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Home > Pipeline Newsletters > The Pentek Pipeline Vol. 20 No. 3

Spring 2012 Vol. 21, No. 1


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Video Spotlight:


View: Talon RTR 2746 Recording and Playback System Video

Talon RTR 2746

8-Channel RF/IF 200 MS/sec Rugged Rack-mount Recorder




Video Spotlight:


View: SystemFlow Software for Talon Recorders Video

SystemFlow Signal Viewer

API, GUI, Signal Viewer, Signal Analyzer, Function Libraries & NTFS file management system




Free Technical Resources:

High-Speed, Real-Time
Recording Systems Handbook



High-Speed Switched Serial
Fabrics Improve System Design



Software Defined Radio
Handbook



Putting FPGAs to Work for
Software Radio Handbook



Critical Techniques for High
Speed A/D Converters in
Real-Time Systems Handbook




Segment Catalogs:


Analog & Digital I/O Catalog

Clock & Sync Generators Catalog

Processors Catalog

Radar & SDR I/O Catalog

Software & FPGA Tools Catalog

High-Speed Recording Systems








Cobalt Board Helps Researchers Improve Brain Connectivity Studies

The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study brain connectivity, the way signals are conveyed between regions of the brain.


"Pentek is pleased and honored to have contributed to Dr. Jesmanowicz's successful research in brain connectivity studies at the Medical College of Wisconsin."

- Rodger Hosking, Pentek Vice President and Cofounder




Product Focus

Four Channel 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D with Xilinx Virtex-7 VXT FPGA - XMC

Features


  • Supports Xilinx Virtex-7 VXT FPGAs
  • Four 200 MHz 16-bit A/Ds
  • 4 GB of DDR3 SDRAM
  • Sample clock synchronization to an external system reference
  • LVPECL clock/sync bus for multimodule synchronization
  • PCI Express (Gen. 1, 2 and 3) interface, up to x8
  • Advanced reconfigurability features
  • Optional user-configurable serial gigabit interface
  • Optional LVDS connections to the Virtex-7 FPGA for custom I/O

Onyx
Model 71760





Product Focus

Four Channel 1.25 GHz D/A with DUC and Xilinx Virtex-6 LXT and SXT FPGA - x8 PCIe

Features

  • Four 1.25 GHz 16-bit D/As
  • Four digital upconverters
  • Programmable output levels
  • 250 MHz max. output bandwidth
  • 2 GB of DDR3 SDRAM
  • Supports Xilinx Virtex-6 LXT and SXT FPGAs
  • Dual-µSync clock/sync bus for multiboard synchronization
  • PCI Express (Gen. 1 & 2) up to x8
  • Clock/sync bus for multiboard synchronization
  • Optional user-configurable gigabit serial interface
  • Optional LVDS connections to the Virtex-6 FPGA for custom I/O

Cobalt
Model 78670




Product Focus

Two Channel 10 Gigabit Ethernet Rack-mount Recording System

Features


  • Records 10 Gigabit Ethernet streams
  • 1 or 2 channels
  • TCP and UDP protocols
  • Copper or optical 10 GbE interfaces
  • Aggregate recording rates to 2 GB/sec

Talon Model RTS 2715

  • 4U or 5U 19 inch industrial rack-mount PC server chassis
  • Windows® 7 Professional workstation with a high-performance Intel® CoreTM i7
  • Up to 20 terabytes of storage to NTFS RAID disk array
  • RAID levels of 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and 50
  • SystemFlow® GUI virtual instrumentation panel for fast, intuitive operation
  • C-callable API for integration of recorder into application
  • File headers include time stamping and recording parameters
  • Optional GPS time and position stamping




Product Focus

Four Channel RF/IF 200 MS/sec Rugged Portable Recording System

Features

  • Portable system measuring 16.9" W x 9.5" D x 13.4" H
  • Lightweight: approximately 30 pounds
  • Shock- and vibration-resistant SSDs (Solid State Drives) perform well in vehicles, ships and aircraft

Talon Model RTR 2726

  • Recording & playback of IF signals up to 700 MHz
  • Signal bandwidths to 80 MHz
  • 200 MHz 16-bit A/Ds
  • 800 MHz 16-bit D/As
  • SFDR > 80 dBFS
  • Real-time sustained recording rates up to 1600 MB/sec
  • Up to of 4 TB storage with hot-swappable SSD drives
  • NTFS file format
  • SystemFlow® GUI with Signal Viewer analysis tool
  • Optional GPS time and position stamping
  • Complete high-performance Windows® workstation




Product Focus

Eight Channel RF/IF 200 MS/sec Rugged Rack-mount Recording System

Features

  • 4U 19 inch rugged rack-mount PC server chassis
  • Designed to MIL-STD-810F
  • Windows® 7 Professional workstation with high performance Intel® Xeon® processor
  • 200 MHz max. 16-bit A/D sampling for recording, 0 to 8 channels

Talon Model RTR 2746

  • 1.25 GHz max. 16-bit D/A sampling for playback, 0 to 8 channels
  • 80 MHz max. record and playback signal bandwidths
  • Capable of record/playback of IF frequencies to 700 MHz
  • Real-time sustained recording rates of up to 1600 MB/sec in 4-channel configuration
  • Removable SSD drives
  • Up to 24 terabytes of storage to NTFS RAID disk array
  • RAID levels of 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and 50
  • SystemFlow® GUI with signal viewer analysis tool




Product Focus

Two Channel 10 Gigabit Ethernet Rugged Rack-mount Recording System

Features

  • Records 10 Gigabit Ethernet streams
  • 1 or 2 channels
  • TCP and UDP protocols
  • Copper or optical 10 GbE interfaces

Talon Model RTR 2755

  • Aggregate recording rates to 2 GB/sec
  • Removable SSD drives
  • 4U short 19 inch rugged rack-mount PC server chassis
  • Windows® 7 Professional workstation with a high performance Intel® Core i7 processor
  • Up to 12 terabytes of storage to NTFS RAID solid state disk array
  • RAID levels of 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and 50
  • SystemFlow® GUI virtual instrumentation panel for fast, intuitive operation
  • C-callable API for integration of recorder into applications
  • File headers include time stamping and recording parameters
  • Optional GPS time and position stamping




What's New

Press Releases

Feb 28, 2012
Pentek Introduces High-Speed System Synchronization and Distribution Modules for Military, Medical Imaging and Beamforming Applications

  • Synchronizes up to 12 I/O modules at sample rates to 3.6 GHz
  • Gating and triggering synchronous across 48 D/A channels
  • Front-panel μSync cables simplify high-channel-density system integration
  • Supports multi-channel phase-coherent applications such as beamforming

Jan 16, 2012
Pentek Debuts First in a Family of Virtex-7 FPGA SDR Modules for Demanding UAV, Radar and Communications Applications

  • Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA expands logic and DSP capacity with minimal power increase
  • Provides high-performance migration path for popular Cobalt® Virtex-6 FPGA modules
  • On-board DDR3 memory boosts density and speed to 4 GB at 1600 MHz
  • Native Gen3 PCIe interface doubles I/O throughput
  • XMC module with versions also in PCIe, cPCI and VPX formats



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