UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. – Pentek Inc. in Upper Saddle River, N.J., is introducing the Jade model 71871 four-channel 1.25 GHz D/A data converter Switched Mezzanine Card (XMC) for RF and IF waveform generation.
The model 71871 combines two Texas Instruments DAC3484 D/A converters to deliver four independent analog outputs each through its own digital upconverter and 16-bit D/A with sampling rates to 1.25 GHz.
A Xilinx Kintex Ultrascale field-programmable gate array (FPGA) contains factory-installed functions that include a sophisticated D/A waveform generation IP module. It enables users to deliver waveforms stored in on-board memory or off-board host memory to the four D/As.
The embedded computing XMC module can translate complex output waveforms, each with bandwidths to 250 MHz, to programmable IF frequencies.
Users can configure the model 71871 with Kintex UltraScale FPGAs, spanning the entry-level KU035 (with 1,700 DSP slices) to the high-performance KU115 (with 5,520 DSP slices).
The KU115 is for demanding beamforming, modulation, encoding, and encryption of the signals prior to transmission. Applications that do not need large DSP resources or logic can use a lower-cost FPGA.
The XMC module has a pair of front-panel connectors that enables users to synchronize several modules, and users optionally can configure the model 71871 with a P14 PMC connector with 24 pairs of LVDS connections to the FPGA for custom I/O to the carrier board.
An optional P16 XMC connector adds an 8X gigabit link to the FPGA to support serial protocols. For more information contact Pentek online at www.pentek.com.
