COTS card with direct RF sampling features Electra-MA chip
COTS board and systems supplier, Annapolis Micro Systems, is now shipping what it claims is the industry’s first COTS card to feature Jariet Technologies’ Electra-MA chip with 64Gsample per second, 10-bit ADC and DAC capability. The SOSA-aligned WILD FMC+ DME1 card targets demanding applications which require direct sampling frequency coverage from 0.1 to 36GHz (VHF through Ka-band) and/or wide instantaneous bandwidths.
According to Annapolis Micro Systems, the direct sampling Jariet transceiver performs frequency conversion and filtering in the digital domain, eliminating the need for costly analogue frequency conversion.
The DME1 card can be integrated into RF and microwave systems. It has usable analogue bandwidth of 36GHz and a maximum instantaneous bandwidth of 6.4GHz on both channels simultaneously. All transceiver channels feature onboard digital downconverters (DDCs) and digital upconverters (DUCs), including sub-band channelisers for dynamic frequency selection.
The DME1 is available for use with Annapolis’ WILDSTAR 3U OpenVPX baseboards (one WFMC+ mezzanine site) or 6U OpenVPX baseboards (two WFMC+ mezzanine sites).
The company also offers the WILDSTAR 3AE1, 3U OpenVPX baseboard and the WILDSTAR SAF1 standalone small form factor module.
The DME1 comprises Annapolis’ WILD100 EcoSystem that aligns with SOSA 1.0. The EcoSystem is an interoperable portfolio of rugged high-performance OpenVPX COTS boards and systems that are used for challenging data acquisition, digital signal processing, and data storage applications.
