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New Products
6U VPX Carrier Cards
Acromag (Wixom, MI) has expanded
their OpenVPX™ carrier card selection
with the addition of two new models
that provide a solution for interfacing
XMC modules to a VPX computer system. The
VPX4840 and VPX4850 feature two XMC slots with
support for front or rear panel I/O. They are available with
VITA 42, VITA 61, or VITA 88 connectors to route power and interface
bus signals to the plug-in mezzanine modules. Both models support a
choice of direct PCIe connection to the VPX backplane via the data or
expansion plane. The XMC sites have a 16-lane PCIe bus Gen A3 interface
enabling rapid data throughput. By inserting XMC mezzanine
modules on the carrier, including XMC processor (prXMC) modules,
developers can now leverage hundreds of available function modules
currently unavailable in a VPX platform.
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3U VPX Cybersecurity-Enabled,
SOSA-Aligned SBCs
Aitech Systems (Chatsworth, CA)
now offers the U-C8500, U-C8501 and
U-C8502, three new 3U VPX cybersecurity-enabled
single board computers
(SBCs) aligned to The Open Group
Sensor Open Systems Architecture™
(SOSA) Technical Standard. Unique to the U-C850x Series SBCs is
the single board combination of three main pillars of modern data
processing acceleration: CPU, iGPU & FPGA. A high-performance CPU
SoC featuring a strong internal GPU is combined with optional integrated
large FPGA, enabling the new SBC series to be used in a wide
range of rugged military and aerospace data-intensive applications,
including artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), all
while minimizing SWaP-C.
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Advanced Optical Digital Harness (ODH)
Teledyne e2v (Grenoble, France) is
previewing a prototype optical link
technology that might soon obsolete
legacy copper data links in digital
radio system design. Two copper-based
serial
interfaces predominate: the
industry standard JESD204 link and
the alternative, license-free ESIstream.
Data interfacing in sampled systems requires considered implementation.
Perhaps the largest challenge, particularly in highly parallelized,
multi-channel (i.e., electronically steered beam) systems, is ensuring
that data samples are accurately time-aligned, which ensures signal
phase information and thus, the critical spatial information embedded
within the received signals, is preserved. The move to optical data
link technology provides multiple benefits including lossless, longrange
transmission; freedom of separation between front-end receive
and signal processing systems; zero EMI; and weight reduction.
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Radial Bearings
Custom made for electrical motors, CERAMICSPEED
InsulateTM Radial Bearings from LM76
(E. Longmeadow, MA) protect against damage
to the race, balls, and retainers resulting from
high voltage arcing, especially when variable
frequency drives are controlling the motors as
speeds constantly change, which exacerbates
arcing. Insulate's Silicon Nitride (SiN3) ceramic
balls are 400% smoother, 128% harder, and feature an insulation rating
of 15 kV per mm compared to the 1 kV per mm offered by steel
balls. Because ceramic balls are harder and smoother, they have a
lower coefficient of friction and run at 10 to 20 degrees C lower temperatures,
extending lubrication life.
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Wearable Software Defined Radio
Pixus Technologies (Waterloo, Ontario)
has announced a new compact implementation
of its ruggedized enclosure line utilizing
NI's Ettus Research™ brand Software
Defined Radio (SDR). The new RB210 is a
ruggedized version of NI's small form factor
B210 SDR and features continuous frequency coverage from 70
MHz - 6 GHz. It combines the AD9361 RFIC direct-conversion transceiver
providing up to 56MHz of real-time bandwidth, an open and
reprogrammable Spartan6 FPGA, and fast SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connectivity
with convenient bus-power. The compact unit is approximately
87mm tall × 156mm wide and 300mm long, weighs under 7
lbs, and comes in an IP67 weather resistant style with options for full
MIL grade implementations. It can be used in human wearable configurations
or other applications requiring low SWaP (Size, Weight,
and Power). The modular front and rear faceplates are customizable
for various I/O implementations.
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Collision Avoidance Kit
Benchmark Space Systems (Burlington, VT)
recently unveiled a new Collision Avoidance
(ColA) Kit, featuring its heritage propulsion
technology in a condensed package, that can
be deployed aboard electric propulsion (EP)
and non-propulsive microsatellites and OTVs
to help them steer clear of approaching spacecraft and orbital debris.
The modular platform is designed to offer a smart, sustainable, fast
HTP-based traffic management solution to missions running electric
propulsion or free-flying satellites in busy revenue-generating orbits.
Benchmark's COLA Kit will leverage innovations in space domain
awareness and traffic management data technologies through strategic
partnerships and collaborations. They are currently in the process
of securing non-exclusive partnerships with complementary tech
providers and customers of the new collision avoidance solution.
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Bandpass Filters
Johanson Technology (Camarillo, CA) has
announced a tighter rejection 5.5 Gigahertz
Bandpass Filter and a dual-band rooftop WiFi5
and WiFi6E, 6.1 Gigahertz, Bandpass Filter supporting
WiFi 5.5 Gigahertz and WiFi 6E and
WiFi 7 Gigahertz bands. The 5.5G Gigahertz
Bandpass Filter, EIA 1812 (4.5 × 3.2 metric) and
operating frequencies of 5.1 Gigahertz through 5.8 Gigahertz (part
number 5500BP44A0700), offers a 50dB attenuation with a coexisting
6 Gigahertz WiFi band. The 6.1 Gigahertz SMD filter, EIA 0603 (1.6 ×
0.8 metric) and operating frequencies of 5.17 Gigahertz through 7.125
Gigahertz (part number 6100BP14A1995), offers a 2 Gigahertz bandwidth
solution with 0.9dB insertion loss suitable for highest antenna
power transfer demands.
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Ultra-Compact Tuner Modules
Mercury Systems, Inc. (Andover, MA)
announced a new family of low-power,
ultra-compact tuner modules purpose-built to
support customers' spectrum processing applications
such as signals intelligence (SIGINT), direction
finding (DF) and test and measurement. The
high-performance design and compact size of the new
AM9018 and AM9030 modules brings faster broadband RF
processing to mission-critical operations in harsh environments,
where space is at a premium such as in small ISR drones and
man-portable SIGINT systems. The modules feature an extremely
low-power 2-18 GHz tuner module; an ultra-compact form factor
of approximately 1.4 " × 3.0 " × 0.3 " ; and 1 GHz instantaneous bandwidth
for fast signal intercept.
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