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In this issue:
- "RF to Ethernet" COTS Solution for MILCOM
- Start Your Development Sooner with Spectrum's Application Engineering Services
- Two New Transition Modules Extend SDR-3000 Product Family
- Spectrum's IDGA 2005 Workshop: Managing Size, Weight, Cost, and Power in a Software Defined Radio
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"RF to Ethernet" COTS Solution for MILCOM
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Spectrum's
flexComm™ SDR-3000 MRDP (MILCOM Rapid-Prototyping Development Platform) provides the industry's first
"RF to Ethernet" commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solution specifically targeting military communications programs.
Launched earlier this month at MILCOM 2004, the Rapid-Prototyping Development platform integrates Spectrum's flexComm
SDR-3000
with a DRT-2110 Radio Frequency (RF) front-end transceiver from
Digital Receiver Technology, Inc. (DRTi). This Software Communications Architecture (SCA)-enabled platform
provides a turnkey black-side processing system for
Joint Tactical Radio Systems (JTRS) and other MILCOM developers.
Governments worldwide are adopting the SCA, which was developed under the auspices of the JTRS Joint Program Office.
The SCA provides a core framework to enhance portability of military waveforms across disparate radio architectures.
Joint tactical radios will be multi-mode and multi-band allowing one radio to communicate with diverse radio networks,
typical of coalition forces, and allows over-the-air reprogramming of those radio sets to enable the information superiority
necessary for next generation communications platforms.
Find out more about Spectrum's
SDR-3000 MRDP and Digital Receiver Technologies Inc. (DRT) products.
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Start Your Development Sooner with Spectrum's Application Engineering Services
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Spectrum's
Application Engineering Services (AES) can reduce time-to-deployment and mitigate schedule risks for your
military and defense
application developments. AES will work as partners and augment your development resources to help you meet your
mandate as demonstrated recently with the JTRS Technology Laboratory (JTeL) and US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR).
AES assisted the JTRS Technology Laboratory (JTeL) and Boeing with the COBRA waveform port to Spectrum's
SDR-3000
platform in a mere 6 weeks. The COBRA waveform is the first of numerous waveforms expected to be ported to the SDR-3000,
the selected representative hardware set for independent verification and validation of JTRS waveforms for
Software Communications Architecture (SCA) acceptance and compliance.
AES was also integral to the selection of Spectrum's
HCDR-1000
platform for SPAWAR's Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Characterization System.
AES' capabilities matched the requirements for this sophisticated satellite communications (SATCOM) application.
By providing signal processing systems engineering expertise and rapidly integrating third party products, such as an
Eclipse R4000 RF front end, AES was able to help SPAWAR meet
an aggressive time frame thereby allowing them
to meet their program schedule and cost objectives.
Contact Spectrum and find out how
AES can help with your complex projects involving:
- Software Communications Architecture (SCA) Operating Environments and Waveforms
- Wireless Subsystem Designs
- Algorithm Development
- Real Time Application Development
- User Interface/Command and Control Development
Read the full press releases for our work with
JTeL
and SPAWAR.
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Two New Transition Modules Extend SDR-3000 Product Family
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Spectrum's newest transition modules, the TM1-3350
and TM1-3902,
are the latest additions to the SDR-3000
family of products that will be providing more I/O choices and flexibility for this line of software defined radio platforms.
These products are fully integrated with the current offering of SCA-enabled products that provide an ideal platform for
military communication,
satellite communication,
signals intelligence, and
electronic warfare applications.
The TM1-3350 is a wideband dual analog-to-digital (ADC) and dual digital-to-analog (DAC) converter module.
This module is suitable for interfacing with 80 MHz wide analog signals centered at an industry standard
Intermediate Frequency (IF) of 160 MHz, or 70 MHz wide signals centered at 140 MHz. The receive/transmit
module supports direction finding and smart antenna applications with coherent sampling capabilities across
multiple modules. Time stamping and internal/external clocking are also supported. For more information,
read our
product announcement or
datasheet (pdf).
The TM1-3902 is a digital Intermediate Frequency (IF) interface module and reference design kit. The module
supports a sustained data rate of 1280 Megabytes per second full-duplex suitable for digitized signals having
bandwidths in excess of 500 MHz being sampled at rates in excess of 1 GHz. The TM1-3902 can also be used to
support various multi-channel architectures such as those required for direction finding or smart antenna applications.
Read the TM1-3902
product announcement and
datasheet for more information.
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Spectrum's IDGA 2005 Workshop: Managing Size, Weight, Power, and Cost in Software Defined Radio
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Register early for the IDGA Software Radio Conference
in February 22-25, 2005 in Arlington, VA and catch Spectrum's workshop led by Lee Pucker, Chief Technology Officer:
"Managing Size, Weight, Power, and Cost of the Black-Side Processing of a Software Defined Radio (SDR)".
This is a must-see workshop that will discuss key considerations in SDR development, including:
- Waveform requirements driving size, weight, and power constraints
- Processing models: shared versus dedicated resources
- Trade-offs in device selection: Cost and Power vs. Performance and Development Cycle Duration
- Trade-offs in platform definition: Cost vs. Modularity and Cost vs. Reliability
- Business case for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) processing in Military Software Radio Programs
Contact Spectrum Sales to find out more about this workshop.
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