National instruments [ni] offers pci versions of two popular high-speed and high-density digitisers/oscilloscopes, extending the company`s high-speed pci offering to 2 gs/s and low-cost pci per channel. The pci-5152 general-purpose digitiser converts a desktop pc into a full-featured oscilloscope. It offers a 2gs/s real-time sampling rate on one channel or a 1gs/s real-time sampling rate on two simultaneous channels. For repetitive signals, the module features an equivalent-time sampling mode to sample at up to 20 gs/s. Starting at just $500 per channel, it also comes up with the pci-5015 eight-channel, 60ms/s, 12-bit data acquisition board increases system channel density while lowering test costs.
