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Fluke Signal Sources Selection Guide

Fluke 271 | Fluke 281 | Fluke 282 | Fluke 284

Fluke offers a range of function, pulse/function and universal waveform generators that are designed to meet your requirements and stay within your budget. Whether you require a simple LF function generator, or a powerful multi-channel arb, we have a product designed with you in mind.

 
  Function Generators Universal Waveform Generators
Model 80  81  271 281 282 284
Output Channels 1 1 1 1 2 4
Maximum amplitude
(into 50 W)		 16 Vpp 16 Vpp 10 Vpp 10 Vpp 10 Vpp 10 Vpp
Standard Waveforms
Sine maximum frequency 50 MHz 50 MHz 10 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz
Square maximum frequency 50 MHz 50 MHz 10 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz 16 MHz
Pulse maximum frequency N/A 50 MHz 10 MHz 10 MHz 10 MHz 10 MHz
Pulses No Single Multi-level Pulse Train Pulse Train Pulse Train
Noise Generator No No Random No No No
Frequency Accuracy     10 ppm 10 ppm 10 ppm 10 ppm
Arbitrary Waveforms
Maximum Sampling Frequency     27.48 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s 40 MS/s
Waveform length
(points)		     1024 4 - 65536 4 - 65536 4 - 65536
Waveform memory     5 x 1 K blocks 64 k blocks 64 K 64 K
Vertical resolution     10 bits 12 bits 12 bits 12 bits
Waveform sequencing
(max. # of segments)		       16 16 16
Looping     No Yes Yes Yes
Operating Modes
Triggered Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gated Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Burst Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Frequency sweep Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Selectable output filter       10 MHz Eliptical, 10 MHz Bessel, none 10 MHz Eliptical, 10 MHz Bessel, none 10 MHz Eliptical, 10 MHz Bessel, none
Modulation source       External dc-100 kHz External dc-100 kHz External dc-100 kHz
Modulation AM, FM AM, PWM AM, FSK, Tone AM, Tone AM, Tone, DTMF AM, Tone, DTMF
Signal summing No No No No No No
VCO/VCA input Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Phase lock to external analog signal Yes Yes No No No No
Multi-unit phase lock Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
General
GPIB interface Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RS-232 interface
(conventional mode)		 No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
USB No No No No No No
Ethernet No No No No No No
Waveform software     Waveform Mgr. Plus Optional Waveform Mgr. Plus Waveform Mgr. Plus Waveform Mgr. Plus
Recommended replacement for obsolete models HP 8116A HP 8116A Wavetek 29A Wavetek 39A Wavetek/Fluke 195 Wavetek/Fluke 195/001


  Arbitrary Waveform Generators
Model 291 292 294 396 397
Output Channels 1 2 4 1 2
Maximum amplitude
(into 50 W)		 10 Vpp 10 Vpp 10 Vpp 10 Vpp 10 Vpp
Standard Waveforms
Sine maximum frequency 40 MHz 40 MHz 40 MHz 50 MHz 50 MHz
Square maximum frequency 50 MHz 50 MHz 50 MHz 50 MHz 50 MHz
Pulse maximum frequency 10 MHz 10 MHz 10 MHz 10 MHz 10 MHz
Pulses Pulse Train Pulse Train Pulse Train No No
Noise Generator No No No Yes Yes
Frequency Accuracy 10 ppm 10 ppm 10 ppm 1 ppm 1 ppm
Arbitrary Waveforms
Maximum Sampling Frequency 100 MS/s 100 MS/s 100 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s
Waveform length
(points)		 1 M 1 M 1 M 16 to 4 M 16 to 4 M
Waveform memory Removable compact FLASH card Removable compact FLASH card Removable compact FLASH card 1 MByte memory 4 MByte memory
Vertical resolution 12 bit 12 bit 12 bit 14 bits 14 bits
Waveform sequencing
(max. # of segments)		 1024 1024 1024 4096 4096
Looping Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Operating Modes
Triggered Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gated Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Burst Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Frequency sweep Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Selectable output filter 40 MHz Elliptic, 20 MHz Bessel, none 40 MHz Elliptic, 20 MHz Bessel, none 40 MHz Elliptic, 20 MHz Bessel, none 50 MHz, 25 MHz, both or none 50 MHz, 25 MHz, both or none
Modulation source External dc-100 kHz External dc-100 kHz External dc-100 kHz Internal dc-200 kHz Internal dc-200 kHz
Modulation AM, SCM, Tone AM, SCM, Tone AM, SCM, Tone AM, FM, FSK, Ramped FSK AM, FM, FSK, Ramped FSK
Signal summing Yes Yes Yes No No
VCO/VCA input Yes Yes Yes No No
Phase lock to external analog signal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multi-unit phase lock Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
General
GPIB interface Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RS-232 interface
(conventional mode)		 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
USB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ethernet No No No No Yes
Waveform software Waveform Mgr. Plus Waveform Mgr. Plus Waveform Mgr. Plus ArbExplorer software ArbExplorer software
Recommended replacement for obsolete models       Wavetek 395  

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