Offering the SPPortA2, Spectrum Systementwicklung, the German manufacturer of fast PC based instruments, has enhanced its range of system solutions around the main product area of measurement cards. Customers, seeking for a complete system solution, now have an additional choice besides an individual PC solution and a Docking solution for Laptops. The portable system SPPortA2 from Spectrum is a symbiosis of a standard PC and a Laptop allowing to integrate one or two of the fast Spectrum PC instruments. With this the system is an easy to handle alternative to a Laptop/Docking Station solution without the need to carry and connect several components (Laptop, Docking Station, Power Supplies) at the place of action.

As a base the system is equipped with a 15” TFT display, a state-of-the-art Core2Duo CPU, 2 GByte of memory and Windows XP Professional to fulfil all demands of today’s mobile applications. As an option a battery pack can be ordered to use the complete system independent of the availability of a power supply. The both slots of full length can be equipped with one or two of Spectrum’s PC instruments. With this A/D solutions starting with 32 channels 16 bit 500 kS/s up to 4 channels 14 bit 250 MS/s can be realised. It is also possible to assemble mixed solutions using Digitizers, Arbitrary Waveform Generators or Digital I/O cards. All hardware and software is completely installed - the system can be immediately used directly after starting.

All PC instruments have been calibrated inside the system resulting in an even higher accuracy compared to single cards that are installed in an user PC. Drivers and examples as well as detailed data sheets and even the complete manuals are available online.