The AS-5216 is a revolutionary new design electronics board to support a wide range of new detectors and both high speed (USB2.0) and wireless (Bluetooth) communication. The AS-5216 board is based on a powerful 5216 Coldfireâ processor, running at 64 Mhz, 16-bit AD converter and USB2.0/RS232-interface. The AS-5216 electronics board is part of the AvaSpec-USB2 platform spectrometers.
Different detector types can be connected to the electronics board, such as TAOS Photo Diode Arrays (TSL1301, TSL1401), Hamamatsu C-MOS detectors (S8378-256Q, S8378-1024Q), Sony CCD detectors (ILX554B), Toshiba CCD detectors (TCD-1304), Hamamatsu back-thinned CCD detector (S9840) and Hamamatsu InGaAs NIR detectors (G92xx series).
For the Hamamatsu back-thinned detector a separate power converter board is needed and for the NIR detector 2.2/2.5µm a separate TE controller board is needed.
The board is equipped with an additional HD26 digital IO connector with 13 programmable IO ports (3 DI, 10 DO), 2 analog out ports and 2 analog in ports. One digital out port is used for controlling the flash rate of an external Xenon strobe (AvaLight-XE), one digital out port is used to control external TTL-shutter devices, one digital output is reserved for external control for flashing a laser source in LIBS applications. One digital in is used for external hardware trigger. The AS-5216 board can be synchronized with other AS-5216 boards to control the simultaneous data-sampling of 2-127 channels, all connected to USB2.0 high speed interface.
On-board signal processing allows data reduction to speed up scan transfer time. Data reduction can be achieved by defining a start and stop pixel and On-Board Averaging. Optional a Bluetoothâ interface for wireless communication and on-board SD card for stand-alone applications (no PC connected) is available.
The board can be operated by the extensive AS-5216-DLL with many functions to control the electronics board and data sampling parameters (see software section).
Technical Data
| Microprocessor |
Coldfire, 5216, 32 bit, 64 MHz |
| Memory |
512 KB Flash Memory, 64KB RAM |
| External Memory (optional) |
SD card with FAT12/16/32 file system 64MB-16GB |
| A/D converter |
16 bit, 2 channels for video signal |
| Integration time |
10 µsec - 10 minutes (detector dependent) |
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Data Transfer speed
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1.8 msec/scan for Sony ILX554 2048 pixels, 2 MHz |
| 1.5 msec /scan for Hamamatsu 8378-256Q, 500 kHz |
| 1.1 msec/scan for TAOS 1301/1401 2MHz |
| 3.7 msec /scan for Toshiba TCD1304, 1MHz |
| 2.24 msec/scan for Hamamatsu S9840, 1.5 MHz |
| 1.6 msec/scan for Hamamatsu 92XX, 500 kHz |
| USB interface |
2.0 high speed, 480 Mbps |
| RS-232 interface |
Baudrate 115200 bps, HD-26 female connector |
| Bluetoothâ interface (optional) |
721 kbit/sec, external antenna |
| DIO interface |
HD-26 connector, 2 Analog in, 2 Analog out, 3 Digital in, 12 Digital out, trigger, synchronization |
| Power supply |
Default USB power, 350 mA 12 VDC, reverse polarity protection, 350 mA |
| Temperature range |
0- 55 °C |
| Dimensions, weight |
162,5 x 100 mm, 97 gr. |
Ordering Information
| AS5216 |
Microprocessor board 16-bit AD and USB2.0/RS-232 interface, specify detector type, see below |
| AS5216-BT |
Microprocessor board 16-bit AD and USB2.0/RS-232 and BluetoothÒ Interface, SD card, specify detector type, see below |
| For All boards, specify detector type |
| -ILX |
for Sony ILX554B detectors (AvaSpec-2048-USB2) |
| -H8378-256 |
for Hamamatsu S8378-256 detectors (AvaSpec-256-USB2) |
| -H8378-1024 |
for Hamamatsu S8378-1024 detectors (AvaSpec-1024-USB2) |
| -TAOS102 |
for TAOS 1301 detectors (AvaSpec-102-USB2) |
| -TAOS128 |
for TAOS 1401 detectors (AvaSpec-128-USB2) |
| -TOS3648 |
for Toshiba 1304 detectors (AvaSpec-3648-USB2) |
| -HAM2048x14 |
for Hamamatsu S9840 detectors (AvaSpec-2048x14-USB2), extra pcb incl. |
| -NIR256 |
Hamamatsu G92xx series InGaAs NIR detectors (AvaSpec-NIR256-1.7) |
| -NIR256TEC |
Hamamatsu G92xx series with TEC InGaAs NIR detectors (AvaSpec-NIR256-2.2/2.5), extra pcb incl. |
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