COM driver for the Centellax TG1C1-A 12 May 2010 2.24MB
AN21 Visual C# IVI and VISA Programming Examples 15 Apr 2010 870kB

Support documentation

AN09 Test instrument general handling and maintenance 28 Feb 2006 99kB
Warranty information
Extended warranty

 

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