Moku:Pro

Moku:Pro – The most powerful platform for your research and engineering applications

- Performance and flexibility
- Multiple instruments in one integrated platform – use up to four at once!
- Future-proof your lab with the reconfigurable FPGA
- Ultimate lab freedom

Liquid Instruments’ Moku:Pro is leading the next generation of software-defined instrumentation by harnessing the power of an FPGA and coupling it with a high-quality analog front-end. This allows Moku:Pro to have the flexibility of hosting multiple instruments without having to compromise on specifications or precision.

It can monitor up to 5 GSa/s with industry-leading noise performance and offers eleven different instruments which can be used separately or chained together to make a signal processing pipeline or reconfigurable test systems.

Instrumentation:

Moku:Pro comes with five essential instruments included on the base model. You can then add other high-performance instruments, either from purchase (“build-your-own” model) or as add-ons after purchase (as an upgrade) to personalise Moku:Pro and enhance its’ capability.

The five essential instruments that come with every Moku:Pro are:

The other instruments that come with the “Full-suite” bundle, or that can be purchased at any time and installed onto the hardware with the upgrade option are:

Having a Moku:Pro for your experiments means you can keep one hardware platform and reconfigure the software to suit the project you are undertaking. Replacing multiple pieces of equipment with one device will dramatically reduce the cost of your lab, allowing you to “measure more with less” whilst future-proofing your lab at the same time.

More information about the instruments available for Moku:Pro can be found through this link.

Specification Overview:

Please find the series specs tab for more detail on the specifications.

Key Features:

Multi-instrument Mode

Use four instruments simultaneously to build custom signal processing pipelines or sophisticated test systems. Moku:Pro is reconfigurable allowing you to swap which instruments you are using with ease to allow a deeper understanding into your projects and the relationships between instruments.

Signals between instruments can be routed through Digital Signal Buses, enabling high data rates with ultra-low latency and no degradation of SNR, that typically would result from the analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog conversions in separate hardware modules or boxes. Having all the required instruments available in one hardware platform can also substantially decrease research and development time.

Moku Cloud Compile

A cloud-based tool which allows you to implement custom triggering or digital signal processing with your own VHDL code. It is compatible with multi-instrument mode, meaning your coded solutions seamlessly integrate into the intuitive UI and pre-existing Moku instruments, which makes implementation a simple task.

Blended ADCs

Liquid Instruments has overcome the typically demanded tradeoffs between flexibility and performance by blending two ADCs. As Moku:Pro has a wide range of available instruments, it needs to perform in lots of different measurement scenarios, but this means a single ADC cannot be optimised. Having a non-optimised ADC normally introduces a noise error to the signal however Liquid Instruments has mitigated this by using a patented blending scheme. By using signals from a 5 GSa/s, 10-bit ADC and a 10 MSa/s, 18-bit ADC, they are able to deliver a low noise floor and a high dynamic range.

This blended ADC technology means engineers and researchers no longer need to compromise between high speed and high precision when acquiring data.

Differential features:

Lab Freedom

Moku:Pro is perfectly paired with an iPad which can be used to control experiments through the free app. Having a portable display and experimental controller allows you to take data from anywhere and to have ultimate freedom in your lab. Moku:Pro can also be controlled by Windows and Mac apps along with having API support for Python, MATLAB, and LabVIEW.

Digital Twin – Model and Emulate Subsystems

Product models are usually built before the physical hardware is available, therefore these models cannot be run until late in the development cycle. With Moku:Pro, customers can run and test their models to find and correct problems earlier in the cycle, lowering the number of engineering change requests and decreasing the amount of time to market. The same code can then be deployed onto the embedded system once it has been made.

Obsolescence Planning

Products with long product life cycles can outlast the test equipment used to validate and produce them. With Moku:Pro, instruments at End of Life (EOL) can be recreated as software modules allowing for faster and easier integration. Moku:Pro and Moku Cloud Compile can be used to recreate the EOL instruments, saving time compared to recreating a large testing system.

Below is short video from Liquid Instruments highlighting the features of Moku:Pro:

Bundle	Build-your-own, Full-suite, Upgrade you current Moku:Pro

Analog I/O
Analogue Inputs
Channels	4
Bandwidth	600 MHz (up to 2 channels) 300 MHz (up to 4 channels)
Sampling rate	5 GSa/s (1 channel) 1.25 GSa/s (4 channels)
Resolution	10-bit and 18-bit ADCs with automatic blending
Maximum voltage range	40 Vpp
Input impedance	50 Ω or 1 MΩ
Input coupling	AC or DC
AC coupling corner	16 kHz into 50 Ω 1.6 Hz into 1 MΩ
Input voltage noise	30 nV√Hz at 100 Hz
Input referred noise	500 μV RMS
Analogue Outputs
Channels	4
Bandwidth	500 MHz (± 1 V) 100 MHz (± 5 V)
Sampling rate	1.25 GSa/s
Resolution	16-bit
Voltage Range	10 Vpp into 50 Ω
Output impedance	50 Ω
Output coupling	DC

Features & Accessories
User Interface	iPad App Windows and Mac Apps
Programming Environment	Python MATLAB
Additional Ports	Ethernet USB-C 10 MHz reference clock in and out

External trigger input
External trigger
Trigger waveform	TTL compatible
Trigger bandwidth	DC to 5 MHz
Trigger impedance	Hi-Z
Min trigger level	1.8 V
Max trigger level	5 V
Connector	BNC

Clock reference
On-board clock
Frequency	10 MHz
Stability	< 300 ppb
10 MHz reference input
Expected waveforms	Sine / square
Frequency	10 MHz ± 20 kHz
Input range	-6 dBm to +10 dBm
Connector	BNC
10 MHz reference output
Waveform type	Square
Output frequency	10 MHz
Output level	6 dBm
Connector	BNC

Compare Hardware Platforms

Compare the specifications of Liquid Instruments’ Moku range to decide which product is best for you. Click the links to go to the desired product pages.

Moku:Go	Moku:Lab	Moku:Pro
Dimensions

Weight
1.7 lb / 750 g	3.5 lb / 1.6 kg	14.77 lb / 6.7 kg
Analog Inputs
Two 12-bit, 125 MSa/s input channels 30 MHz analog bandwidth AC or DC coupling with 1 MΩ impedance Input range up to ± 25 V	Two 12-bit, 500 MSa/s input channels 200 MHz analog bandwidth AC or DC coupling with 50 Ω / 1 MΩ switchable impedance Input range ±5 V	Four 10+18-bit, 5 GSa/s input channels 600 MHz analog bandwidth AC or DC coupling with 50 Ω / 1 MΩ switchable impedance Input range up to ±20 V
Analog Outputs
Two 12-bit, 125 MSa/s output channels 20 MHz analog bandwidth ± 5 V maximum output range	Two 16-bit, 1 GSa/s output channels 300 MHz analog bandwidth ±1 V into 50 Ω output range	Four 16-bit, 1.25 GSa/s output channels 500 MHz analog bandwidth ± 5 V into 50 Ω output range
Digital I/O
16-channel DIO at 125 MSa/s Supports 3.3 V logic (5 V tolerant)	Dedicated TTL trigger port	Dedicated TTL trigger port
Programmable Power Supply
Up to four channels	N/A	N/A
Multi-instrument Mode
2 instruments simultaneously	N/A	4 instruments simultaneously
Software & Utilities
Windows, MacOS App API support for Python, MATLAB, and LabVIEW MathWorks Live Scripting	iOS App Windows App API support for Python, MATLAB, and LabVIEW	iOS App Windows, MacOS App API support for Python, MATLAB, and LabVIEW
Additional Ports
USB-C Magnetic Power Port Optional Ethernet Port Kensington Lock Port	USB Mini B SD Card Slot Ethernet Port Kensington Lock Port	USB-C 10 MHz reference clock in and out Ethernet Port
Available Instruments
Arbitrary Waveform Generator Data Logger Digital Filter Box FIR Filter Builder Frequency Response Analyser Lock-in Amplifier Logic Analyser / Pattern Generator Oscilloscope / Voltmeter PID Controller Spectrum Analyser Waveform Generator	Arbitrary Waveform Generator Data Logger Digital Filter Box FIR Filter Builder Frequency Response Analyser Laser Lock Box Lock-in Amplifier Oscilloscope Phasemeter PID Controller Spectrum Analyser Waveform Generator	Arbitrary Waveform Generator Data Logger Digital Filter Box Frequency Response Analyser Laser Lock Box Lock-in Amplifier Oscilloscope Phasemeter PID Controller Spectrum Analyser Waveform Generator