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Altera_Forum
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7 years agoHi Dav,
Thanks for your response. Actually, I want to sample analog signals with the frequency of 5 Hz and up to 100 kiloHz. Moreover, in my case, the analog signal consists of the pulses with ultrashort pulse durations (e.g. ~ 30-40 ns). For this reason, I need an high speed AD/DA daughtercard (or a FPGA board with built-in AD/DA operation) to sample each pulse properly. Therefore, AD/DA cards with very high sampling rates are required and I believe that Arduino based solutions would be insufficient. I was thinking to use THDB-ADA with Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit (or similar FPGA development boards in the same price range). In addition, after some research, I found another FPGA development kit: ADC-SoC https://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?language=english&categoryno=165&no=1061&partno=1 (https://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?language=english&categoryno=165&no=1061&partno=1) It has a built-in ADC option up to 150 MSPS. However, I have checked the User's Manual and couldn't find any information about the DC signal support. By the way, I am open to alternative design configurations to sample such an analog signal with ultra narrow nanosecond pulses. Thanks,