I am looking for a device that will allow me to output my own continuous arbitrary digital bit patterns. I would want to stream this information from a PC to an external device that would then output the digital data. Basically the reverse of doing digital capture.
I have seen arbitrary generators that have an internal buffer it will play back. But this only for a fixed time period. I want to continually feed it with arbitrary data. The external device would need to buffer this and feed it out with the appropriate timing. I would prefer to just feed it transition data, rather than at the sample rate it is outputting, though I suppose I could live with either.
If you can’t accept streaming data, how many points can the internal memory hold? Is the internal data stored as sample values, or transition points? If the latter, then the time period could be much longer.
Are any of your devices capable of something like this? If not, can you suggest a vendor/software etc?
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I am looking for a device that will allow me to output my own continuous arbitrary digital bit patterns. I would want to stream this information from a PC to an external device that would then output the digital data. Basically the reverse of doing digital capture.
I have seen arbitrary generators that have an internal buffer it will play back. But this only for a fixed time period. I want to continually feed it with arbitrary data. The external device would need to buffer this and feed it out with the appropriate timing. I would prefer to just feed it transition data, rather than at the sample rate it is outputting, though I suppose I could live with either.
If you can’t accept streaming data, how many points can the internal memory hold? Is the internal data stored as sample values, or transition points? If the latter, then the time period could be much longer.
Are any of your devices capable of something like this? If not, can you suggest a vendor/software etc?
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