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Red Pitaya STEMlab 125-14 product variation comparison

Red Pitaya nowadays has a wide variety of products for different purposes and segments. Nevertheless, up to this day, Red Pitaya's original product STEMlab 125-14 is still the best-seller. In the past year, we have received many requests for clients to make small tweaks to the existing product and we cam up with quite a few variations of the original STEMlab 125-14. Here' s a quick overview of each variant and you can compare the technical specifications in the table below.

Red Pitaya STEMlab 125-14 Low Noise

STEMlab 125-14 Low Noise is based on a STEMlab 125-14 board that is populated with additional linear analog power for analog power supplies to reduce RF inputs and outputs noise and consequently increase ENOB.

Red Pitaya STEMlab 125-14 External Clock

STEMlab 125-14 External clock is based on the STEMlab 125-14 model that is modified to be used with an external clock oscillator, which is important especially for RF applications that operate at other frequencies, require better quality clock or clock synchronization.

With this modification, users can provide their own clock for the Red Pitaya device through the E2 extension connector.

Red Pitaya STEMlab 125-14 Z7020 Low Noise

STEMlab 125-14Z7020 Low Noise is based on a STEMlab 125-14 Z7020 board that is populated with additional linear analog power for analog power supplies to reduce RF inputs and outputs noise and consequently increase ENOB.

Comes with Xilinx Zynq 7020 SoC.

Red Pitaya STEMlab 125-14 ISO17025

Based on the STEMlab 125-14 Starter kit and it comes with individual ISO17025 certificate.

BASIC

 

STEMlab 125-10

STEMlab 125-14
STEMlab 125-14 LN
STEMlab 125-14 ext. clk

STEMlab 125-14-Z7020-LN

SDRlab 122-16
SDRlab 122-16 ext clk

SIGNALlab 250-12

Processor

DUAL CORE ARM CORTEX A9

DUAL CORE ARM CORTEX A9

DUAL CORE ARM CORTEX A9

DUAL CORE ARM CORTEX A9

DUAL CORE ARM CORTEX A9

FPGA

FPGA Xilinx Zynq 7010 SOC

FPGA Xilinx Zynq 7010 SOC

FPGA Xilinx Zynq 7020 SOC

FPGA Xilinx Zynq 7020 SOC

FPGA Xilinx Zynq 7020 SOC

RAM

256MB (2Gb)

512MB (4Gb)

512MB (4Gb)

512MB (4Gb)

1GB (8Gb)

System memory

Micro SD up to 32GB

Micro SD up to 32GB

Micro SD up to 32GB

Micro SD up to 32GB

Micro SD up to 32GB

Console connection

USB to serial converter required

micro USB

micro USB

micro USB

USB-C

Power connector

Micro USB

Micro USB

Micro USB

Micro USB

Power Jack
RJ45 (PoE version only)

Power consumption

5V, 1,5A max

5V, 2A max

5V, 2A max

5V, 2A max

24V, 0.5A max

CONNECTIVITY

 

STEMlab 125-10

STEMlab 125-14
STEMlab 125-14 LN
STEMlab 125-14 ext. clk

STEMlab 125-14-Z7020-LN

SDRlab 122-16
SDRlab 122-16 ext clk

SIGNALlab 250-12

Ethernet

1Gbit

1Gbit

1Gbit

1Gbit

1Gbit

USB

USB 2.0

USB 2.0

USB 2.0

USB 2.0

2 x USB 2.0

WIFI

requires WIFI dongle

requires WIFI dongle

requires WIFI dongle

requires WIFI dongle

requires WIFI dongle

Synchronisation

/

Daisy chain connector (up to 500 Mbps)

Daisy chain connector (up to 500 Mbps)

Daisy chain connector (up to 500 Mbps)

Daisy chain connector (up to 500 Mbps)

RF INPUTS

 

STEMlab 125-10

STEMlab 125-14
STEMlab 125-14 LN
STEMlab 125-14 ext. clk

STEMlab 125-14-Z7020-LN

SDRlab 122-16
SDRlab 122-16 ext clk

SIGNALlab 250-12

RF input channels

2

2

2

2

2

Sample rate

125 MS/s

125 MS/s

125 MS/s

122.88 MS/s

250 MS/s

ADC resolution

10 bit

14 bit

14 bit

16 bit

12 bit

Input impedance

1MOhm/10pF

1MOhm/10pF

1MOhm/10pF

50 Ohm

1MOhm

Full scale voltage range

±1V (LV) and ±20V (HV)

±1V (LV) and ±20V (HV)

±1V (LV) and ±20V (HV)

0.5Vpp/-2dBm

+-1V / +-20V (software selectable)

Input coupling

DC

DC

DC

AC

AC / DC (software selectable)

Absolute max. Input voltage range

30V

30V

30V

DC max 50V (AC-coupled) 1 Vpp for RF

30V

Input ESD protection

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Overload protection

Protection diodes

Protection diodes

Protection diodes

DC voltage protection

Protection diodes

Bandwidth

DC-50MHz

DC-60MHz

DC-60MHz

300 kHz - 550 MHz

DC - 60MHz

RF OUTPUTS

 

STEMlab 125-10

STEMlab 125-14
STEMlab 125-14 LN
STEMlab 125-14 ext. clk

STEMlab 125-14-Z7020-LN

SDRlab 122-16
SDRlab 122-16 ext clk

SIGNALlab 250-12

RF output channels

2

2

2

2

2

Sample rate

125 MS/s

125 MS/s

125 MS/s

122.88 MS/s

250 MS/s

DAC resolution

10 bit

14 bit

14 bit

14 bit

14 bit

Load impedance

50 Ohm

50 Ohm

50 Ohm

50 Ohm

50 Ohm

Voltage range

±1V

±1V

±1V

1Vpp/ +4 dBm

+-2V / +-10V (Hi-Z load) (software selectable)

Short circut protection

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A, RF transformer & AC-coupled

Yes

Connector type

SMA

SMA

SMA

SMA

BNC

Output slew rate

2V / 10ns

2V / 10ns

2V / 10ns

N/A

10V / 17ns

Bandwidth

DC-50MHz

DC-60MHz

DC-60MHz

300 kHz - 60 MHz

DC - 60MHz

EXTENSION CONNECTOR

 

STEMlab 125-10

STEMlab 125-14
STEMlab 125-14 LN
STEMlab 125-14 ext. clk

STEMlab 125-14-Z7020-LN

SDRlab 122-16
SDRlab 122-16 ext clk

SIGNALlab 250-12

Digital IOs

16

16

16

16

16

Analog inputs

4

4

4

4

4

Analog inputs voltage range

0-3,5V

0-3,5V

0-3,5V

0-3,5V

0-3,5V

Sample rate

100kS/s

100kS/s

100kS/s

100kS/s

100kS/s

Resolution

12bit

12bit

12bit

12bit

12bit

Analog outputs

4

4

4

4

4

Analog outputs voltage range

0-1,8V

0-1,8V

0-1,8V

0-1,8V

0-1,8V

Communication interfaces

I2C, SPI, UART

I2C, SPI, UART

I2C, SPI, UART

I2C, SPI, UART

I2C, SPI, UART, USB

Available voltages

+5V,+3,3V,-4V

+5V,+3,3V,-4V

+5V,+3,3V,-4V

+5V,+3,3V,-4V

+5V,+3,3V,-4V

external ADC clock

N/A

yes

yes

yes

yes

SYNCHRONISATION

 

STEMlab 125-10

STEMlab 125-14
STEMlab 125-14 LN
STEMlab 125-14 ext. clk

STEMlab 125-14-Z7020-LN

SDRlab 122-16
SDRlab 122-16 ext clk

SIGNALlab 250-12

Trigger input

through extension connector

through extension connector

through extension connector

through extension connector

through BNC connector

Daisy chain connection

N/A

over SATA connection

over SATA connection

over SATA connection

over SATA connection

Ref. clock input

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

through BNC connector

 

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