TSP #259 - HAROGIC SAE-200 Real-Time 20GHz Portable Spectrum Analyzer Review, Teardown & Experiments

In this episode Shahriar takes a detailed look at the "pocket-sized" HAROGIC SAE-200 real-time 20GHz spectrum analyzer. With its 100MHz of analysis bandwidth and FPGA based signal processing, it is both powered and operates from USB-C ports: https://rf-instruments.eu/products/sa-series/sae-200/ This review is organized as follows: 00:00 - Introductions 00:36 - Instrument overview, ports and interfaces 02:09 - Performance metrics & data-sheet details 05:39 - Complete teardown with analysis of all RF & digital boards 18:23 - Overall instrument architecture, signal & data paths 19:14 - GUI overview, purity, phase noise measurement, front-end & dynamic range 25:17 - Spurious tone, spectral purity & harmonic rejection in sweep modes 28:18 - Third order intercept, input linearity, IM3 measurement & optimization 32:10 - Real-Time mode, frequency hopping detection, plot persistence & spectrogram 35:58 - AM modulation, pulse/power detection & triggering modes 39:25 - I/Q streaming mode, modulation analysis, power versus time & I/Q versus time 47:49 - Additional features & API interface benefits 48:31 - Concluding remarks Please consider supporting The Signal Path: https://www.TheSignalPath.com/Donate https://www.Patreon.com/TheSignalPath Other links: https://www.TheSignalPath.com https://www.Twitter.com/TheSignalPath