CRFS has introduced its next generation 8 GHz portable high performance real time spectrum analyzer with an instantaneous bandwidth of up to 100 MHz. The RFeye® Desktop fits in the palm of your hand and can be carried around in your laptop bag! It looks nothing like a traditional piece of test & measurement equipment. It is available in a compact, lightweight, ergonomic package just like any consumer electronics product. Inside is the highest performance, small form factor wideband radio receiver on the market.
The RFeye® Desktop frees you from the large, heavy and power-consuming integrated spectrum analyzers with their often clunky built-in screens and antiquated operating systems. It just needs to be plugged in to a USB 3.0 port of any laptop and the software web apps can be run within a web browser on a Windows® or Linux based device.
The CRFS RFeye web apps library provides a number of application specific apps. Over time this library will grow to include many of the cutting edge RFeye spectrum monitoring tools that CRFS has developed for its other spectrum monitoring solutions. Users can create and share their own applications as part of a wider RFeye ecosystem. It’s ideal for a wide range of test and measurement tasks requiring absolute precision. But it can also do the more complex tasks of detecting and analyzing low probability of intercept and frequency hopping signals typical of advanced digital communications.
Performance Details:
This portable real-time spectrum analyzer operates from 9 kHz to 8 GHz with an instantaneous bandwidth of up to 100 MHz and sweep speed of over 400 GHz/s. The small size and weight of the RFeye Desktop has been achieved without any performance compromises. It provides industry-leading phase noise and high spurious-free dynamic range. All this in a package that weighs less than 1 kg and fits in the palm of your hand. Click here to learn more.
Here are four other Portable, Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers:
Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer and RF Recorder from 9 kHz to 6 GHz
Manufacturer: Signal Hound
The BB60C is a Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer and RF Recorder that operates from 9 kHz to 6 GHz. It has a realtime bandwidth of 27 MHz and a resolution bandwidth of up to 10 MHz. The Signal Hound BB60C is ideal for real-time spectrum monitoring, manufacturing process control, interference hunting, spread spectrum signal analysis, capturing intermittent events, and general purpose spectrum analysis. When compared to the BB60A this new model has improved SFDR (Spurious-Free Dynamic Range) by typically 20 dB the noise floor has been flattened by reducing frequency band transitions more than 8 dB operating temperatures have been extended down to -40°C and up to +65°C and streaming I/Q (In-phase Quadrature) bandwidth is now selectable from 250 kHz to 27 MHz. Click here to learn more.
Real-time Modular Spectrum Analyzers from 100 kHz to 27 GHz
Manufacturer: Berkeley Nucleonics Corporation
The RTSA7500 Series from Berkeley Nucleonics is a range of modular real-time spectrum analyzers that are designed to analyze wireless signals in the lab, on the manufacturing floor or out in the field. They have a real-time trigger mode for measuring complex data signals such as Wi-Fi and LTE along with markers for tracking specific frequencies. These analyzers can capture elusive and time-varying signals across real-time bandwidth (RTBW) up to 100 MHz and have probability of intercept (POI) as short as 1.02 μs. They have a spurious free dynamic range up to 100 dBc and DSP filtering and decimation. Click here to learn more.
USB Real Time Spectrum Analyzer from 9 kHz to 6.2 GHz
Manufacturer: Tektronix
The RSA306B is a compact/portable Real Time Spectrum Analyzer from Tektronix that operates from 9 kHz to 6.2 GHz. It provides real time spectrum analysis, streaming capture and deep signal analysis capabilities in a low-cost, highly portable package that is ideal for field, factory, or academic use. Click here to learn more.
Real-time, Hand-Held Spectrum Analyzer Up to 20 GHz
Manufacturer: Aaronia
The SPECTRAN V5 Series from Aaronia is a range of real-time, hand held spectrum analyzers that operate 1 Hz to 20 GHz. These spectrum analyzers have a real-time bandwidth of 200 MHz and can analyse the weakest signals due to low noise signal processing down to -170dBN/Hz. They have real-time streaming, ultrafast LO sweeps, high-resolution TFT touch screen display with 800x480 pixel resolution, a tracking generator and GPS. The Spectran V5 can continuously stream data and save it gap-free on a PC via USB, and has polyphase filter technology that can capture small signal detail. They are available in a small, compact design and can be controlled either by touch screen, a multifunctional jog dial, motion control, hot keys or a real-time remote control (via GSM, WLAN or USB). Click here to learn more.
