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News Release from: Mistral Software | Subject: Pentland Systems RAD-2
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 01 May 2006

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The Pentland Systems RAD-2 is specifically designed for radar, software radio and signal intelligence markets.

Available now from Mistral Solutions, the Pentland Systems RAD-2 is specifically designed for the radar, software radio and signal intelligence markets The RAD-2 digital receiver PMC is a leading solution for acquisition of high-speed analogue signals and offers a dual channel, 14bit resolution with up to 105Msample/s sampling speed and 16 individual down-convertor channels provided by 4GC4016 down-convertors for I and Q demodulation

Substantial FPGA resources augment the dual 105Msample/s analogue acquisition channels.

High-bandwidth transfer over 64bit 66MHz PCI is enabled using powerful onboard DMA engines.

Extensive support for system-level functionality such as BIT is also provided.

OS drivers are available for VxWorks, Linux and Windows XP.

The RAD-2 has a powerful suite of post-acquisition DSP capabilities, with a user-programmable Xilinx Virtex II FPGA for digital signal processing and A/D control along with bidirectional high-speed FIFO buffers and a comprehensive built-in-test with extensive support for PBIT, IBIT and CBIT modes.

RAD-2 is available in commercial and rugged conduction-cooled environmental versions.

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