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Signal processing→ January 2016
Bandwidth is king in aerospace and defense applications
One of the most important factors for success in an LPI system is to use the widest signal transmission bandwidth possible to disguise complex waveforms as noise.
Signal processing→ October 2018Newer 28 nm ADCs enable next-generation EW receiver systems
The high-speed ADC [analog-to-digital converter] is a primary design consideration in all wideband electronic warfare (EW) receivers; it largely determines system architecture and overall detect-and-observe capability.
A/D converters→ December 2015White Paper: Critical Techniques for High-Speed A/D Converters in Real-Time Systems
An A/D (Analog-to-Digital) converter, frequently abbreviated as ADC, accepts an analog voltage at the input and produces a digital representation of that voltage at the output that's called a "sample". The two primary characteristics of A/Ds are the rate of conversion or sampling rate, expressed in ... [read more]
FMC→ Spring/Summer 2016Very high-speed sampling and serial ADCs in embedded systems
Latest-generation active electronically scaled array (AESA) radar systems can have thousands of TX/RX modules. High bandwidth is needed to connect each array element data converter to the FPGAs that process incoming and generate outgoing data streams. New software-defined radio systems use advanced ... [read more]
Cyber Security→ November/December 2018AI and military RF systems
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are enabling significant leaps in science and technology, including the fields of digital signal processing (DSP) and radio frequency (RF) systems. Methods nominally labeled as "AI" have been applied to radio systems for decades, but always with the goal of o... [read more]
radar→ Winter 2017Small-form-factor solutions revolutionize system architectures
Radar, communications, and SIGINT [signals intelligence] systems have traditionally combined sensor processing, data conversion, and signal processing hardware within single enclosures or equipment racks. Analog signals for antennas, transducers and other sensors were connected through cables, often... [read more]
embedded hardware→ April/May 2017Electronic warfare and FPGAs: The need for speed
Electronic warfare (EW), the use of the electromagnetic spectrum to foil enemy forces and protect friendly ones, is perhaps the most time-sensitive of all the weapons in the military arsenal: a matter of nanoseconds could make the difference between life and death. That's why latency is so critical ... [read more]
FMC+→ November 2016White Paper: WFMC+ Mezzanine Card Evolution for Low Latency and High Bandwidth Solutions
FMC+ is the next generation of FMC specification (VITA 57.4) that addresses the growing need for high speed wideband analog I/O.
Oscilloscopes→ April 2016White Paper: High-Resolution Measurements with R&S Oscilloscopes
With the RTO-K17/RTE-K17 High Definition Option the user will see more signal details with up to 16 bit vertical resolution. In combination with the superior analog front end of the RTO and RTE, the user has a versatile instrument in his hands to analyze a wide range of applications. From Switch Mo... [read more]
Signal processing→ October 2017SDRs and designing for flexibility
The design of radio equipment for the military market has evolved significantly from the use of transistor-based circuits to specialized and powerful integrated circuits (ICs). Designs may be geared towards rigid, single-purpose platforms or towards flexible, application-agnostic systems with dedica... [read more]
Embedded software→ Spring 2016Adding advanced server-management features to ATCA IPMCs
With substantial convergent forces pushing data center and network center functionality together, AdvancedTCA (ATCA) server blades can further strengthen their management credentials by adding advanced server-management facilities at the hardware platform management (HPM) level.
Software Defined Radio (SDR)→ December 2015White Paper: Software Defined Radio Handbook (11th Edition)
SDR (Software-Defined Radio) has revolutionized electronic systems for a variety of applications including communications, data acquisition and signal processing. This handbook shows how DDCs (Digital Downconverters) and DUCs (Digital Upconverters), the fundamental building blocks of SDR, can replac... [read more]
radar→ January/February 2019Configurable FPGAs: More than a point solution
Two major challenges confront developers of military radar-processing systems. The first challenge is that modern multiband radar sensors produce huge amounts of data that need to be brought into the system's digital-processing stage as accurately and rapidly as possible in order to generate actiona... [read more]
xTCA→ Spring 2017SHB Express still going strong - PICMG 1.3 application examples
PICMG got its start back in 1994 with the development of the first edge card computing industry standard: PICMG 1.0. Since then edge card computing has evolved to incorporate the latest PCI Express interface methodology and implementation standards in the SHB Express or PICMG 1.3 industry standard.
xTCA→ Spring 2017Recent developments based on PICMG xTCA for Physics standards
The xTCA for Physics PICMG standards work began in 2009 after several years of investigation into the suitability of ATCA as a controls platform for several new accelerators then under consideration.
Avionics→ March 2018Military avionics get sleek with digital glass cockpit instruments and panoramic displays
Among the latest in military avionics trends: Digital electronic displays, panoramic displays, software-defined radio (SDR), improved satellite communications, and precise navigation without GPS.
Power→ February 2017White Paper: Powering IoT Infrastructure Systems with Digital Multiphase
IoT growth is pushing infrastructure equipment to the limit in terms of processing power and bandwidth. For power designers, the main challenge is how to efficiently power and cool this equipment, while ensuring minimal electricity usage.
cyber→ February/March 2016Military helicopter avionics upgrades embrace COTS, FACE
Avionics designers are also addressing cybersecurity concerns in modern aircraft cockpits
Signal processing→ November/December 2017Increasing data-transfer performance in VPX systems
The combination of digital simulation and high-performance calculation is radically transforming industry and research. It is now possible to develop products and services without spending precious time and dollars on replicating work already done. This is certainly the case in the military and aero... [read more]
Manufacturing→ March 2017White Paper: Put the Power of Industry 4.0 in Your Pocket: Meet the Pocket IO
Maxim's Pocket IO PLC Development Platform provides designers and industrial engineers the flexibility to experiment, to find the best solution for reduced power dissipation and small form factors in PLC designs.
Signal processing→ January 2016RF tiptoes into the embedded world
DoD has challenged microwave designers with creating subsystems with performance at or in some cases beyond the state of the art - and were just happy to get something that works, even at high cost.
Interface→ Spring 2016PICMG standards updates, improvements
Below are highlights from the current efforts of the PICMG technical community to update and improve a number of popular PICMG standards.
→ 14th EditionDigitizing Footfall to Increase Physical Store Competitiveness
IoT Innovations Boost Sales Through Full Contextual Digital Engagement
→ 13th EditionExtreme Conditions Call for Extreme Signage
Heavy-Duty Media Players for Outdoor and Vehicle Signage
Signal processing→ November/November 2017Programmability, connectivity requirements drive digital power supply design for military use
Flexibility and programmability along with improved efficiencies and reduced footprints flavor requirements for military power supplies today from unmanned aircraft to ground vehicles to Navy warships.
embedded hardware→ January 2016Next-gen military radar system design innovations
The maturity of GaN technology isn't being driven by the military industry, but instead was primarily driven by the telecom industry well over a decade ago.
Avionics→ March 2018Modernizing a serial processing code to obtain optimal performance on an OpenVPX digital signal processing module
Serial algorithms can be evolved to a scalable, multithreaded, multiprocess implementation using ubiquitous and well-established high-performance computing (HPC) programming frameworks such as OpenMP and MPI. Such techniques are used in compute-intensive defense, aerospace, and industrial applicatio... [read more]
Embedded software→ SpringThe road to achieving teraflop-scale computing in AdvancedTCA
The proposal: Develop a high-performance machine vision design for use in an industrialized environment, requiring overall high availability and reliability. The challenge: To develop a high-density imaging platform that could scale up to multiple 42U racks.
embedded hardware→ February/March 2016Motor control in "more electric" aircraft
Many of the problems with the increasing complexity of motor controls for the brushless AC motors being used on MEA actuators can be solved with the implementation and use of flash-based FPGAs as their primary controller.
cyber→ Spring/Summer 2017Lockheed Martin continues fighting cybercrime for DoD
A recently won $347 million contract enables Lockheed Martin to continue overseeing the world's largest accredited digital forensics lab for five more years, as the company continues its role as the prime contractor for the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3). Operating unde... [read more]
avionics→ June 2018Trends in avionics connectors
After World War II, aviation electronics evolved away from electromechanical components toward electronic and digital technologies, as seen in the development of fly-by-wire systems. That evolution continues today, as both military and commercial aircraft use increasing amounts of computing power an... [read more]
Automated Test Systems→ February 2017White Paper: Automated Test Outlook 2017, Through the Eyes of NI's Cofounder: A Special Issue Guest - Edited by Dr. James Truchard
In this special edition white paper, NI Cofounder Dr. James Truchard reflects on the past 40 years of test and measurement, identifies market and technology trends impacting today's test organizations, and looks forward to what lies ahead.
Electronic Warfare→ March 2017White Paper: Game-Changing Technologies in Electronic Warfare
Recent advances in general purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) technology have opened new possibilities for their use in some EW applications.
