HARRISBURG, Pa. – TE Connectivity in Harrisburg, Pa., is collaborating with Annapolis Micro Systems Inc. in Annapolis, Md., to introduce three rugged high-performance field-programmable gate array (FPGA) embedded computing boards for data acquisition, digital signal processing, and data storage applications.
The FPGA boards are for advanced High Performance Computing (HPC) and Electronic Warfare (EW) applications, including DRFM, beamforming, sensor processing, wireless communication, and radar signal processing.
Each of the boards has TE's half-sized NanoRF module, which is designed to fit into the VITA 67.3 form factor and supports 70 GHz bandwidth, with more than double the RF contact density of existing VITA 67 solutions.
The three OpenVPX FPGA processor boards from Annapolis Micro Systems include two 3U boards, the WILDSTAR 3XB0 and WILDSTAR 3XB1, as well as the 6U WILDSTAR 6XB2.
Eliminating the need for front panel coaxial cables, the NanoRF design capitalizes on the alignment of optical VITA 66 modules. A floating insert on the backplane pre-aligns the RF contact array before the contacts start to engage. This rugged precision alignment is critical in blindmate plug-in architecture, which requires high reliability under extreme conditions.
These commercial off-the-shelf COTS boards integrate as many as two Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ FPGAs and a Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC motherboard controller. Each 3U board also has one WILD FMC+ next generation I/O site, and each 6U board has two WILD FMC+ sites for dense, high-bandwidth A/D or D/A converters.
TE gave Annapolis early access to the NanoRF for a scheduled launch in August.
The backplane contacts in the NanoRF modules are float mounted, assuring that the coax interface is bottomed in VPX backplane applications, and maintains isolation and voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) in rugged environments.
Several position options from eight to 18 positions come in half and full-size modules, and custom module configurations are possible using the same NanoRF interface.
For more information contact Annapolis Micro Systems online at www.annapmicro.com, or TE Connectivity at www.te.com.
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