Time Controller Series User Manual
Section 5: Operating the Time Controller Hardware
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5.3
I/O specifications
There are two modes in which the Time Controller can acquire data:
•
High speed:
Greater maximum count rates at the expense of timing resolution. All input
and output channels are enabled, including the Start channel.
•
High resolution:
Greater timing resolution, at the expense of maximum count rates. All
input and output channels are enabled for the ID1000, while the Start channel is disabled
for the ID900.
Depending on the acquisition mode and Time Controller Series model, the specifications for the
input and output channels are as follows:
ID1000 Time
Controller Series
Start & Inputs 1 to 4
Outputs 1 to 4
High speed
High res.
Voltage range (50Ω)
-3 V to +3 V
-3 V to +3 V
-3 V to +3 V
Max. input rate*
5 x 100 MHz
300 MHz
(across all channels)
125 MHz
Max. timestamp rate
10 M events/s (across all channels)
-
Min. time-bin width
(digital resolution)
100 ps
1 ps
-
RMS jitter
(timing precision)
28 ps
4 ps
28 ps
* Including single-channel counters, coincidence counters, and histogram processing
Table 7:
Specifications for ID1000’s input and output
channels
ID900 Time
Controller Series
Start
Inputs 1 to 4
Outputs 1 to 4
High speed only
High speed
High res.
Voltage range (50Ω)
-3 V to +3 V
-3 V to +3 V
-3 V to +3 V
-3 V to +3 V
Max. input rate*
1 x 100 MHz
4 x 100 MHz
4 x 25 MHz
125 MHz
Max. timestamp rate
10 M events/s (across all channels)
-
Min. time-bin width
(digital resolution)
100 ps
100 ps
13 ps
-
RMS jitter
(timing precision)
28 ps
28 ps
5.7 ps
28 ps
*Including single-channel counters, coincidence counters, and histogram processing
Table 8: Specifications for
ID900’s
input and output channels
Depending on the license you have selected for your Time Controller, the input channels
or the output channels may be inaccessible, and/or
‘high resolution’ mode may be
unavailable (see Section 3.1.6
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