Available instrumentation in the "WiLAB" centre, at the Bologna University

Instrumentation available in the Telecommunications Laboratory at the University of Bologna (most of the instruments are connected to a IEEE488 bus and remotely configurable by wired and wireless L.A.N.: these instruments can be made available to students who wish to experience a period of staying in Bologna. Supported access technologies: Ethernet, IEEE802.11, Bluetooth, GPRS/UMTS, and Internet) :

  • GPIB ENET100 Ethernet-IEEE488 Controller(3x)
  • Keithley Switching Matrix 707/E + 3 High Frequency Matrix Card (no-blocking matrix 12x12 DC-200MHz)
  • Keithley 2750 DMM/DATA Acq.System + n. 4 7712 3.5 GHz, dual 1x4 Multiplexer (no-blocking matrix 4x4 DC-3.5GHz)
  • Hewlett-Packard HP3784A Digital Transmission Analyzer (connected to IEEE488 bus) [2x]
  • Hewlett-Packard HP3708A Noise and Interference Test Set (connected to IEEE488 bus) [2x]
  • Hewlett-Packard HP117C9C RF Channel Simulator (controlled by Personal Computer)
  • Hewlett-Packard HP11757B Multipath Fading Simulator / Signature Test Set (connect. to IEEE488 bus)
  • Hewlett-Packard HP8970B Noise Figure Meter (connected to IEEE488 bus)
  • Agilent 83650B Series Swept Signal Generator, 10MHz-50GHz (connected to IEEE488 bus)
  • Hewlett-Packard HP8656A Signal Generator, 0.1-990 MHz (connected to IEEE488 bus)
  • LeCroy LC534A 1GHz Digitizing Oscilloscope, single 2GSa/s 500Kpt, quad 500MSa/s 100Kpt (connected to IEEE488 bus)
  • LeCroy Wave pro 7100 1 GHz, 20GS/s (2 Ch), 10GS/s (4 Ch), 2 Mpts/2 Ch, 1 Mpts/Ch + GPIB interface + XMAP Master Analysis Package
  • Tektronix CSA7154 COMM SIG ANALYZ; 1.5 GHZ 4CH COMM SIGNAL ANALYZER
  • Hewlett-Packard HP54504A Digitizing Oscilloscope, 400MHz 200MSa/s (connected to IEEE488 bus)
  • Rohde & Schwarz FSEK30 Spectrum Analyzer, 20Hz-40GHz (connected to IEEE488 bus)
  • Hewlett-Packard HP70000 System Spectrum Analyzer, 100Hz-2.9GHz (connected to IEEE488 bus)
  • Hewlett-Packard HP3709B Constellation Analyzer (connected to IEEE488 bus)
  • Hewlett-Packard HP8505A Network Analyzer, 500 KHz-1.3 GHz
  • Hewlett-Packard HP3763A Error Detector
  • Hewlett-Packard HP8015A Pulse generator
  • Agilent 33250A - 80MHz Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generators [4x]
  • 2.4GHz Antenna Set (a couple of directional antennas for the ISM band with Gain=4dB)
  • 30GHz Antenna Set (a couple of omnidirectional antennas operating in the range 26-40GHz with Gain=2.5dB)
  • IEEE802.11b wireless LAN Access Points and PCMCIA cards for Personal Computers and laptops
  • IEEE802.11b routers
  • Satellite Station for Ka-band connection (transmission and reception) to ITALSAT F2 third beam, Nortel Dasa ABCS Skywan traffic modem (ITALSAT is over: system under re-configuration)
  • Router Cisco 3620 with 3 fast Ethernet interface, 2 Fast serial interface (2 Mbps) and 4 ISDN interfaces.
  • ISDN interconnection (four lines)
  • HDSL interconnection to the CNIT national network
  • Texas Instruments DSP Evaluation Module TMS320C62x (2x)
  • Texas Instruments DSP DSK Module TMS320C6711 (12x)
  • Texas Instruments DSP DSK Module TMS320C32x (8x)
  • Texas Instruments DSP DSK Module TMS320C54x
  • Multi-DSP hardware board prototypes for software radio based systems implementation and test