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Pentek RTS Real-Time Recording Systems:
Flexible and Deployable Solutions
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Out of the box, all RTS systems arrive as complete instruments with a full-featured virtual operator control panel ready for immediate data recording and/or playback operation. Because they consist of modular COTS board-level products and flexible control software, they are easily scalable to larger multichannel data acquisition and recording applications requiring sustained rates up to 160 MB/sec. For example, they can be used as the data acquisition resource for embedded systems for real-time digital signal processing applications. A complete suite of software development tools simplifies custom system integration.
RTS Systems Include:
- Installation of the purchased hardware within a VMEbus enclosure
- Fabrication, installation and test of custom interconnecting cables
- Installation and test of Pentek software, including ReadyFlow and SystemFlow
- Installation and test of any third-party software purchased through Pentek
- Installation of any custom software developed specifically for your RTS system
- Functional test of the entire system
- System documentation package
RTS Systems Benefits:
- RTS systems are economical alternatives to in-house development
- You can start using the system immediately as a recording and playback instrument
- You can start developing custom applications immediately
- All necessary cables are included, installed and tested
- All necessary jumpers and configuration switches are installed and set
- Integrity of signal flow paths is verified
- Example source code for the system is provided
- Detailed technical documentation is included
- You can expect quick delivery of your RTS system
Ready-to-Run Recording Systems
The RTS offerings are complete, fully integrated systems featuring a range of A/D and D/A resources with high-speed Fibre Channel links to cost-effective RAID and JBOD disk arrays. Depending on the configuration, each RTS system occupies one or two slots in a VME chassis.
All RTS systems are fully programmable and offer the flexibility of FPGA technology for addressing high-bandwidth data recording and playback applications such as radar, direction finding, SIGINT, telemetry and commercial wireless.
Each RTS Real-Time Recording System is a tested, configured system consisting of a host computer (customer-supplied ), card cage, processing boards, I/O modules, cabling, media storage devices and documentation. The modular architecture not only ensures flexibility to cover different numbers of channels, it also facilitates performance upgrades as new modules with the latest technology devices become available.
Available RTS Systems
RTS System Components
FAQs and More Information
SystemFlow Recording Software
All RTS recording systems are supported with Pentek’s SystemFlow Recording Software suite. SystemFlow provides a rich set of features for controlling the data acquisition and recording functionality of these systems and ensures a consistent look and feel for developers across all RTS systems.
SystemFlow’s GUI (graphical user interface) allows the operator to control all programmable hardware function parameters including gating, triggering, data formatting and clock selection on the various A/D, D/A, digital downconverter, and digital upconverter modules.
A file management system supports recording and playback of data files on the RAID or JBOD with up to six or more terabytes of storage and archiving files to the host PC running Windows or Linux. Configuration profiles for specific hardware settings can be stored and retrieved to streamline setting up recurring measurement scenarios.
The SystemFlow Signal Viewer presents a calibrated time and frequency display of data files after signal acquisition and serves as a monitor of live input signals for a prerecording check.
The SystemFlow API allows developers to configure and customize the subsystem interfaces and operation. It includes code not only for the real-time data acquisition, recording and playback functions, but also for the user-control software running on the host PC. Source code is supplied for all API functions and for the GUI control panel, which allows the user to create a custom front-end if needed.
FPGAs Offer Flexibility
RTS platforms include various user-programmable FPGAs to implement real-time signal processing, formatting and data manipulation functions to data flowing through the input and output channels. When used in conjunction with the Xilinx ISE Foundation Tools, Pentek’s GateFlow FPGA Design Kit allows customers to add their own algorithms and IP to the standard factory FPGA functional blocks. The kit includes VHDL source code, ISE project files, design information, and development utilities.
In addition, Pentek offers GateFlow IP cores that include wideband and narrowband digital downconverters, FFTs, and radar pulse compression engines.
Technical Webcasts
Are you trying to lower the cost of your digital signal processing systems? Looking for the best way to connect data acquisition and storage devices to your system? Searching for higher-density real-time solutions? Want to utilize new FPGA technology more easily?
We invite you to view Pentek's Webcasts, presented by Rodger Hosking, Vice President and Co-founder of Pentek, Inc.
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