In this issue:
- Software Defined Solution for a Reconfigurable Direction Finding Application
- Multi-Channel Direction Finding Application Note
- New Obsolescence Management Service
- SDR-3000 Platform Selected for Wideband Electronic Warfare Application
- Rapid-Prototyping and Development Platforms
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Software Defined Solution for a Reconfigurable Direction Finding Application
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In January 2005's issue of RF Design,
Spectrum's Jyothsna Rajan, Applications Engineer, discusses how a software-defined radio (SDR) transceiver platform can be
used to implement a reconfigurable direction finding (DF) system. This article describes the intended data flow and data rate
requirements of a typical DF system, maps the DF software components to the SDR platform, and demonstrates the availability
of resources for more complex implementations. An excellent read on how to turn concept into application.
Download the full
article (pdf). To learn more about the SDR-3000
platform used in this application, please contact Spectrum
Sales.
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Multi-Channel Direction Finding Application Note ]
For more on Direction Finding, read our
multi-channel direction finding application note. Read how Spectrum helped one customer develop a high performance system that
required a DF application in the HF frequency range (1.5-30 MHz). The DF system was implemented on Spectrum's
HCDR-100x platform, a VME-based
software defined radio platform. It utilized an
ePMC-PPC, a dual G4 PowerPC processing engine, and an
ePMC-2ADC, a dual channel A/D converter, both of which were mounted on a
PRO-1900 PowerPC intelligent carrier board.
Contact Spectrum Sales and ask about our
HCDR-100x platform, or other
signals intelligence solutions.
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New Obsolescence Management Service
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Spectrum's new Obsolescence Management Services can help minimize the impact of obsolescence to your products and
avoid costly re-designs due to component obsolescence. Upon product end-of-life, Spectrum will work with you to
develop a unique Obsolescence Management Plan that will specify the quantity of product required over a duration of time.
Last-time buy quantities of components going obsolete will be placed into bonded inventory as customer-owned material.
Spectrum monitors the product bill-of-materials (BOM) for further component obsolescence. Upon such occurrence, Spectrum
notifies the customer of the additional component(s) EOL and works with the customer to update the Obsolescence Management Plan.
Find out how to maximize your product life cycle with Spectrum's
Obsolescence Management Services
(download pdf).
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SDR-3000 Platform Selected for
Wideband Electronic Warfare Application ]
Spectrum's flexComm
SDR-3000 platform has been selected by a leading European defense contractor for the development of a
compact electronic warfare (EW) platform.
The contractor will use the SDR-3000 software reconfigurable platform to provide advanced
signal processing and transceiver functions in its next generation mobile ultrawideband jamming system.
The system will incorporate Spectrum's SDR-3000 platform in a compact, 2U configuration.
The customer purchased two systems valued at approximately $100,000 each for its development
purposes and expects to purchase an additional nine units for delivery in late 2005 or early 2006 for a
lead end-customer deployment.
For more details, read the complete
press release or contact Spectrum for more information.
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Rapid-Prototyping and Development Platforms
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Spectrum released two new rapid-prototyping and development platforms earlier this year. The
SDR-2000 SRDP is targeted
towards satellite communications (SATCOM) applications and the
SDR-2000 ERDP for
electronic intelligence (ELINT) applications. This follows the success of Spectrum's
SDR-3000 MRDP
military communications (MILCOM) rapid-prototyping and development platform launched in 2004.
Read the complete announcements:
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