Software Defined Radio Handbook, Ninth Edition

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Software Defined Radio Handbook, Ninth Edition

Pentek offers board and system-level SDR products that include digital downconverters, upconverters and transceivers for a complete SDR solution.

The handbook highlights:

Technical methodologies for sampling and undersampling, principles of SDR and the role of FPGAs in SDR

Many real-life application system examples including a portable real-time recording instrument with rates up to 480 MB/sec!

FPGA-installed IP core functionality for software radio including a 256-channel narrowband receiver XMC/PMC module

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EECatalog Tech Videos

Software Defined Radio Modules Take Advantage of Virtex-7 FPGAs

Pentek's Rodger Hosking talks with Technology Editor Bill Wong about how this platform takes advantage of Xilinx's latest Virtex-7 FPGA.

InfiniBand's The Rage in Small, Deployable HPEC

The SWaP-C trend continues unabated as ever more C4ISR, SIGINT, SDR and radar/sonar processing applications demand TeraFLOP computing in rugged, compact systems.

Extension Media Interview with Microchip's Joe Drzewiecki

Editor Chris Ciufo spent time with Microchip software manager Joe Drzewiecki at the Spring DESIGN West show (formerly known as ESC). Microchip launched their new MPLAB X compiler strategy that now goes across all Microchip MCUs. It also adds a new license strategy, optimizations that compile 35 percent faster on 32-bit devices (or save 35 percent on code size). There's also a "totally free" version of the MPLAB X compiler. Check out the 3 minute video.

Texas Instruments' DESIGN West interview: From ANT to ZigBee

At DESIGN West 2012 (aka "ESC" San Jose), Senior Editor Chris A. Ciufo sat down with TI's Matt Kurtz, Manager, Wireless Connectivity Group. Matt's group's job is to add wireless capabilities to microcontrollers with "everything from ANT to ZigBee". Consider their SimpleLink initiative, which is comprised of chipsets, protocols, APIs and drivers that make easy the task of adding wireless to a TI microcontroller product. In this short video, Matt explains that TI's focus is one-stop-shopping and simplicity. Judging from market feedback, TI has met its goals.

Pentek's RTR 2746 Offers Ruggedized Real-Time Analog Recording and Analysis for Unmanned Vehicles

The RTR 2746 provides real-time 16-bit data capture on multiple simultaneous channels using 200 MHz ADCs and can play back recorded data through 1.25 GHz 16-bit DACs to reproduce the captured signal. Handling signal bandwidths to 80 MHz, the instrument includes built-in digital up- and down-converters that allow a direct interface to IF signal frequencies up to 700 MHz. The instrument supports up to eight data channels with a customer-specified mix of recording and playback capabilities. Link: http://www.pentek.com/go/2746video

The Radisys COM Express Family of Extended Temp Products

Product Line Manager, Lorraine Orcino, introduces the Radisys COM Express family of extended temp products

RadiSys Milaero Markets & Applications: An Overview

Clarence Peckham of RadiSys gives an overview of the markets and applications that are a focus for RadiSys. Hear why ATCA is the ideal platform for high performance, COTS-based solutions and how COM Express is the best choice for mobile or hand-held applications.

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Achieving DO-178C Compliance

DO-178C is the how-to manual for complying with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), which outlines the software development requirements for FAA approval. This paper focuses on specific processes, such as verification and validation activities, traceability, testing methods, and test environments described in DO-178C.

Make Smart Phones Smarter

As tablets and smart phones become more ubiquitous in the corporate and M2M business world, connecting to older technologies – especially serial ports -- has become a bit more complicated. This article will describe the ways in which embedded AP modules can solve the problem by creating small, self-sustaining Wi-Fi network around your equipment. This doesn’t change the way the your existing devices are used, it just makes them easily accessible to tablets and phones.

Six Considerations for Successful Wireless Connectivity

Steady improvements in wireless technology are allowing more and more devices to establish wireless connectivity with the same reliability that has already been achieved with cable communications. Better still, it is becoming possible to make these kinds of connections in increasingly difficult environments and with legacy equipment. This article will describe some of the techniques you can use to make those connections seamless.

RF Design is Easy – Just Let Someone Else Do It

If you’re not designing Wi-Fi (802.11) into your systems already, you’ll be doing so very soon. Wi-Fi is rapidly establishing itself as the standard wireless connection for industrial devices. But there no need to start from scratch. This article will describe some of the ways in which vendors can serve as your 802.11 firmware and hardware development partners, and how they can save you time, money and trouble while doing so.

Designing with FPGAs for Embedded Computing Speed and Flexibility

Learn about FPGA-based system design for embedded computing I/O signal processing applications. Free your CPU by rapidly computing custom FFTs, SERDES, logic, and more. We discuss implementing co-processors, like Acromag Virtex-6 FPGA modules with high-speed PCIe/GbE interconnects, using IP cores and software development tools for higher performance and flexibility.

Rugged GPGPUs for UAV Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR)

Small light-weight UAV SAR have always been a compromise between size, weight, and power, with capability and real-time actionable intelligence. Traditional digital signal processing technologies processing capability struggles to meet small light weight UAV SAR mission requirements in a timely fashion. Rugged COTS GPGPU boards with their impressive processing capability will disrupt the traditional methods of creating and designing SARs for light-weight UAVs.

Automated Target Tracking

This paper explores the ramifications of real-time autonomous vehicle performance in cluttered environments. It analyzes the gap between the predictable and the unpredictable, introduces real object tracing, explores the benefits and pitfalls of real-time moving object tracking and introduces possible solutions for uninterrupted operation of autonomous vehicles.

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Software Defined Radio Handbook, Ninth Edition

Contact Information

Pentek

EECatalog Tech Videos

Software Defined Radio Modules Take Advantage of Virtex-7 FPGAs

InfiniBand's The Rage in Small, Deployable HPEC

Extension Media Interview with Microchip's Joe Drzewiecki

Texas Instruments' DESIGN West interview: From ANT to ZigBee

Pentek's RTR 2746 Offers Ruggedized Real-Time Analog Recording and Analysis for Unmanned Vehicles

The Radisys COM Express Family of Extended Temp Products

RadiSys Milaero Markets & Applications: An Overview

Halt/Hass Testing: Driving Extreme Reliability into RadiSys COM Express Products

New Trends in the Mil/Aero Market

Overview on the VPX6-1952 Intel Single Board Computer

Industry Research

MEMS in Military and Aerospace Sectors to See Strong Growth

Upcoming Events

RTECC Real-Time and Embedded Computing Conference

AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2013

AeroCon

MILCOM 2013

EECatalog on Twitter

EECatalog Tech Videos

Software Defined Radio Modules Take Advantage of Virtex-7 FPGAs

InfiniBand's The Rage in Small, Deployable HPEC

Extension Media Interview with Microchip's Joe Drzewiecki

Texas Instruments' DESIGN West interview: From ANT to ZigBee

Pentek's RTR 2746 Offers Ruggedized Real-Time Analog Recording and Analysis for Unmanned Vehicles

The Radisys COM Express Family of Extended Temp Products

RadiSys Milaero Markets & Applications: An Overview

Featured White Papers

Achieving DO-178C Compliance

Make Smart Phones Smarter

Six Considerations for Successful Wireless Connectivity

RF Design is Easy – Just Let Someone Else Do It

Designing with FPGAs for Embedded Computing Speed and Flexibility

Rugged GPGPUs for UAV Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR)

Automated Target Tracking

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Software Defined Radio Handbook, Ninth Edition

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