Small-form-factor recorders from Pentek aimed at extreme environments
NewsNovember 27, 2018
AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AND CONVENTION, WASHINGTON, DC. Pentek, Inc., announced the most recent addition to the Talon RTX 25xx series, a new high-performance small-form-factor (SFF) recorder product line aimed at use in extreme operating environments including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aircraft pods, space-constrained equipment bays, military vehicles, and harsh outdoor environments
The SWaP (size, weight, and power)-optimized ATRs (analog-tape recorders) -- available with multiple input options and up to 30.7 TB of removable SSD storage -- enable real-time streaming data rates up to 4 GB/sec for multichannel, wide-bandwidth RF signal recording.
According to Pentek documents, the Model RTX 2590 provides eight phase-coherent 250 MHz 16-bit A/D channels, for recording up to 100 MHz of RF/IF signal bandwidth per channel with excellent dynamic range; can sample RF/IF signals up to 700 MHz; and provides digital downconverters with output bandwidths selectable from 5 kHz to 100 MHz.
