1-to-8 Pulse and Frequency Distribution Amplifier News
1-to-8 Pulse and Frequency Distribution Amplifier
2019-06 Aivon produces S/N 20 and beyond
As of June 2019 more than 20 pcs of the FDA/PDA design have been produced. So far the design is stable and performance has been sufficient for many users.
1-to-8 Pulse and Frequency Distribution Amplifier
2019-01 Sync Technology - planning commercial production of PDA/FDA
Sync Technology from China has plans to produce the PDA/FDA http://www.synctechnology.cn/EN_detaile.aspx?id=153
1-to-8 Pulse and Frequency Distribution Amplifier
2018-12 FDA performace testing
14-hour runs on FDA S/N 16 from Aivon LTD now in Aders’ blog: http://www.anderswallin.net/2018/11/distribution-amp-s-n-16/ The conclusion is that it is quite hard to measure the performance of the amplifier, because the instrument noise-floor usually dominates!
1-to-8 Pulse and Frequency Distribution Amplifier
2018-12 Narrow version of FDA-board
Here’s a modification of the FDA PCB design to fit in an enclosure that takes a 160mm wide board: http://www.anderswallin.net/2018/12/compact-frequency-distribution-amplifier/ design-files to be added here.
1-to-8 Pulse and Frequency Distribution Amplifier
2018-02 Aivon LTD announces commercial availability of 1:8 PDA/FDA
Aivon LTD is now commercially producing the 1:8 PDA/FDA design in a 1U 19" form-factor.
1-to-8 Pulse and Frequency Distribution Amplifier
2018-02 Draft datasheet now in git-repo
A draft datasheet with performance measurements is now available in the git-repository. If you have measurement capability and interest we welcome contributions and corrections to the datasheet!
1-to-8 Pulse and Frequency Distribution Amplifier
2018-01 Enclosure notes and design-files added
Enclosure notes with dimensions and part numbers. Schaeffer front-panel designer design-files for example front and back panels. Note front-panel is either for SMA or BNC connectors.
1-to-8 Pulse and Frequency Distribution Amplifier
Initial commit of KiCad designs to the git repo
PDA and FDA designs including kicad schematic, pcb, BOM, and gerbers have been committed to the git repo.
1-to-8 Pulse and Frequency Distribution Amplifier
Trimmer-cap modification for output-skew tuning on PDA
The pulse-distribution amplifier output skew can be tuned close to zero by the addition of a trimmer-cap on the input of the output-buffer. See initial results in Anders’ blog http://www.anderswallin.net/2017/09/delay-tuning-with-trimmer-caps/