A look at two products shaping the Software Defined Instrumentation ecosystem.
RedPitaya STEMlab 125-14 Gen 2
RedPitaya launched the STEMlab 125-14 Gen 2, built on the Xilinx Zynq 7010/7020 with integrated ADC/DAC. Maximum sampling rate reaches 250 MSPS, and a built-in web server enables remote operation out of the box.
The platform is open-source, with a growing library of reference designs that cover oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, PID controllers and more — all reconfigurable through the FPGA fabric.
Moku:Go by Liquid Instruments
Moku:Go from Liquid Instruments delivers powerful software-defined instruments including PID controllers, arbitrary waveform generators and oscilloscopes. The platform is likely based on Zynq/Zynq UltraScale+ depending on the product class.
Both products illustrate the same trend: FPGA SoC platforms are making it possible to replace racks of traditional instruments with a single reconfigurable device.