| The BRAT Option B35E is a general purpose missile electronics test system utilizing Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) equipment in a modular design. The test console consists of two ruggedized racks containing the computer system, the power supply system, and three VXI mainframes containing the electronic switching, stimulus, and measurement instrumentation. This system is a functional equivalent to the ATS-E35E test system including the patch panel interface and signal characteristics at this interface. The reconfigurable test system allows easy access to all of the modules and room for expansion/reconfiguring. |
State-of-the-Art-Technology
The BRAT features VXI instrument-on-a-card and modular technologies to provide complex testing capabilities in a compact workstation. |
High Speed Dynamic Digital
The clock lines operate at up to 50 MHz while the I/O pins operate at up to 25 MHz. 128K of memory are behind each pin, which can be run continuously or in segments for multiple tests. |
Multiple Programmable DC and AC Supplies
The power system is a reconfigurable precision power subsystem designed to meet the challenges of high tech ATE. |
Operating Environment
The standard operating environment is Windows(tm). The software packages installed are determined by the user's test requirements. |
Multiple Instrument Synchronization
Complete access at the interface of all instrument "trigger" signals allows multiple instrument synchronizations, or "event" testing. This technique can reduce the software overhead for a test and increase throughput. |
Measurement Capability to 1.6 GHz
RF switching is used to route signals of up to 4 GHz. Signal measurement capability is up to 250 MHz in the time domain using the Scope and up to 1.6 GHz in the frequency domain using the Spectrum Analyzer. |
| Specifications |
Computer System
Rack-mounted Intel Pentium based PC, 17" rack-mounted monitor, rack-mounted keyboard with integral touchpad pointing device. The printer is a high speed laser printer rack-mounted in a peripheral drawer. |
Power Control System
A single power switch controls the system power on/off function. An Emergency Stop switch to is used to remove all station power when depressed. The input power required is three phase, 60 Hz AC power
@ 30 A maximum. An hour meter monitors the amount of time the station is powered up. |
Software
TCASE Development System with software drivers for each test instrument. Virtual control panels are provided for each test instrument. A password protected menu program is used to select programs to be run. The TBASIC programming language with integrated debugger is used for instrument control programming and Graphical User Interface presentation. LASAR data post processors, run time fault dictionary, and probe based diagnostic routines are available for digital testing. |
| Power Supplies |
| DC Power Supply |
|
| Nine Programmable DC Supplies |
|
| Resolution: |
12 bits |
| Range: |
2 of 0 to 200 Vdc @ 18.7 A |
|
6 of 0 to 40 Vdc @ 25 A |
|
1 of 0 to 40 Vdc @ 125 A |
| AC Power Supply (Three Phase) |
|
| Frequency Resolution: |
|
| 0.01 Hz |
40 to 99.9 Hz |
| 0.05 Hz |
100 to 999.9 Hz |
| 0.5 Hz |
1000 to 5000 Hz |
| Range: |
0 to 312 Vac @ 13 A/phase |
| Switching |
|
| Scanner: |
40 of 1 x 8, 1 A, 10 MHz |
| General: |
48 of SPDT, 5 A, 50 MHz |
| Reed: |
96 of SPST, 5 A, 50 MHz |
| Power: |
48 of SPST, 10 A, 50 MHz |
| RF: |
4 of 1 x 8 coax, 1 GHz |
| RF: |
8 of 1 x 4 coax, 4 GHz |
| Digital |
|
| Variable Voltage HI: |
-5 Vdc to +15 Vdc |
| Variable Voltage LO: |
-15 Vdc to +5 Vdc |
| Quantity: |
480 bidirectional pins |
| Pattern Rate: |
0 to 25 MHz |
| Pattern Depth: |
128K |
| Static Relay Driver: |
128 I/O pins, 0 to 42 Vdc, 250 mA |
| Analog Measurement |
|
| DMM |
|
| Resolution: |
6 1/2 digits |
| Voltage: |
30 mV to 300 V |
| Resistance: |
30 ohms to 300 M ohms |
| Frequency: |
10 Hz to 300 KHz |
| Scope |
|
| Channels: |
2 channels and trigger |
| Bandwidth: |
DC to 250 MHz |
| Sample Rate: |
1 GSa/s |
| Input Ranges: |
2 mV/div to 5 V/div |
| Vertical Resolution: |
8 bits times scale |
| Time Base: |
10 ns/div to 1 s/div |
| Counter Timer |
|
| Channels: |
2 input channels |
| Frequency: |
0.001 Hz to 200 MHz |
| Period: |
50 ns to 1000 s |
| Amplitude: |
100 mV p-p to 10 V p-p |
| Trigger Range: |
-10.2 V to +10.2 V |
| Analog Stimulus |
|
| Function Generators |
|
| Channels: |
2 output channels |
| Frequency Range: |
1.0 mHz to 25 Mhz |
| Amplitude (1 M Ohm): |
20 mV to 22 V p-p |
| Amplitude (50 Ohm): |
10 mV to 11 V p-p |
| Standard Waveforms: |
8 (sin, triangle, square, pulse, pos ramp, neg ramp, arbitrary, DC) |
| Custom Waveforms: |
64K points, 12 bit data, 50 Mhz data rate |
| Modulation Modes: |
6 (FM, PM, AM, PSK, FSK, PWM) |
| Pulse Generators |
|
| Channels: |
2 output channels |
| Frequency: |
10 Hz to 50 MHz |
| Amplitude (50 Ohm): |
5 mV p-p to 22 V p-p |
| Pulse Period: |
10 ns to 1 s |
| Pulse Width: |
10 ns to 1 s |
| Pulse Delay: |
120 ns to 1 s |
| Rise/Fall Times: |
3 ns to 150 ns |
| Modes: |
6 (normal, trig, delay trig, burst, gated) |
| Specifications: BRAT RF Instruments |
|
| RF Synthesizer |
|
| Channels: |
2 output channels |
| Frequency Range: |
9 KHz to 2.4 GHz |
| Frequency Resolution: |
1 Hz |
| Output Range: |
-137 dBm to +25 dBm |
| Output Resolution: |
0.1 dB |
| Modulation Modes: |
5 (FM, PM, AM, FSK, PWM) |
| Power Meter |
|
| Channels: |
Single channel |
| Frequency Range: |
100 KHz to 110 GHz |
| Power Range: |
-70 dBm to +44 dBm |
| Power Accuracy: |
0.02 dB |
| Spectrum Analyzer |
|
| Channels: |
Single channel |
| Frequency Range: |
100 KHz to 1.6 GHz |
|
Tunable in 2 Hz increments |
| Readout Accuracy: |
+/- (C.F. x 5 x 10e-8 + RBW accuracy + 103 Hz) |
| Frequency Stability: |
3 x 10e-10 Hz / 100 ms |
| Phase Noise: |
< 87 dBc/Hz @ 30 KHz offset |
| Resolution BW Range: |
300 Hz to 3 MHz |
| RBW Accuracy: |
20% of RBW |
| Selectivity 60 dB/3 dB: |
15:1, 4 section filter |
| Video Bandwidth Range: |
3 Hz to 3 MHz |
| Points per Sweep: |
350 to 10000 |
| Step Time: |
< 120 µS |
| Power Range: |
-120 dBm to +20 dBm |
| Maximum Power (CW): |
+20 dBm |
| Display Range: |
1 to 10 dB/div |
| Absolute Level Accy: |
+/- 0.5 dB |
| Freq. Response Accy: |
+/- 1.0 dB |
| Switching Uncertainty: |
+/- 0.5 dB |
| Attenuator Range: |
0 to 60 dB in 1 dB steps |
| Gain Compression (1 dB): |
-10 dBm |
| Average Noise Level: |
< -120 dBm |
| Input Impedance: |
50 ohms |
| Blower Assembly |
|
| Flow Rate: |
270 cfm @ 0" water, 160 cfm
@ 3" water |
| Monitor: |
3 (temperature, pressure, rate) |
| Interface |
|
| Type: |
Patch panel (options available) |
| Signal Pins: |
1768 |
| Coax Pins: |
308 |