To overcome common synchronization challenges, the SRS6000 connects multiple FPGAs and ADCs through a JESD interface with a common clock generator, which can then be synchronized with a system clock generator. Migration to a deployed, rugged 3U VPX system is possible as well. It is also scalable, with the potential to daisy-chain up to eight systems for a total of 256 synchronized channels – making it ideal for MIMO radar or EW systems. To help jumpstart a radar, SIGINT, or EW development, Abaco’s SRS6000 delivers the ability to synchronize up to 32 1GSPS ADC channels with picosecond jitter out of the box. Channel-to-channel synchronization is often one of the first steps when developing a radar, SIGINT, or EW system - but it can take months to achieve. For these applications, precise channel synchronization within several degrees is essential. In many such systems, a notable challenge faced by systems engineers is channel-to-channel synchronization. Multi-element arrays like those found in radar and other RF apertures are increasingly driving the requirement for tight synchronization between many channels – sometimes in the thousands. As our adversaries rapidly ramp up their capabilities, the urgency to develop more sophisticated radar, SIGINT, and EW systems is only accelerating.Īs channel count and sampling rates increase in these systems, there are some significant data processing and data movement challenges. For phased array systems, this means that more channels and higher sample rates are being deployed in order to maintain dominance of the spectrum. In order to do so, radar, SIGINT and electronic warfare systems must be able to cover wider and wider bands of the spectrum. On the modern battlefield, dominating the electromagnetic spectrum is increasingly important.

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