PC based IEEE STD synthesis, enhanced through dedicated devices

In the paper ´PC based, IEEE signal & test definition standard, synthetic instruments´, we introduced our successful implementation of a PC-based signal generation framework. This document describes our continuing research and development into this area, and the techniques we have developed. We outline many of the factors that enforce limits on the system, with examples regarding the processing power of the PC and the output device used to generate the signals. We discuss the use of external digital memory devices and integrated dedicated hardware and how we have established techniques that enable our framework to take advantage of such technology in order to overcome the limitations of the system. Throughout the document we relate how our system adheres to signal definitions as defined in P1641 of the IEEE signal and test definition standard.