Arbitrary waveform generator P9482D

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Overview
The Tabor Proteus family is a platform of advanced RF arbitrary waveform generators and transceivers built on an SDR architecture. It integrates high-speed DACs (direct-to-RF capable), optional ADCs, FPGA processing, and PCIe data paths to enable real-time capture, analysis and conditional waveform generation for applications such as electronic warfare (EW), radar target simulation, quantum control and next-generation wireless research.

Key Highlights

• Modular design enabling from a few channels up to hundreds of synchronized channels
• High sample rates and direct-to-RF generation
• Large waveform memory and fast PCIe streaming
• Integrated digital IQ modulators and demodulators
• Excellent phase noise and spurious performance
• Real-time feedback control system for conditional waveform generation

Modular, scalable and compact
Built on PXIe/PXIe architecture, the Proteus module packs high channel density (multiple generator outputs + digitizer inputs) in a compact footprint, enabling synchronized, phase-coherent multi-channel systems suited for EW simulation, qubit control, and massive MIMO research.

Ultra-fast data transfer
Proteus leverages a high-performance PCIe backplane for bidirectional waveform memory transfer, uninterrupted streaming for long real-world sequences, and real-time waveform updates. This removes common bandwidth and memory bottlenecks for continuous, non-repeating threat environments and high-throughput physics experiments.

Real-time feedback control system
The Proteus integrates DAC and ADC with an FPGA-controlled architecture to eliminate round-trip latency to a host PC. This enables conditional waveform generation and deterministic closed-loop responses suitable for radar target generation, DRFM-like behavior, and real-time quantum control loops.

Task-driven non-linear waveform sequencing
Proteus implements a Task Table (conditional state machine) rather than a simple linear sequencer. Incoming data processed by the receiver can immediately drive logic-based waveform jumps with minimal latency, enabling intelligent, low-latency responses such as coherent modified echoes for moving-target simulation. The platform is programmable using Python, MATLAB, C or LabVIEW.

Technical specifications

• Commercial model name: P9482D
• Manufacturer / Brand: Tabor Electronics
• Short name / product family: Proteus Arbitrary Waveform Transceiver (AWG/AWT)
• Sampling rate (DAC): up to 9 GS/s (product class capability)
• Digital resolution: 16-bit internal sample representation
• Module configuration (as listed): 9GS/s 16Bit 8GS Mem 2CH 8 Markers
• Waveform memory: per-module configurations; options include 4GS, 8GS and up to 16GS on platform
• Optional digitizer (AWT): 5.4 GS/s single, 2.7 GS/s dual channel, 12-bit ADC option
• Direct Output (DO1): 9 GHz BW direct output option
• Streaming (STM): up to 6 GS/s streaming capability
• Markers: base markers plus MRK1 option for x4 extra markers
• Trigger jitter option (LTJ1): ultra low trigger jitter (~200 ps typical)
• Granularity option (G1): low waveform granularity option
• Trigger input option (TRG): faster trigger input (50 MHz instead of 10 MHz)
• FPGA programmability: user-programmable FPGA cores and high-level FPGA programming options
• PCIe: high-speed PCIe backplane for fast waveform transfer and streaming
• Channels: module family scales to many channels across chassis
• Applications: EW scenario generation, radar target simulation (RTS/DRFM-like), quantum/qubit control & readout, massive MIMO and wideband communications test