8300 Griffin Fast Measurement Receiver

DC Power

9.5 to 18 V, 2.5 A

Batteries

2 x 6 V, 4 AH, NIMH

Dimensions

240 x 170 x 92 mm

Weight

3.3 kg

Operating temperature

–10 to +40°C

Temperature (full accuracy)

+5 to +35°C

Operating humidity

0 to 90%, non-condensing

The Griffin series has no board interface, instead it is controlled using front panel software (FPS) running on a PC using MS Windows 95/98/98SE/NT4.0/2000 or XP. This provides bar charts, graphs and data tables in addition to controlling and monitoring the devices.

8301

800 to 1000 MHz

8302

1700 to 2000 MHz

Number of channels per second

1000

Tuning resolution

1 kHz

Tuning accuracy

2 kHz

Aging rate

1 kHz per year

Samples per second

100,000

Accuracy

1 dB

Maximum measurable input

0 dBm

Noise floor (200 kHz)

typ. –112 dBm

Instantaneous dynamic range

80 dB

Maximum input (no damage)

20 dBm

Maximum DC at input

50 V

Input 3rd order intercept

> 30 dBm

RF input impedance

50 Ω

Input VSWR

typ. 1.6:1

Measurement modes

min/mean/max, histogram level crossing rate

Sequence modes

fixed, cycling, scanning

No. of samples

1 to 65535 per measurement

No. of counters

5

Sampling interval

10 µs to 13.1 µs

Distance pulses

up to 500 per meter (on 35 m/s = 130 km/h = 80 mph)

Cycling memories

150

Noise filter

200 Hz to 12.5 kHz

IF bandwidths

200 kHz or 15 kHz

IF frequency

10.7 MHz

IF outputs

I&Q

Output level

–98 to –18 dBm

Bandwidth

> 1 MHz

Adjacent channel rejection

typ. 70 dB

In-band blocking

> 80 dB

Out-band blocking

> 100 dB

Image rejection

typ. 70 dB

Spurious signals (non harmonic)

< –90 dBm

IF rejection

> 70 dB

RF (input) N-type

RS-232 9-way D-type

IF (output) 2 x SMA

Wheel encoder pulse input TTL level

Ext. frequency reference (in/out) SMA

Auxiliary pulse input TTL level

Distance transducer (input) Lemo 1B

Raw battery voltage output > +5.5 V

Auxiliary (in/out) Lemo 1B

Detector output 25 mV per dB

DC power (input) Lemo 1B

Sampling pulse output TTL level

RS-232 baud rate 2.4 k to 56.7 k

RS-232 control X on/X off