UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. – Pentek Inc. in Upper Saddle River, N.J., is introducing the ArchiTek FPGA Development Suite software tool for adding custom IP to Pentek Talon recording systems.
The ArchiTek development environment enables engineers to add field-programmable gate array (FPGA) intellectual property (IP) to recording systems like threshold detection, spectral filtering, digital down-conversion, signal classification, demodulation, and other digital signal processing (DSP techniques.
Developing custom IP for FPGA embedded computing requires an architecture that protects the user from custom IP development pitfalls such as breaking the existing IP and corresponding recording software.
ArchiTek harnesses Pentek's Navigator FPGA Development Kit (FDK) and Board Support Package (BSP) to provide a development environment that steps engineers through the process of integrating custom IP into the recorder.
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Along with the Navigator FDK, ArchiTek development tool provides the foundation and example projects for adding IP to user blocks and creating additional data-path branches from existing data streams. The structured design protects the recorder's standard functionality, reducing development time and risk.
The tool enables users to add FPGA IP to a recorder for real-time on-the-fly DSP during data acquisition to reduce the time necessary for post-processing recorded data. Recording of only critical data also greatly reduces transfer rates, recording capacity requirements, and data offload time.
Using ArchiTek, FPGA developers can add additional recording channels to the system, so users can record processed and unprocessed data simultaneously. ArchiTek provides extensive documentation and tutorials to assist developers through the customization process, reducing both risk and development time.
For more information contact Pentek online at www.pentek.com.
