Tutorials

This section presents some tutorial material to provide a reference for the technology behind many of the Pentek products. It can also be used as a general reference for those involved in the design and application of DSP and data acquisition technologies. Most of the tutorials are based on articles that have been published by Pentek in various journals during the last three years.

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• Are VMEbus & VME64X Really Compatible?
• Backplane Wiring Know How
• C-Language Programming for DSP
• Compact PCI Voltage (I/O) and VME/cPCI Connectors: Keeping 'Em Straight
• Designing a 256-Channel Digital Downconverter
• Designing High-Speed Data Acquisition Systems on VMEbus
• Digital Receivers Bring DSP to Radio Frequencies
• Features and Benefits of FPGA-Based DDCs
• FPGAs for Software Radio
• FPGAs Tackle DSP Applications for Communications
• Mezzanine Board Strategies for Communication Systems
• Model 2501 105 MHz A/D, Real-Time Signal Processor & RTS Recorder
• Optimum Data Flow Solutions for High-Performance Systems
• PCI Express: Switched Serial Fabric for the PCI Bus
• PMC: The PCI Mezzanine Card
• Processor Comparison: Texas Instruments C6000 DSP and Motorola G4 PowerPC
• Putting Undersampling to Work
• RACEway and FPDP: High-Speed Interfaces for Optimizing I/O
• Real-Time Bandwidth and Overlap Processing
• Selecting the Right FPGA for Your Application
• System-level Switched Topologies for Extreme Performance
• The MIX Interface: A Mezzanine Bus for VME
• The VIM Family: High-Speed Mezzanine I/O Expansion Modules
• The VITA Radio Transport Protocol for SDR Architectures
• Tools for Real-Time Embedded System Development
• VXS: Switched Serial Gigabit Fabric for VMEbus
• XMC: A Mezzanine for all Seasons