National Instruments PCI-5153EX Oscilloscope Device

The PCI-5153EX is an Oscilloscope Device from National Instruments. The PCI-5153EX is used to read and analyze analog waveforms. The device can analyze both time-domain and frequency-domain data. The PCI-5153EX device features driver software API. It includes many features like online data transfer and analysis. This model is an updated version of the PCI-5153 device. However, the PCI-5153EX device offers a higher-capacity FPGA. The PCI-5153EX device supports Hardware Accumulation Firmware (FW06), which increases hardware accumulation functionality.

The PCI-5153EX Oscilloscope Device has two analog input channels. These channels have BNC type connectors. The input impedance of the device is 50 Ω ± 2 Ω. The PCI-5153EX device can bear an input overload up to 7 V_rms with |Peaks| ≤ 10 V voltage. Both channels of the PCI-5153EX device are parallel and support simultaneous sampling. This device can sample data at a maximum speed of 2 GS/sec. The digital resolution of each analog channel is 8 bits. The maximum bandwidth of the PCI-5153EX device is 500 MHz.  The standard deep onboard memory size of the device is 8MB/Ch. However, the memory size is extendable to 256MB/Ch. The input range of the PCI-5153EX device is 100mV to 5V.

The PCI-5153EX Oscilloscope Device has two calibration modes: External Calibration and Self-calibration. External calibration is used to calibrate the onboard references. The onboard references are important for self-calibration. These references can also initiate external trigger levels. External calibration is required every two years. Self-calibration is controlled with a software command. Self-calibration corrects errors in different parameters of all input ranges. The external trigger input channel is not affected by self-calibration.