Open architecture embedded systems for military/aerospace applications have always relied on mezzanine or daughter cards to provide flexibility and modularity because they are very effective in handling the large variety of I/O functions required. Thanks to widespread adoption of industry standards defining these mezzanine products, carrier boards are able to accept mezzanine boards from a wide range of vendors, each specializing in niche technologies and interfaces.

Comms

Software Defined Radio Handbook - Whitepaper

February 23, 2018

Pentek, now part of Mercury

The inner workings of the SDR will be explored with an in-depth description of the internal structure and the devices used.

Radar/EW

Turnkey FMC Solution for Data Acquisition - Eletter Product

February 23, 2018

Pentek, now part of Mercury

Comms

VITA 49: The future of software radio - Blog

January 30, 2018

Rodger Hosking Pentek, now part of Mercury

The use of software radio technology has spread to almost every commercial, consumer, government, industrial, and military platform across the entire radio frequency spectrum during the technology's 25-year lifespan. Innovations in data converter technology, DSP devices, system interconnects, processors, software, design tools, and packaging techniques have improved performance levels and reduced the size, weight, and power consumption of software radio systems. However, the rapid surge in software radio applications spawned ad hoc, proprietary interfaces between the elements in these systems.