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UT-210

USB DVB-T/ISDB-T Modulator

100–2500 MHz

USB based modulator with support for EN 300 744 DVB-T and ARIB STD-B31 ISDB-T/ABNT NBR 15601 ISDB-Tb transmission. Powered from the USB bus, so no external power adapter is required, with full hardware modulation and professional grade modulation error rate (MER).

100–2500 MHz · 2/3/4/5/6/7/8 MHz bandwidth · DVB-T / ISDB-T

Datasheet — UT-210

01 · DVB-T Modulator Adaptor

Features

  • 01 USB based modulator/demodulator with support for EN 300 744 DVB-T and ARIB STD-B31 ISDB-T/ABNT NBR 15601 ISDB-Tb transmission.
  • 02 Powered from the USB bus, so no external power adapter is required.
  • 03 Full hardware modulation/demodulation, no host CPU computation required.
  • 04 Professional grade modulation error rate (MER).
  • 05 Modulator (Transmitter) — Direct digital conversion to 100..2500 MHz for excellent signal quality · Standard 2/3/4/6/7/8 MHz bandwidth · ISDB-T Layer mode supported: 1-layer (13-seg) and 2-layer (12+1 seg) · No time-interleaver support in ISDB-T mode · Programmable digital attenuator · Free Windows Stream Player · Free Windows and Linux SDK
  • 06 Applications — DVB-T/ISDB-T/-Tb signal generator · Demonstrations · Research and development · Video Broadcast/Distribution · Digital Signage · Wireless Display · Hotel TV, Hospital TV, On-Board TV, Luxury Home Entertainment · Hotel Info TV, Trade Shows, Mall Info TV, Campus TV, In Stadium · Live Sports, Monitoring, Surveillance, Corporate TV · Industrial Monitoring · Amateur HAM TV
  • 07 Host requirements — CPU: Intel, AMD, ARM, MIPS · 128MB RAM of system memory or above · Higher CPU and memory required if ISDB-T audio/video decoding is needed. · One available USB2.0 or 1.1 port

Specifications

General Specifications

RF Connector
Two 75-Ω MCX (female) connectors, one for Tx and one for Rx
Bandwidth — DVB-T
2/3/4/5/6/7/8 MHz
Bandwidth — ISDB-T
6/7/8 MHz
FFT
2K, 4K, 8K
Constellation
64QAM/16QAM/QPSK
Code rate
1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8
ISDB-T Time-interleaver
Not supported
Guard interval
1/4, 1/8, 1/16 or 1/32
ISDB-T Layer
1-layer (13-seg) and 2-layer (12-seg +1-seg)
ISDB-T Segment
13 セグメント / 12+1セグメント
Frequency range
100 .. 2500 MHz, tuning step 1 KHz
RF Output Level
5 dBm (113 dBuV) @100-470 MHz; 5 dBm (113 dBuV) @470-950 MHz; 0 dBm (108 dBuV) @950-1900 MHz; -5 dBm (103 dBuV) @1900-2500 MHz
Digital Attenuator
Range: +0/-25dB, Step size 1dB
MER
Typically, @-5 dB attenuation by ADRF6755: >39dB@V-band; >39dB@470-950 MHz; >36dB@950-1900 MHz; >34dB@1900-2500 MHz
Spectrum Shoulder (Adjacent channel)
40dB
Phase noise
<-92dBc @ 10kHz
Carrier Suppression
>42dB
USB port
USB 2.0 or USB 1.1
Power
5V DC (USB Bus Power) 560mA
Dimensions (LxWxH)
67 x 35 mm (excluding USB connector)
  • The power consumption is a little over USB bus power budget (500mA). Please make sure your USB port can support it well.
  • USB 1.1 can only support 3~5 Mbps stream data rate.

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