ADLINK PCIe-PXIe-8638 High Speed PXIe Bus Expansion Scheme

Best Practices for Application Scenarios

Scenario: Multi channel mixed signal testing

Engineers need to build a complex testing system that includes 4 high-speed digitizers, 2 arbitrary waveform generators, and 1 RF vector signal analyzer. A single 18 slot chassis has sufficient space, but the analog front-end signal conditioning module will generate a large amount of heat. By selecting the 5-meter cable kit (PCIe-PXIe-8638/5M), engineers can place the PXIe chassis filled with high-performance modules that generate high heat and are sensitive to vibration, along with the tested equipment, in a constant temperature testing chamber, while placing the host PC with peripherals such as a monitor and keyboard on a console outside the chamber. This not only ensures the comfort of the operators, but also avoids the interference of PC fan noise and heat on the precision testing environment.