Can I produce a frequency sweep a PXI-5652 from 1GHz to 2GHz and back down to 1GHz at a rate of 1KHz with RT?

[BruceBarnes]

I need to produce a triangular frequency sweep over a range of at least 1GHz.  This sweep will start at 1GHz go up to 2GHz and back down to 1GHz and repeat the cycle.  I need this cycle to repeat at a rate of 1KHz.  The sweep must be as smooth as possible with the frequency steps being no more than say 1MHz.  I have a RT controller chassis that I can install the PXI-5652 into.  If I dedicate one of the processor cores to this function and reserve the second core for my data acquisition and processing do I have and chance or am I just dreaming?

Thanks,

Bruce Barnes

[Andy_Hinde]

Hi Bruce,
If I interpret this correctly that you need to go from 1 GHz to 2 GHz and back to 1 GHz in 1 ms (you want to repeat this at a rate of 1 kHz) then this isn't possible with the PXI-565x series of RF Signal Generators. These have a tuning time of around 1-5 ms for one frequency step, and tuning from 1 G to 2 G in steps no greater than 1 MHz would mean at least 1000 steps.

Regards,
Andy Hinde
National Instruments