information for distributors and agents new product briefing note: - TG5011 & tg2511 50mhz & 25mhz dds function generators background tti have been producing dds based function/arbitrary generators since 1995. the successor to the original product, the tg1010a, is still in production and selling well. however, agilent have successfully dominated this market - originally with the hp 33120 and then with its successor, the agilent 33220a. this product remains the market leader despite attempts to dislodge it, most notably by tektronix with the afg3000 series. over the past decade, tti have concentrated on lower cost pure function generators (tg300 series, tg550, tg2000) and on multi-channel true arbitrary waveform generators (tga1240 and tga12100 series). a truly competitive dds function/arbitrary generator now tti are launching a competitor to the agilent 33220a offering all of the facilities of that product but with much higher bandwidth and sampling speed. the TG5011 is a 50mhz product that will sell at a significantly lower price than the 20mhz agilent 33220a and offers a dramatically better price to performance ratio. unlike the tek afg3000 series, the TG5011 uses a similar half rack 2u case style to the agilent product. despite this, it incorporates a much larger screen capable of displaying representative waveforms simultaneously with text. it therefore provides a similar level of information to the very large screen of the tektronix products. the TG5011 benefits from using the latest internal technologies and has up-to-date features such as usb flash drive storage. thurlby thandar instruments ltd. glebe road, huntingdon, cambs. pe29 7dr united kingdom tel: +44 1480 412451 email: info@tti-test.com web: www.tti-test.com tti tg2511 & TG5011 versus agilent 33210a/33220a and tektronix afg3021b 33210a tg2511 33220a TG5011g afg3021b euro price $1200 $1295* $1870 $1635* $1950 max. sine 10mhz 25mhz 20mhz 50mhz 25mhz resolution/min. freq. 14 digits/1mhz 14 digits/1hz 14 digits/1hz 14 digits/1hz 12 digits/1hz max. square 10mhz 25mhz 20mhz 50mhz 12.5mhz rise time <20ns <13ns <13ns <8ns <18ns arbitrary waveforms no (option) yes yes yes yes sampling clock (50ms/s) 125ms/s 50ms/s 125ms/s 250ms/s waveform size (8k x 14 bits) 128k x 14 bits 64k x 14 bits 128k x 14 bits 128k x 14 bits flash drive storage (no) yes no yes yes pulse generator mode 0.5ms - 5mhz 0.5ms - 6.5mhz 0.5ms - 5mhz 0.5ms - 12.5mhz 1ms - 12.5mhz variable rise/fall yes yes yes yes yes independent rise/fall no yes no yes no noise (bandwidth) yes (7mhz) yes (20mhz) yes (7mhz) yes (20mhz) yes (25mhz) other waveforms triangle, ramp triangle, ramp, sinc, exp. + log rise/fall, haversine, gaussian, cardiac triangle, ramp, sinc, exp. rise/ fall, cardiac triangle, ramp, sinc, exp. + log rise/fall, haversine, gaussian, cardiac triangle, ramp, sinc, exp. rise/fall gaussian, lorentz haversine am, fm, pm, fsk & pwm modulations yes internal/external yes internal/external yes internal/external yes internal/external yes internal/external max. modulation freq. am, fm, pm, pwm 20khz 20khz 20khz 20khz 50khz frequency stability 10ppm 1ppm 10ppm 1ppm 1ppm multi-generator locking no (option) yes no (option) yes yes display resolution 240 x 56 lcd 256 x 112 lcd 240 x 56 lcd 256 x 112 lcd 320 x 240 lcd simultaneous text and waveform no yes no yes yes case size ? rack 2u ? rack 2u ? rack 2u ? rack 2u 330 x 158mm interfaces usb/lan/gpib usb/lan/* usb/lan/gpib usb/lan/gpib usb/lan/gpib lxi compliance yes yes yes yes no case format 2u half-rack 2u half-rack 2u half-rack 2u half-rack scope style * g models have gpib. pricing: tg2511 - $1295, tg2511g - $1435, TG5011 - $1495, TG5011g - $1635 pricing the current price of the 20mhz agilent 33220a is $1870 (plus options) while that of the 25mhz tektronix afg3021 is $1950. the price of the 50mhz TG5011 will be $1495*. the TG5011g that includes a gpib interface will be $1635*. agilent now have a lower cost model, the 10mhz 33210a at $1200, but this has no arbitrary waveform capability unless option 002 is specified which costs another $400. by contrast, the 25mhz tg2511 includes arbitrary waveform capability as standard and will be priced at $1295*. market potential the worldwide market for general purpose function/ arbitrary generators is very large running to several tens of thousands of units per year. agilent have a dominant position in this market and are likely to maintain it. however, tti believes that the combination of higher performance and lower price will enable the TG5011 and tg2511 to take a share of the market which, although low in percentage terms, can represent very significant sales levels totalling several thousand per year. the launch of the TG5011 & tg2511 will be backed up with high quality printed and web material which demonstrates the products superior value. www. tti.eu/go/TG5011 * $ pricing for the products is indicative only and will depend upon exchange rates, duty levels and shipment costs.
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