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Digital Signal Processing Overview

Pentek’s comprehensive line of processor products feature the Freescale PowerPC AltiVec RISC Processors and the Texas Instruments TMS320C6000 Digital Signal Processors.

In all likelihood, you’ll find a processor product to satisfy your most demanding DSP requirements.

High-Speed Switched Serial Fabrics Improve System Design Handbook
Written by Rodger Hosking, Vice President and Co-founder of Pentek

VMEbus continues as the dominant bus structure for high-performance embedded systems. In an industry characterized by a steady succession of new device offerings with speed and density increases every few months, the VMEbus has retained its leadership position not simply because it was based on a sound electrical and mechanical architecture.

Indeed, the major reason for its longevity has been a series of performance and feature enhancements promoted and nurtured by a broad base of VMEbus vendors.

High-Speed Switched Serial Fabrics Improve System Design Handbook

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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet real world signal processing requirements. Pentek offers unique, fully scalable digital signal processor boards for Texas Instruments fixed- and floating-point solutions with the C6000 and C3x/C4x processors.

Pentek's Texas Instruments Products   -   ( top )

TMS320C3x
Model 4283 Single TMS320C30 Processor
Model 4280 Dual TMS320C31 Processor
TMS320C4x
Model 8535 J-TAG Emulator for 'C4x and 'C6000 Boards
Model 7110 Single TMS320C44 Processor PMC Module
Model 4284 Single TMS320C40 Processor
Model 4270 Quad TMS320C40 Processor
Model 4269 Dual TMS320C40 Processor
TMS320C6000
Model 8535 J-TAG Emulator for 'C4x and 'C6000 Boards
Model 4293 Octal C6203 DSP VME Board
Model 4292 Quad C6203 DSP VME Board


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Pentek provides its customers the total solution to their application requirements. Whether you are creating an embedded application, developing and testing software for a standalone system, or just evaluating a particular DSP, Pentek offers a wide range of software packages for a variety of platforms.

ReadyFlow - Board Support Package

Pentek ReadyFlow is a package of high-level C-language to get your application up and running quickly, the way you want it to work!

SwiftNet - DSP Networking and Communication

Pentek SwiftNet is a powerful communications protocol that links your workstation and software development tools to your VMEbus DSP processors.

TI TMS320C6000 Software

TI TMS320C30/40 Software

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Freescale

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Pentek utilizes the MPC7400 RISC processor PowerPC in many of Pentek's processor boards and real-time systems.

Pentek's Freescale Products   -   ( top )

PowerPC
Model 4295 Quad G4 PowerPC Processor VME Board w/PMC Site
Model 4294 Quad G4 PowerPC Processor VME Board
Model 4207 MPC8641D PowerPC & Virtex-4 FPGA I/O Proc - VME/VXS
Model 4205 VIM/PMC Carrier and MPC7457 PowerPC VME Board


Pentek's Freescale Software Support   -   ( top )

Model 4996 VxWorks BSP & Drivers

Model 4996 VxWorks BSP & Drivers provide software developers with a complete library of hardware initialization, control and application functions. Used in conjunction with Wind River's Tornado II software environment, Model 4996 speeds applications development by providing a high-level API to access all of the board's memory and communication resources and control of its I/O interfaces and VIM modules.

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The VxWorks BSP is designed to reduce development time in the initial stages and any time new I/O hardware is added to the system. VIM module drivers, designed to control the hardware features of the I/O interface being used, are built with a consistent style and function-naming convention, thereby allowing immediate familiarity with new VIM hardware as it's added.

eCos Real-Time Embedded Configurable Operating System

eCos is an open source, royalty-free, real-time operating system intended for embedded applications. As an alternative to costly operating systems, eCos based applications can be developed with free GNU open source development tools including the GCC C-language compiler, GDB debugger and Insight GUI interface for GDB.

ReadyFlow board support packages for some PowerPC based processor boards include an eCos enabled BSP, a complete distribution of eCos, GNU code development tools, complete documentation and example applications.

Verari Systems Software VSI/Pro for G4 PowerPC

The VSIPL (Vector, Signal and Image Processing Library) standard consists of definitions of over 500 scientific and engineering functions. It supports portable, high performance applications programming.

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The standard is based upon existing libraries that have evolved and matured over decades of computing. These include functions for linear algebra, signal processing (FFTs, windowing, filtering and convolution routines), image processing, scalar functionality, and vector and matrix view functionalities (scalar, unary, binary and ternary operations).

The Verari Systems Software VSI/Pro is an implementation of VSIPL functions optimized specifically for the PowerPC and AltiVec architectures and is designed to be fully compliant with the emerging VSIPL standard.

As a commercial implementation, VSI/Pro is the immediate step between the VSIPL standard and your own specialized software application. The library is compatible with Wind River’s VxWorks real-time operating system and supports the ANSI C and C++ languages.

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Xilinx

Xilinx is the world's leading innovator of programmable logic solutions. Pentek utilizes the high-performance Virtex™ series FPGAs in many of our products including PMC/XMC modules, VME boards, systems and more.

Pentek's innovative GateFlow FPGA Design Resources work in conjunction with the Virtex parts and are available as three separate offerings:

Pentek's FPGA Products   -   ( top )

Xilinx Virtex-6
Model 71620 3 Channel 200 MHz A/D & 2 Channel 800 MHz D/A with Virtex-6 FPGA - XMC
Xilinx Virtex-5
Model 7858 Dual 500 MHz A/D & 800 MHz Virtex-5 FPGAs - PCIe
Model 7856 Dual 400 MHz A/D & 800 MHz Virtex-5 FPGAs - PCIe
Model 7853 4-Ch. Beamformer with four 200 MHz, 16-bit A/Ds - x8 PCIe
Model 7852 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 32 Channel DDC - x8 PCIe
Model 7851 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 256 Channel DDC - x8 PCIe
Model 7850 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D with Virtex-5 FPGAs, x8 PCIe
Model 7758D Quad 500 MHz A/Ds, 800 MHz D/As, and Virtex-5 FPGAs - PCIe
Model 7758 Dual 500 MHz A/Ds, 800 MHz D/As, and Virtex-5 FPGAs - PCIe
Model 7756D Quad 400 MHz A/Ds, 800 MHz D/As, and Virtex-5 FPGAs - PCIe
Model 7756 Dual 400 MHz A/Ds, 800 MHz D/As, and Virtex-5 FPGAs - PCIe
Model 7753D 8-Ch. Beamformer with eight 200 MHz, 16-bit A/Ds - x16 PCIe
Model 7753 4-Ch. Beamformer with four 200 MHz, 16-bit A/Ds - x16 PCIe
Model 7752D Octal 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 64 Channel DDC - PCIe
Model 7752 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 32 Channel DDC - PCIe
Model 7751D Octal 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 512 Channel DDC - PCIe
Model 7751 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 256 Channel DDC - PCIe
Model 7750D Octal 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D with Virtex-5 FPGAs - PCIe
Model 7750 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D with Virtex-5 FPGAs - PCIe
Model 7658 Dual 500 MHz A/Ds, 800 MHz D/As, and Virtex-5 FPGAs - PCI
Model 7656 Dual 400 MHz A/Ds, 800 MHz D/As, and Virtex-5 FPGAs - PCI
Model 7653 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 2-4 Channel DDC - PCI
Model 7652 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 32 Channel DDC - PCI
Model 7651 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 256 Channel DDC - PCI
Model 7650 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D w/Virtex-5 FPGAs PCI
Model 7358 Dual 500 MHz A/Ds, 800 MHz D/As, and Virtex-5 FPGAs - 3U cPCI
Model 7356 Dual 400 MHz A/Ds, 800 MHz D/As, and Virtex-5 FPGAs - 3U cPCI
Model 7353 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 2-4 Channel DDC - 3U cPCI
Model 7352 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 32 Channel DDC - 3U cPCI
Model 7351 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 256 Channel DDC - 3U cPCI
Model 7350 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D w/Virtex-5 FPGAs 3U cPCI
Model 7258D Quad 500 MHz A/Ds, 800 MHz D/As, and Virtex-5 FPGAs - 6U cPCI
Model 7258 Dual 500 MHz A/Ds, 800 MHz D/As, and Virtex-5 FPGAs - 6U cPCI
Model 7256D Quad 400 MHz A/Ds, 800 MHz D/As, and Virtex-5 FPGAs - 6U cPCI
Model 7256 Dual 400 MHz A/Ds, 800 MHz D/As, and Virtex-5 FPGAs - 6U cPCI
Model 7253D Octal 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 4-8 Channel DDC - 6U cPCI
Model 7253 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 2-4 Channel DDC - 6U cPCI
Model 7252D Octal 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 64 Channel DDC - 6U cPCI
Model 7252 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 32 Channel DDC - 6U cPCI
Model 7251D Octal 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 512 Channel DDC 6U cPCI
Model 7251 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 256 Channel DDC - 6U cPCI
Model 7250D Octal 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D w/Virtex-5 FPGAs 6U cPCI
Model 7250 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D w/Virtex-5 FPGAs 6U cPCI
Model 7158 Dual 500 MHz A/Ds, 800 MHz D/As, and Virtex-5 FPGAs - PMC/XMC
Model 7156 Dual 400 MHz A/Ds, 800 MHz D/As, and Virtex-5 FPGAs - PMC/XMC
Model 7153 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 2-4 Channel DDC - PMC
Model 7152 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 32 Channel DDC - PMC
Model 7151 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 256 Channel DDC - PMC
Model 7150 Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D with Virtex-5 FPGAs PMC/XMC
Model 4953 GateFlow FPGA Design Kit for Pentek Modules
Xilinx Virtex-4
Model 7842-428 GateFlow Transceiver with Multiband DDC & Interpolation Filter - PCIe
Model 7842 4-Ch A/D, 1-Ch D/A w/ Virtex-4 FPGAs, x8 PCIe
Model 7742D-428 GateFlow Transceiver with Multiband DDC & Interpolation Filter - PCIe
Model 7742D 8-Ch A/D, 2-Ch D/A w/ V4 FPGAs - PCIe
Model 7742-428 GateFlow Transceiver with Multiband DDC & Interpolation Filter - PCIe
Model 7742 4-Ch A/D, 1-Ch D/A w/ V4 FPGAs - PCIe
Model 7642-428 GateFlow Transceiver with Multiband DDC & Interpolation Filter PMC/XMC
Model 7642 4-Ch A/D, 1-Ch D/A w/ Virtex-4 FPGAs PCI
Model 7342-428 GateFlow Transceiver with Multiband DDC & Interpolation Filter PMC/XMC
Model 7342 4-Ch A/D, 1-Ch D/A w/Virtex-4 FPGAs 3U CPCI
Model 7242D-428 GateFlow Transceiver with Multiband DDC & Interpolation Filter PMC/XMC
Model 7242-428 GateFlow Transceiver with Multiband DDC & Interpolation Filter PMC/XMC
Model 7242 4-Ch A/D, 1-Ch D/A w/Virtex-4 FPGAs 6U CPCI
Model 7142-428 GateFlow Transceiver with Multiband DDC & Interpolation Filter PMC/XMC
Model 7142 4-Ch A/D, 1-Ch D/A w/ Virtex-4 FPGAs PMC/XMC
Model 4953 GateFlow FPGA Design Kit for Pentek Modules
Model 4207 MPC8641D PowerPC & Virtex-4 FPGA I/O Proc - VME/VXS

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