8-channel phase coherent RF signal recorder released
Summary
Targeted applications including beamforming, direction finding, phased-array radars and multi-antenna diversity receivers can all leverage the phase-coherent capabilities of the Talon RTR 2628,” said Rodger Hosking, Co-founder and Vice President, Pentek. Each input channel includes a 250MHz 16-bit A/D and an FPGA-based digital downconverter with programmable decimations from two to 65536 for instantaneous bandwidths from 80 MHz down to three kilohertz. RF signals up to six gigahertz in frequency can be tuned, sampled, digitally-down converted and streamed to disk in real-time at sustained aggregate recording rates up to 3.2 GB/sec. Systems are scalable to accommodate multiple chassis’ to increase phase-coherent channel counts and aggregate data rates. The C-callable API allows users to integrate the recorder control as a front end to larger application systems.