Seeed Studio RF Explorer®Pro - Touch Screen Spectrum Analyzer
All-in-One RF Solution: A powerful instrument for precise analysis and seamless optimization Comprehensive Spectrum Analysis: 15 MHz–7.5 GHz sweep with advanced modes like Zero Spa n and Waterfall 2D/3D High-Speed Power Meter: Detects band events from 10 MHz–8 GHz in just 100 µs Versatile Signal Tracking Generator: Quickly characterize cables, filters, and amplifiers across 24 MHz–6 GHz Brilliant Touchscreen Display: 1280×800 resolution, vivid 16.7M colors, 250 cd/m² brightness, and 800:1 contrast ratio Dynamic Heatmap Coverage: Measure signal strength on the move with GPS assistance and manual mapping Smart Wi-Fi Analyzer: Pinpoints interference and noise in 2.4/5.8 GHz environments Rich Connectivity Options: Equipped with USB3.0, Audio Jack, Micro HDMI, Micro SD, Ethernet adapter, and portable internal battery Description The RF Explorer®Pro is a highly integrated RF analysis and optimization instrument, that presents the ability of a Spectrum Analyzer, Power Meter, and Signal Tracking Generator, offering precise sweep spectrum analysis, fast detection, and continuous monitoring capabilities. With an advanced touch all-screen display and heatmap coverage map feature, it is ideal for various RF analysis and optimization applications. The RF Explorer®Pro is a cutting-edge RF instrument that combines an advanced touch screen, high-resolution display, and state-of-the-art RF electronics to deliver precise sweep spectrum analysis. It represents the culmination of more than 15 years of experience in developing robust RF high-frequency instruments that are both cost-sensitive and widely utilized worldwide. Equipped with advanced modes like Zero Span, Waterfall 2D and 3D, and Power Channel, this analyzer offers enhanced flexibility to effectively handle a wide range of scenarios. It simplifies the capture and replay of elusive events, enabling optimal monitoring of IoT, radio packets, and continuous modulated and unmodulated signals. The device's wideband design allows it to resolve 8GHz band detection events in just 100uS, ensuring accurate and fast detection across a broad frequency range. Its advanced power meter offers continuous and trigger modes for precise power measurement and analysis, with the trigger mode enabling the accurate capture of pulse and fast events that may be challenging to capture using other methods. With the tracking generator feature, rapid diagnostics and characterization of cables, filters, and amplifiers are possible. When combined with a directional coupler, it can measure impedance and characterize antenna Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR). The integrated internal preamplifier LNA and attenuators significantly increase the dynamic range of the device, enabling it to handle low-level and high-level RF signals effectively. Additionally, the cable tester allows for instant and easy checks of RF cables, ensuring their proper functioning. Configurable radio standards enable easy channel measurements to match specific radio standards, ensuring compatibility and accuracy. The heatmap coverage map feature utilizes external GPS assistance and internal manual operation to measure signal strength on the go, creating a visual heatmap of coverage areas. Note that displaying geolocated data positions on a map currently requires a computer connected to the Internet. Advanced frequency coordination features are specifically designed for A/V and Wireless Microphone applications, minimizing interference and intermodulation while enabling continuous monitoring. The WiFi analyzer capability allows the detection of signals present on any 2.4/5.8GHz band channel, facilitating accurate identification of interference, collisions, and noise in WiFi environments. The device offers the ability to automatically save scan data on RAM for easy replay of any event. The captured data can also be manually or automatically saved in binary and CSV formats for later use. Continuous monitoring and alerting ensure that users stay informed with reliable alerts, including configurable limit lines, to ensure critical events are not missed. Seamless data export to USB drives is supported, allowing all captured data to be easily transferred and used in other software applications such as WSM, WWB6, Excel, or Matlab. Application Multimedia and Wireless Audio Telecommunications and communications Wireless network deployment and optimization IoT RF engineering and testing Wi-Fi network analysis Broadcast and entertainment RF security and surveillance Specification This portion includes Spectrum Analyzer Specification, Wideband Power Meter Specification, Electrical and Mechanical Specification, and Electrical and Mechanical Specification Spectrum Analyzer Specification Parameter Value Range Frequency range 15MHz to 3.3GHz (baseline) 15MHz to 6GHz (license 6G) 15MHz to 7.5GHz (license 7G) Frequency Span 0 (zero span) 500KHz to 6GHz (sweep) RBW 3Khz – 2.5MHz Future firmware upgrade will enable 100Hz – 2.5MHz VBW Automatic Low Frequency Support 100KHz – 240MHz with external RF Explorer Upconverter module Frequency resolution 1KHz Future firmware upgrade will enable 100Hz Sweep Time 3GHz / 280ms With RBW 2.5MHz Sweep Points 512-65,000 Frequency stability (typical) TCXO ±0.5ppm Amplitude stability and accuracy (typical) ±1.5dB Factory Calibration 3K reference points Dynamic range (Depending on RBW and Band) Direct: -110dBm to +10dBm Preamplifier LNA: -130dBm to -30dBm Attenuator: -80dBm to +33dBm Absolute Max input power +33dBm internal Attenuator selected Display Average Noise Level -130dBm typical LNA Noise Floor -160dBm/Hz typical LNA WiFi Analyzer 2.4Ghz / 5.8GHz Save/Replay 100,000 Sweeps on Memory Unlimited Sweeps on File File Export Compatible CSV and Binary formats Suitable for WSM/WWB6/Excel/Matlab Wideband Power Meter Specification Parameter Value Range Frequency range 10MHz to 8GHz Dynamic range (Depending on RBW and Band) Direct: -60dBm to +10dBm Preamplifier LNA: -130dBm to -30dBm Attenuator: -80dBm to -10dBm Operational Modes Continuous Trigger Event Detection 100uS Samples 2-1024 Trigger Samples 100,000 Captures on Memory Signal Tracking Generator Specification Parameter Value Range Frequency range 24MHz to 6GHz Output power range (nominal) -40dBm to -30dBm in 3dB steps -10dBm to 0dBm in 3dB steps Operational Modes CW Frequency Sweep Amplitude Sweep Tracking SNA Sweep hops range unlimited Tracking Speed >500pts/sec Electrical and Mechanical Specification Parameter Value Range Remote Display VNC Compatible Video Output Micro HDMI port USB Type A USB 3.0 Network Ethernet with USB adapter Adapter Not Included Audio Internal Speaker Audio Jack 3.5mm Micro SD card Up to 64GB SD Card Not Included Operating temperature 5-35C Operating humidity Max 90% Connector type SMA 50 ohms Display Technology Anti-glare 8” IPS TFT Capacitive Touchscreen Display Resolution 1280x800 pixels 16.7M color Weight 570 g Size 215x140x25mm Charge USB-C 5VDC 2A Charger Not Included Charge Time 3hs Internal Battery Lithium Ion 4500mAh Battery Lifetime 3.5 – 5hs Depending on operational mode Holder Back Removable Holder Tripod Support Compatible with standard 1/4-20 Camera tripod Certification CE/FCC/RoHS/MSDS Hardware Overview Part List RF Explorer Pro Main Equipment x1 Rubber Duck UHF 400-900MHz SMA Articulated Antenna x1 Black UHF 900-6000MHz SMA Articulated Antenna x1 Type-C USB Cable x1 Removable Back Holder x1 Documents Datasheet User Manual Certification HSCODE 9030401000 USHSCODE 9030400000 UPC EUHSCODE 9030900000 COO CHINA