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Tekmicro Supplies Advanced Development System for
NASA
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TEK Microsystems,
Inc. has received an initial order from the NASA
Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH for its
first VXS-based satellite communications
development system. The system will be used for
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS)
compatibility test sets as part of the Space
Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program.
NASA's SCaN Program is responsible for providing
communications and navigation services to the
Agency's flight missions and for supplying
terrestrial communications needs. The initial
order is part of a proof-of-concept system.
Successful development may result in additional
orders.
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Technology Options
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 The
delivered Tekmicro systems will include Callisto,
Janus, and Neptune 2 VXS boards. By providing a
massive FPGA processing resource at the heart of
the VXS communications fabric, Callisto achieves
an optimal balance between processing power and IO
bandwidth; maximizing the value that can be
extracted from the use of FPGAs for signal
processing. Janus combines FPGA based DSP
processing technology with seven channels of
16-bit, 500 MSPS (mega samples per second) DAC
(digital to analog conversion). Janus 6U VME/VXS
payload card is the first to provide seven
channels of output in one VXS slot with this
resolution. It provides a highly flexible platform
building block for a number of military signal
processing applications. Neptune 2 combines FPGA
technology with a dual channel, 2.2 GSPS
(giga samples per
second) architecture.
The Janus
VXS, shown here provides a high
performance solution for demanding signal
processing applications applications.
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