Signal Hound has released its new BB60C real-time spectrum analyzer and RF recorder, successor to the Signal Hound BB60A.
With significantly enhanced performance compared to its predecessor, the Signal Hound BB60C features a frequency range of 9 kHz to 6 GHz, an instantaneous bandwidth (IBW) of 27 MHz and the ability to sweep the RF spectrum at 24 GHz per second.
The BB60C has improved SFDR (Spurious-Free Dynamic Range) by typically 20 dB, flattened the noise floor and band transitions by more than 8 dB, and extended operating temperatures down to -40ºC and up to +65ºC. In addition, streaming I/Q (In-phase Quadrature) bandwidth is now selectable from 250 kHz to 27 MHz.
“The Signal Hound BB60C is perfect for a wide range of applications. It embodies the 80-20 rule by being able to accomplish more than 80 percent of the work for less than 20 percent of the cost. It may look like a toy, because of its small size and its weight of 1.1 lbs., but once you put your hands on one, you’ll know it’s a serious instrument,” Bruce Devine, CEO of Signal Hound, said.
“Now the BB60C makes it hard for companies to justify buying a high-end spectrum analyzer. There are other competitors but they lack one or more of our key features—spectral purity, wide temperature range operation, broadband I/Q streaming capability, open source code spectrum analysis software, and an application programming interface (API).”
Users can remotely perform spectrum analysis, manage system recovery, turn on and off the BB60C, and update software, all over the Ethernet with the addition of custom software and a low-cost Intel i5 NUC vPro-enabled computer, Model DC53427HYE.
