Pentek Inc., a pioneer in VME board-level technology, has released its model 6890, a 2.2 GHz clock, synch and gate distribution board for synchronizing multiple Pentek I/O modules. The model 6890 facilitates sampling and timing for a wide range of multichannel, high-speed data-acquisition, DSP and software-radio applications. Configured as a 6U VME board, the model 6890 synchronizes up to eight modules, each receiving a common clock up to 2.2 GHz along with timing signals for synchronizing, triggering and gating functions. The model 6890 supports Pentek's model 6826 dual 2 GHz, 10-bit A/D converter VME board.

Developed specifically to address the critical timing needs of synchronous multichannel data-acquisition and DSP systems, the model 6890 board simplifies system integration tasks. For example, when combined with eight model 6826 dual-channel 2 GHz, 10-bit A/D modules, the resulting system provides 16 A/D converters — all sampling at 2 GHz, plus eight FPGAs with a total of 352,000 programmable slices and 800,000 logic cells.

Additional resources of up to 8 GB of DDR memory and 128 MB of flash provide a complete real-time data acquisition and DSP environment for extremely wideband signals.

As Rodger Hosking, vice president of Pentek Inc., pointed out, "System developers of radar, telemetry and direction-finding communication systems operating at GHz frequencies have an especially tough job to make sure that all channels are sampling, triggering and capturing signals at precisely the same time. The 6890 saves our customers the costs and risks of developing their own custom timing solution."

To simplify FPGA development tasks, Pentek offers its GateFlow FPGA resources, which include the GateFlow FPGA design kit, GateFlow IP cores libraries and GateFlow factory installed IP Cores. In addition, Pentek's ReadyFlow libraries enable the user to control the model 6826 across the backplane from SBC and DSP boards through high-level, C-callable commands.

Pricing for the model 6890 starts at $4,995 USD, with availability at eight to 10 weeks ARO. The single-channel version of the model 6826 starts at $19,345 USD, with availability at eight to 10 weeks ARO.

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