Rugged rackmount data recorder for radar, spectrum-monitoring, and direction finding introduced by Pentek
UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. – Pentek Inc. in Upper Saddle River, N.J., is introducing the Talon model RTR 2628 8-channel phase coherent 4U 19-inch rackmount data recorder for spectrum-monitoring applications that need to interpret synchronized signals.
The Talon model RTR 2628 8-channel phase coherent 4U 19-inch rackmount data recorder offers integrated RF tuners and A/D converters, and is designed to operate under conditions of vibration and extended operating temperatures.
The Talon RTR 2628 accepts signals from eight antennas to provide eight channels of phase-coherent RF signal recording. Each channel is tunable to 6 GHz and captures as much as 80 MHz of instantaneous bandwidth. Applications include beamforming, direction finding, phased-array radar and multi-antenna diversity receivers.
Each input channel includes a 250 MHz 16-bit A/D and a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based digital downconverter with programmable decimations from 2 to 65536 for instantaneous bandwidths from 80 MHz down to 3 kHz.
Users can tune, sample, digitally downconvert, and stream RF signals to 6 GHz in frequency to disk in real-time at sustained aggregate recording rates to 3.2 gigabytes per second.
RF tuning frequencies, A/D sampling rates, DDC decimations. and trigger settings are among the selectable system parameters, providing a system that is flexible, yet simple to configure and operate.
The RTR 2628 is configured in a 4U 19-inch rack-mountable chassis, with hot-swap data drives, front panel USB ports, and I/O connectors on the rear panel.
Systems are scalable to accommodate several chassis to increase phase-coherent channel counts and aggregate data rates. All recorder chassis connect via Ethernet and can be controlled from one graphic user interface either locally or from a remote PC.
The RTR 2628 includes as many as 32 hot-swappable solid-state drives to provide storage capacities as large as 122 terabytes. The 2.5-inch solid-state drives remove or exchange easily during a mission to retrieve recorded data. Multiple RAID levels, including 0, 5 and 6, provide a choice for the required level of redundancy.
For more information contact Pentek online at www.pentek.com.
