Validator 1

Validator 1 provides a fast and convenient method to create drive for benchtop setups. In addition, Validator can test the digital responses.   Get started by editing spreadsheet templates, then download via a USB connection and run.   Once downloaded, the pattern is automatically loaded in nonvolatile memory so the Validator can be untethered from the USB.

Validator comes with a breakout board which can be used to translate digital levels up or down. The breakout board can also be used to mate digital channels to a custom connector.

Validator comes with a suite of sample patterns. Out of the box, Validator can drive SPI patterns or create arbitrary analog waveforms with simple parameter data entry.  A one time investment in creative worksheet design can create easy to use setups for future time-and-again requirements.

Validator utilizes a 72 bit wide fast access memory that stores up to 4,096 lines of pattern. The memory can be clocked by the internal 24 Mhz oscillator or by an external clock. The external clock can be DC to 50Mhz.   Memory is loaded via the USB connection.

The pattern controller looks for commands at each line during pattern execution. The pattern can jump, pause, step, conditional jump if fail, and stop on fail.

Digital IO can be programmed at each line to be either output or input with a weak pulldown. The system clock can be output any digital channel. Any input can be tested to be One or Zero at any line.   IO outputs 3.3V levels.   The Breakout Board has provision to translate IO to anywhere from 1.6V to 5V.

The DACs are 10 bit each and can move 10V per microsecond. Their range is -10V to +10V.

Validator 1 will operate standalone with a 5V supply or from a USB connection. If standalone, the last downloaded pattern is available in nonvolatile memory for load and execution.

Validator 1 is 6.4 inches wide by 5.25 inches deep (excluding BNC) and 1.4 inches high. It weighs 12 oz.

Designed and assembled in the USA.

Validator ships with a memory stick loaded with the host application, “Validator1_Host”.   Executing the application brings up the Control Panel which allows selection of the pattern to download to the Validator box.   The Control Panel also exchanges control and status information with the Validator box.

Validator downloads from a CSV file that must be prepared in a standard format.  A CSV file may be created by a variety of means.  Excel or Calc may be most expedient.   Standard format Excel spreadsheets are provided on the memory stick.   Start with one of the sample patterns and enter Setup data and Line data.   See both the User Guide and Guide to Using Sample Patterns included on the memory stick.

All files available on the memory stick are also available at the website.

• 16 digital channels and 2 DACs
• -10V to +10V DAC output range with 10V per microsecond slew rate
• 3V digital IO with provision for translation to between 1.6V and 5.0V
• Internal 24 Mhz oscillator
• External clock option allows DC to 50Mhz operation
• 5 nanoseconds maximum channel to channel skew
• Pattern depth selectable from 1 to 4095 Lines with up to 1,000 clocks each Line
• Provision to run multiple parallel Validator units in synchronization
• Test any digital channel any Line
• Failed channels logged by host application
• Control pattern execution with Jump, Jump on Fail, and Pause commands
• Downloads stored in nonvolatile memory for remote setup with 5V supply
• Spreadsheet templates available
• DACs can be programmed by equation using the elapsed time variable.
• Breakout board, cables, and clips shipped with each Validator 1
• Host application works on Windows XP, 7, and 10

• Arbitrary Pattern Generation (click here for a detailed Application Example)
  • Use Validator to drive a bench top setup
  • Examine the performance of an IC, breadboard, PCB, or equipment

• Test Logic States
  • Find errors in the design or construction by applying input patterns while testing outputs

• Pattern Recognition and Control
  • Test channels in a loop and upon recognition of a code jump to a control pattern or test.

• Arbitrary Analog Waveforms
  • Write amplitude formulas as a function of time for DAC channels

• Differential Analog Drive
  • Use two DACs to create one differential signal with arbitrary offset

• Connect to a Bus
  • Validator can switch between input and output states at 50Mhz

• Simplify protocol transmissions
  • With the power of the spreadsheet, create a tool to accept simple data entry and have Validator output a data transmission protocol.

• Drive different logic voltages simultaneously
  • Use the Breakout Board translator for 5V or 1.5V logic channels and the Validator itself for the 3.3V channels simultaneously. Use multiple Validators wired for synchronous parallel pattern generation to expand the options

• Drive massive parallel IO
  • Make large parallel Digital IO or Analog setups with the simple provisions to achieve synchronous drive with Validators in a parallel configuration.

• Edge Detect
  • Use the External Trigger input to initiate drive and/or test

• Take Arbitrary Drive and Test Anywhere
  • Reload a pattern that is automatically stored in nonvolatile memory offsite without a computer.

• Communicate Issues
  • Show a pattern and/or test to interested parties using the Validator and email

• Technical Education Tool
  • Add the Validator in the school lab for creating benchtop setups

Please keep shipping carton, packing material and contents intact, and contact Support at Sequim Tek immediately to initiate a claim.

1. Please contact Support at Sequim Tek for a Return Material Authorization (RMA).
2. Submit in writing the reason for the Return and the original Order Confirmation number.
3. Sequim Tek will cover return shipping and send a return label for the box.