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manufacturer=Rockland Scientific Corporation | type=7530A | | |manufacturer=Rockland Scientific Corporation | ||
summary=100 kHz FFT Analyzer | | |series=7000-series scopes | ||
image=Rockland 7530a 2.jpg | | |type=7530A | ||
caption=Rockland 7530A| | |summary=100 kHz FFT Analyzer | ||
introduced=1979| | |image=Rockland 7530a 2.jpg | ||
discontinued=(?) | |caption=Rockland 7530A | ||
|introduced=1979 | |||
manuals= | |discontinued=(?) | ||
|manuals= | |||
* [[Media:Rockland_7530A_FFT_Spectrum_Analyzer_Operating_Manual_1980.pdf|Rockland 7530A FFT Spectrum Analyzer Operating Manual 1980 (PDF)]] | * [[Media:Rockland_7530A_FFT_Spectrum_Analyzer_Operating_Manual_1980.pdf|Rockland 7530A FFT Spectrum Analyzer Operating Manual 1980 (PDF)]] | ||
* [[Media:Rockland_7530A_Schematics.pdf|Rockland 7530A Schematics (PDF)]] | * [[Media:Rockland_7530A_Schematics.pdf|Rockland 7530A Schematics (PDF)]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
The (Wavetek) '''Rockland 7530A''' is a DC-100 kHz FFT spectrum analyzer plug-in for [[7000-series scopes]]. | The (Wavetek) '''Rockland 7530A''' is a DC-100 kHz FFT spectrum analyzer plug-in for [[7000-series scopes]]. | ||
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In the mid-1970s, Rockland Instruments was a small company driven by brilliant engineers who thought outside the box to create state of the art instruments. It was no surprise that Wavetek, which had greater resources and name recognition, bought them several years later to get access to their engineering team. | In the mid-1970s, Rockland Instruments was a small company driven by brilliant engineers who thought outside the box to create state of the art instruments. It was no surprise that Wavetek, which had greater resources and name recognition, bought them several years later to get access to their engineering team. | ||
In 1976 they were among the first, if not the first, to create a spectrum analyzer using an A/D to sample the incoming waveform, convert it into a stream of digital values, perform an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform algorithm) on the data, then use a D/A to convert the results back into the display that appears on the CRT of the 7000 series scope. | In 1976 they were among the first, if not the first, to create a spectrum analyzer using an A/D converter to sample the incoming waveform, convert it into a stream of digital values, perform an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform algorithm) on the data, then use a D/A to convert the results back into the display that appears on the CRT of the 7000 series scope. | ||
HP was not far behind Rockland Instruments. By comparison Tektronix was so deeply committed to swept-IF Spectrum Analyzers that it took over a decade before they realized the advantages of FFT Spectrum Analyzers. | HP was not far behind Rockland Instruments. By comparison Tektronix was so deeply committed to swept-IF Spectrum Analyzers that it took over a decade before they realized the advantages of FFT Spectrum Analyzers. | ||
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==Components== | |||
{{Parts|Rockland 7530A}} | |||