LDA-908V High Resolution Digital Attenuator

The Lab Brick LDA series of Digital Attenuators bring affordability, functionality, reliability and simplicity to the microwave test bench. The LDA products range from 6 MHz to 40 GHz with input level tolerance to 2 Watts and step size as small as 0.1 dB.


The Lab Brick LDA series of Digital Attenuators bring affordability, functionality, reliability and simplicity to the microwave test bench. The LDA products range from 6 MHz to 40 GHz with input level tolerance to 2 Watts and step size as small as 0.1 dB.

 

The LDA-908V offers both USB and Ethernet interfaces. The USB port uses a native HID interface to avoid the difficulties inherent in using older serial or IEEE-488 interfaces implemented over USB. As a result, Lab Brick users can get to work faster without having to install kernel level drivers, and Lab Brick devices can be easily used on any system that supports USB HID devices, including low cost embedded computers using Linux or similar operating systems. The Ethernet interface is configurable for Static IP or DHCP with the ability to assign the HTTP port for extra security.

 

The LDA-908V Digital Attenuator is a highly accurate, bidirectional, 50 Ohm step attenuator. The LDA-908V provides calibrated attenuation from 200 to 8000 MHz with an amazing step size of 0.1 dB and typical accuracy <0.25 dB over 90 dB of control range. The attenuators are easily programmable for fixed attenuation, swept attenuation ramps and fading profiles directly from the included Graphical User Interface (GUI). Alternatively, for users wishing to develop their own interface, Vaunix supplies LabVIEW drivers, Windows API DLL files, macOS .dylib files, Linux drivers, Python examples and much more.


Features

  • Reliable and Repeatable solid state digital attenuation
  • Includes Windows GUI and SDK, macOS GUI and SDK, Linux SDK, LabVIEW driver, Python examples and more
  • USB and Ethernet Interfaces
  • Configurable Static IP or DHCP
  • Password protected Ethernet interface
  • Programmable attenuation ramp and fading profiles
  • Operate multiple devices directly from a PC or self powered hub
  • Easily portable USB powered device

ModeLDA-908V
Freq. Min200 MHz
Freq. Max8000 MHz
Impedance50Ω
Channels1
Attenuation Range

90dB

Step Size0.1dB
Max Input+23dB
Insertion Loss8.5dB
Attenuation Accuracy Typ.0.25dB
Switching Speed Typ.15us
ConnectorsUSB/Ethernet