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APx517 B Series Acoustic Analyzer: Specifications

APx517 B Series acoustic audio analyzer

Specifications

with APx500 v6.0.1 or higher measurement software

October 28, 2020 NP0020.00045 rev. 000

This illustration shows an APx517 B Series with the 1/4 inch headphone jack.

These specifications cover the analog input, power amplifier output, headphone amplifier out-

put, and General and Environmental specifications of the APx517 B Series analyzer.
The APx517 has a headphone amplifier connector panel bay that can accepts one of three con-

nector panels: 1/4 inch, 3.5 mm, and Dual BNC.
Specifications for the available interface modules, including DIO, DSIO, HDMI, PDM, and

Bluetooth, are found in other sections of this document.
Specification begin on the next page.

Summary of Contents for AP 517

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Page 3: ...APx517 B Series acoustic audio analyzer Installation Instructions and Specifications B Series APx517 with 1 4 inch headphone connector and Bluetooth option November 2020...

Page 4: ...egistered trademarks owned by the Bluetooth SIG Inc and any use of such marks by Audio Precision is under license Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners MPEG 4 AAC LC au...

Page 5: ...with the APx500 measurement software and in the APx500 User s Manual included in PDF format with the analyzer The user s manual is also available on the Web at ap com printed copies can be ordered fr...

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Page 7: ...Contents Safety 7 S curit 9 Seguridad 13 Installation 17 Installation Fr 23 Instalaci n 29 Abbreviations Terms and Symbols 33 APx517 B Series Specifications 35 DIO digital input output module specific...

Page 8: ...Acoustic Audio Analyzer Table of Contents Bluetooth input output module specifications 63 HDMI ARC input output module specifications 65 PDM input output module specifications 73 PDM 16 input module s...

Page 9: ...ge is not to exceed 10 of nominal 90 264 Vac For continued fire hazard protection fuses should be replaced ONLY with the exact value and type indicated on the rear panel of the instrument and discusse...

Page 10: ...ition such as the presence of dangerous volt age that could pose a risk of electrical shock Refer to the accompanying Warning Label or Tag and exercise extreme caution ATTENTION This symbol alerts you...

Page 11: ...alimentation r seau de 50 60 Hz CA une ten sion nominale de 100 240 V CA La tension d alimenta tion du r seau ne doit pas d passer 10 de la tension nominale 90 264 V CA Pour obtenir en permanence la...

Page 12: ...peuvent tre fix es au dessous du bo tier pour utilisation sur un bureau Symboles de s curit Les symboles suivants peuvent tre pr sents sur les pan neaux ou les couvercles de l quipement ou des module...

Page 13: ...de l instrument et elles doivent tre raccord es un syst me protecteur de mise la terre externe Avis de non responsabilit Audio Precision d conseille fortement l utilisation de ses produits d une mani...

Page 14: ...S curit 12 APx517 B Series Acoustic Analyzer S curit...

Page 15: ...para operar solamente de una fuente de suministro el ctrico de 50 60 Hz de corriente alterna a una tensi n nominal de 100 240 VCA La fuente de suministro de voltaje no debe exceder del 10 del nominal...

Page 16: ...ntes s mbolos podr an estar marcados en los pan eles o cubiertas del equipo o los m dulos y se utilizan en este manual ADVERTENCIA Este s mbolo le alerta sobre una condici n potencialmente peligrosa t...

Page 17: ...Seguridad APx517 B Series Acoustic Analyzer Seguridad 15 causar a da o al equipo o representar a un riesgo de seguri dad para el personal...

Page 18: ...Seguridad 16 APx517 B Series Acoustic Analyzer Seguridad...

Page 19: ...ware options See Chapter 1 of the APx500 User s Manual for informa tion on the APx KeyBox and using current APx500 soft ware with an earlier APx analyzer non B Series PC system requirements The APx500...

Page 20: ...administrator rights to operate APx500 software Guest users are not supported You can launch the APx500 software without instrument hardware attached When no hardware is detected APx500 will present y...

Page 21: ...e APx517 Launch APx500 by double clicking on the installed short cut With the APx517 connected you may be asked to update the instrument firmware during the first launch of the measurement software AP...

Page 22: ...carrier module take care not to let them fall Figure 3 Figure 4 Replace the fuses if necessary using fuses as described above Note that the fuses mount between the center con tact clip and the contac...

Page 23: ...in the APx517 chassis 1 Carefully remove the headphone connector panel from the protective packaging 2 Holding the connector panel by the panel face or by the thumbscrews align the sides of the panel...

Page 24: ...Installation 22 APx517 B Series Acoustic Analyzer Installation...

Page 25: ...er le logiciel ou les options du logiciel APx500 Voir le chapitre 1 du manuel de l utilisateur APx500 pour en savoir plus sur l APx KeyBox et sur l utilisation du logiciel APx500 actuel avec un analys...

Page 26: ...Control Panel de Windows consultez les comptes d utilisateur User Accounts ou consul tez votre administrateur de r seau Ex cuter le logiciel sans brancher l instrument REMARQUE Vous devez d tenir des...

Page 27: ...module d entr e d alimentation l arri re de l APx517 Microsoft Windows d tectera la pr sence de l APx517 branch au port USB et lancera le logiciel Hardware Update Wizard qui recherchera le bon pilote...

Page 28: ...s nominales utilisez deux fusibles secteur de type 4 A T SB 5 x 20 mm 250 V Utilisez des fusibles certifi s des sp cifications appropri es seulement Pour retirer le module porte fusibles secteur consu...

Page 29: ...nt s de mani re libre dans le module porte fusibles prenez soin de ne pas les laisser tomber Figure 3 Figure 4 Remplacez les fusibles au besoin l aide de fusibles identiques ceux d crits ci haut Remar...

Page 30: ...Installation Fr 28 APx517 B Series Acoustic Analyzer Installation Fr...

Page 31: ...software Ver el Cap tulo 1 del Manual del usuario APx500 para obtener informaci n sobre APx KeyBox y usar el software actual de APx500 con un analizador APx anterior que no sea B Series Requisitos de...

Page 32: ...tener derechos est ndar de usuario o de administrador para operar el software APx500 No se permiten usuarios invitados Usted puede iniciar el software APx500 sin tener conectado el hardware del instru...

Page 33: ...e hardware para buscar el controlador de software correcto Seleccione Install the software automatically Instalar el software autom ticamente Windows encontrar el software del controlador de Audio Pre...

Page 34: ...ada de energ a como se muestra en la figura 1 y abra la puerta de bisagras para que se vea el m dulo portador de fusibles rojo de la fuente de alimentaci n Levante el m dulo portador de fusibles con e...

Page 35: ...ting a signal in the time domain to the frequency domain IMD Inter Modulation Distortion a measure of non linearity using a test signal with two or more components RMS or rms Root Mean Square an equiv...

Page 36: ...34 Abbreviations Terms and Symbols...

Page 37: ...specifications cover the analog input power amplifier output headphone amplifier out put and General and Environmental specifications of the APx517 B Series analyzer The APx517 has a headphone amplif...

Page 38: ...d power enforced Higher maxi mum ambient and elevations will limit continuous power output Output Impedance 450 m max 250 m 100 m current sense resis tor in series with the negative output ter minal S...

Page 39: ...to 48 08 Vpp Amplitude calibration is approximate Residual Noise Note 2 20 Hz to 20 kHz BW 30 uVrms 88 8 dBu IMD Test Signals SMPTE MOD Lower Frequency LF 40 Hz to 1 00 kHz LF tone must be 1 6 HF tone...

Page 40: ...Msample Amplitude Range 0 to 48 08 Vpp Wav file must peak at digital full scale to obtain selected amplitude Flatness 1 kHz ref SR 175 kS s to 192 kS sec Typically 0 012 dB to 20 kHz SR 8 kS s to 108...

Page 41: ...output thermally limited no maxi mum load power enforced Output Impedance 500 m Max 275 m typical Sine Characteristics Frequency Range Fs 2 Hz to 80 1 kHz Setting resolution is typically 45 Hz Freque...

Page 42: ...Shape White or Pink 5 Hz to 86 4 kHz IEC 60268 1 or BS EN 50332 1 Amplitude Range 0 to 25 456 Vpp Amplitude calibration is approximate Residual Noise Note 2 20 to 20 kHz BW 15 uVrms 97 8 dBu IMD Test...

Page 43: ...kS s Operation from 109 kS s to 175 kS s is possible but with degraded flatness Maximum File Size 256 Msample Amplitude Range 0 to 25 456 Vpp Wav file must peak at digital full scale to obtain select...

Page 44: ...2018 Unbalanced Microphone 2 each ground sense mic power independently selectable per chan nel Switchable 4 mA 10 mA 24 V CCP with TEDS reading capability or DC Bias 0 1 V to 12 V with 7 5 k series re...

Page 45: ...kHz Rs 600 Level Amplitude Measurement Range Balanced or bridging input 1 V to 25 Vrms differential Unbalanced input 1 V to 25 Vrms Accuracy 1 kHz 0 05 dB 0 60 Flatness 1 kHz ref DC cou pling 10 Hz t...

Page 46: ...emented bandwidth and response are limited by the A D and sample rate SR 3 dB at 0 490 SR except for 192 kHz sample rate 3 dB 0 432 SR 20k AES17 40k AES17 Special filters conforming with AES17 Butterw...

Page 47: ...nce frequency of 80 Hz 2 0 kHz Fmean F1 F2 2 Fdiff F2 F1 Fmean must be 6 Fdiff IMD Measured SMPTE Amplitude modulation of HF tone Measurement BW is 40 750 Hz MOD d2 d3 d2 d3 or d2 d3 d4 d5 Use d2 d3 f...

Page 48: ...or 0 to 360 deg Accuracy 0 2 deg 5 Hz to 5 kHz 0 8 deg 5 kHz to 20 kHz 2 0 deg 20 kHz to 50 kHz Vin must be 5 mV with DC coupling both channels Accuracy degrades below 50 Hz with AC coupling Resoluti...

Page 49: ...C to 75 C Humidity 90 to 40 C non condensing Max Operating Altitude 2 000 m Stabilization Time 20 minutes EMC Complies with EC Council Directives EMC Directive 2014 30 EU EN 61326 1 2013 Class B FCC 1...

Page 50: ...0 3rd Edition Corr 7 31 2011 Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Labora tory Use UL61010 2 030 CSA C22 2 No 61010 2 030 Particular Require ments for Equipment Having Testing or Measuring...

Page 51: ...r dc offset must be off or set to 10 mV 3 Mic inputs must be 150 mV for specified performance Mic Inputs set to measure d2 d3 IMD products for MOD and DFD modes 4 Valid for the balanced input configur...

Page 52: ...50 APx517 B Series Acoustic Analyzer Specifications...

Page 53: ...ifications cover the digital input and output functions of the Audio Precision DIO The DIO is available as a stand alone module models 240 The APx DIO provides balanced digital input and output compat...

Page 54: ...veform fidelity accuracy and jitter Optical 27 kS s to 108 kS s Sample Rate SR Accuracy 0 0003 3 PPM Channel Status Bits Full implementation per IEC 60958 automatically set all channels same User Bits...

Page 55: ...5 Hz to 0 499 SR Pink 10 Hz to 0 45 SR IEC 60268 1 or BS EN 50332 1 IEC 60268 1 is shaped pink noise BS EN 50332 1 is similar but with soft clipping to limit crest factor to 2 IMD Test Signals SMPTE M...

Page 56: ...k or equivalent Sample Rate SR Range Electrical 27 kS s to 216 kS s Usable over the extended range of 16 kS s to 216 kS s with degraded wave form fidelity accuracy and jitter Optical 27 kS s to 108 kS...

Page 57: ...0 01 dB pass band ripple 60 dB stop band ENBW 1 012 1 062 FLP varies due to warping Weighting A wt B wt C wt CCIR 1k CCIR 2k CCITT C message 50 s or 75 s de emph with and without A wt or None Weightin...

Page 58: ...FD Measurement Range 0 to 20 Accuracy 0 5 dB Residual IMD2 SMPTE MOD Typically 140 dBFS DFD Typically 150 dBFS Frequency Measurement Range 5 Hz to 0 499 SR Accuracy 0 0003 100 Hz Phase Measurement Ran...

Page 59: ...cision DSIO The DSIO is available as a stand alone module model 237 The Digital Serial Input Output or DSIO option provides a flexible chip or board level serial input and output interface With separa...

Page 60: ...ats I2 S DSP custom left right justified one bit one subframe 50 duty cycle frame inverted or normal frame optionally 1 bit left shifted frame All modes LSB or MSB first Word width 8 128 bits cannot b...

Page 61: ...High level input Minimum 1 0 V Low level input Maximum 0 8 V High level output Minimum 1 6 V Low level output Maximum 0 1 V Absolute range Minimum 0 5 V Maximum 5 5 V 2 5 volt setting High level input...

Page 62: ...input or output Master clock 4 kHz 56 MHz Actual clock rate is dependent upon bit clock word width and sample rate set tings Bit clock 4 kHz 56 MHz maximum Actual clock rate is dependent upon word wi...

Page 63: ...Hz to 100 kHz BW 600 ps Jitter Spectrum1 Spurious products are typically 40 dBc below jitter signal or 60 dBUI whichever is larger 3 Induced Jitter Waveforms Sine Square Noise Signals Affected Master...

Page 64: ...ES to SPECIFICATIONS 1 System specification including contributions from both generator and analyzer subject to the following condition Bit Clock 192 kHz 2 In TDM channel count can limit the bit clock...

Page 65: ...ooth Duo interface Bluetooth is a short distance a few meters control data and audio communications wireless technology Bluetooth uses low power frequency hopping radio in the 2 4 GHz band Commu nicat...

Page 66: ...ource Sink 1 3 AVRCP Controller Target 1 4 HFP Hands Free 1 7 HFP Audio Gateway 1 7 HSP Headset Audio Gateway 1 2 A2DP Codecs SBC aptX aptX Low Latency aptX HD AAC HFP Codecs CVSD mSBC RF Connections...

Page 67: ...el 242 The model HDMI ARC module is fully compatible with HDMI 1 3a additionally it supports a subset of HDMI 1 4a the ARC Audio Return Channel feature HDMI EDID 1 4 is supported and CEC commu nicatio...

Page 68: ...o an external source of video to be included in the Source out put signal Generates and transmits audio across ARC per HDMI 1 4a HDMI source should not transmit video Incoming audio is ignored Incomin...

Page 69: ...1 4a Also user selectable CEC pass through from Sink to AUX OUT User can manually send a CEC ping or arbitrary CEC message to any of the standard logical addresses An indicator confirms the receipt o...

Page 70: ...s1 Typically 0 001 dB Harmonics Spurious Prod ucts1 3 Typically 140 dBFS Square Characteristics Frequency Range Fq 10 Hz to SR 6 Only specific values are allowed Fq SR N where N is an even integer 6 E...

Page 71: ...Typically locks down to 16 kS s EMBEDDED INPUT SIGNAL RELATED Level Amplitude Measurement Measurement Range 120 dBFS to 3 dBFS Accuracy 1 kHz Typically 0 001 dB Flatness1 Typically 0 001 dB Residual...

Page 72: ...Arbitrary 30 pole input filter The EQ operates on any selected ana lyzer input channels IMD Measurement Test Signal Compatibility SMPTE MOD Any combination of 40 Hz 1 kHz LF and 240 Hz 60 kHz HF mixed...

Page 73: ...or 0 to 360 deg Accuracy1 Typically 0 001 deg Resolution 0 001 deg Notes to Specifications 1 System specification including contributions from both generator and analyzer Generator only and analyzer o...

Page 74: ...Characteristic Specifications Supplemental Information 72 APx HDMI ARC I O Module for B Series Specifications HDMI...

Page 75: ...oversampling ratios and modulated into a 1 bit PDM bitstream A 4th order modulator is the default a 5th order modulator can be selected The PDM Option also provides a signal input with its associated...

Page 76: ...768 800 16 800 Passband Frequency Range 0 0 45 FS Passband Gain INTR 64 128 256 512 0 0001 0 0001 dB INTR 32 0 01 0 01 dB All other INTR 0 0063 0 0001 dB Stopband Frequency Range 0 55 INTR 2 FS Stopb...

Page 77: ...OLP BW 0 45 FS 127 dB Dynamic Range DNR MIL FS 48 kHz per AES17 135 dB MODULATOR ORDER 5 128x OSR Overload Point OLP 1 kHz 9 6 dBFS Total Harm Dist Noise OLP BW 0 45 FS 127 dB Signal to Noise Ratio SN...

Page 78: ...7 137 dB RECEIVER Decimated Rate FS 0 160 768 kHz Bit Clock Rate FB Master or slave mode 0 128 24 576 MHz DECIMATION FILTER Decimation Ratio FB FS DECR 1 3 125 4 6 25 8 00 8 33 10 67 12 5 16 16 67 18...

Page 79: ...ILOAD 0 5 mA 0 7 VINT V Output Voltage Low VOL ILOAD 0 5 mA 0 3 VINT V VDD OUTPUT DC Voltage VDD 0 80 3 60 V Resolution 0 01 V Accuracy 0 05 V Maximum Current IMAX 15 mA VDD MODULATION AC output level...

Page 80: ...18 ns tF Fall Time 16 ns rOUT Output Impedance 450 ohms fCLK max Maximum Clock Frequency 3 072 MHz Logic Level 1 0 V tCO Clock to out 32 ns tR Rise Time 10 ns tF Fall Time 7 7 ns rOUT Output Impedanc...

Page 81: ...edance 40 ohms fCLK max Maximum Clock Frequency 24 576 MHz PDM RECEIVER tCLKRX Clock period master or slave mode 41 7813 ns tHP Data hold time rising edge 5 ns tHN Data hold time falling edge 5 ns tSU...

Page 82: ...ccuracy 1 kHz Average detection 1 300 ps Flatness1 100 Hz to 100 kHz 0 2 dB Residual Jitter1 700 Hz to 100 kHz BW 600 ps Jitter Spectrum1 Spurious products are typically 40 dBc below jitter signal or...

Page 83: ...below jitter signal or 60 dBUI whichever is larger 2 Square Wave and Noise Waveform Jitter Jitter amplitude limited to 40 ns maximum PDM Output Jitter Tolerance Sine wave jitter bit clock rates from 1...

Page 84: ...82 APx PDM I O Module for B Series Specifications PDM...

Page 85: ...nel information The input accepts 1 bit PDM bitstreams which are then decimated by one of several available decimation ratios and filtered into baseband audio at the Decimated Rate The PDM 16 also pro...

Page 86: ...t Module for B Series Specifications PDM 16 These specifications cover the digital input functions of the Audio Precision PDM 16 interface for the current version model 243 PDM 16 specifications begin...

Page 87: ...licated on 8 out puts 8 Clock Inputs 1 slave clock input shared across all 8 data lines 1 Phase Synchronization All channels sampled synchronously from common clock phase relationships between channel...

Page 88: ...nge DNR MIL FS 48 kHz per AES17 125 dB MODULATOR ORDER 4 128X OSR Overload Point OLP 1 kHz 7 9 dBFS Total Harm Dist Noise OLP BW 0 45 FS 127 dB Signal to Noise Ratio SNR OLP BW 0 45 FS 127 dB Dynamic...

Page 89: ...TOR ORDER 4 512X OSR Overload Point OLP 1 kHz 8 2 dBFS Total Harm Dist Noise OLP BW 0 45 FS 130 dB Signal to Noise Ratio SNR OLP BW 0 45 FS 129 dB Dynamic Range DNR MIL FS 48 kHz per AES17 137 dB MODU...

Page 90: ...CEIVER tCLKRX Clock period master or slave mode 41 7813 ns tHP Data hold time rising edge 0 ns tHN Data hold time falling edge 0 ns tSU Data setup time 9 ns PDM Input Jitter Tolerance Sine wave jitter...

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