Dual Transmitter and Receiver Module (DTRM) designed and developed by Mistral

The S-Band DTRM Unit from Mistral is the Dual Transmitter and Receiver Module with GaN based Power Amplifier. The GaN based Power Amplifier will help reduce the size and complexity of the overall amplifier module with ever-increasing efficiency and high-power operation of radar systems. Transmit/ Receive Module (TRM) is the basic building block in Active Phased Array Radar System. It consists of MMIC Amplifiers, RF Power devices and Digital Control circuitry.

XMC - Video Processing Card designed and developed by Mistral

The XMC Video Processing Card (XMC-VPC) from Mistral is a DM8168 SoC & Xilinx/Altera FPGA based unit, capable of providing a flexible solution for capturing multiple HD or SD video inputs, video format conversion, scaling, switching and displaying the storage video. The module performs Encode, Decode and Transcode operations in a variety of video compression formats H.264, MPEG2, MPEG4 SP/ASP in 1080p video resolution. The card can be used in multiple domains which demand large video processing capabilities at wire-speed. Some applications benefitting from this card include Video Telemetry, Video broadcasting stations, Video servers for transcoding, Video stitching/super imposing and Video assistance for armors.

VPX6-218 6U OpenVPX Carrier Card from Curtiss-Wright

The VPX6-218 XMC carrier card provides great flexibility to system integrators needing to expand their OpenVPX-based systems’ I/O complement via standard XMC modules. A PCIe Gen2 connection over the VPX™ backplane allows host processors to access a high-performance, low latency native PCIe interface to the VPX6-218 carrier card. The XMC sites of the VPX6-218 provide flexibility in the range of modules supported including the latest generation high-performance XMC utilizing 8-lane PCIe Gen2. To a host processor, XMC modules on the VPX6-218 appear as if they were on the host processor.

VPX3-1701 3U VPX ARM Cortex A7 SBC from Curtiss-Wright

The VPX3-1701 brings the low power ARM processor to the rugged Single Board Computer (SBC) application space, providing unparalleled performance per watt that includes the required connectivity and I/O. The VPX3-1701 provides similar I/O interfaces and is pin-compatible with Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions' other 3U VPX SBCs: the VPX3-131, VPX3-133 and VPX3-1257. With low power and low cost, the VPX3-1701 is ideal for customers looking to upgrade from CompactPCI® (cPCI). It is the first SBC of the Curtiss-Wright ARM SBC roadmap which includes both mid-range and high performance ARM SBCs with lower power than traditional Power Architecture® and Intel® based SBCs.

Case Study on 'Mobile Command Post' designed and developed by Mistral

A command and control vehicle supports deployment crews in the management and coordination of tactical units for surveillance or emergency operations. The deployment of a Mobile Command Post has been recommended at all Indian Airports by DGCA& ICAO to handle emergency situations like Air Crash, Air Hijack or Fire, etc. in and around the Airport Terminals and Aerodromes. The Mobile Command Post can move rapidly to the site of disaster/emergency and can undertake the local command, control & coordination of the agencies responding to the emergency.

This case study showcases Mistral’s capability in designing a low cost, low power and high performance Mobile Command Post for Airport Surveillance.

Blog Article on 'High Speed Digital Design' authored by Sridhar Potluri

In today’s modern world, we expect all our day-to-day tasks to be completed in no time. For this very reason, there are engineers around the globe constantly innovating on solutions for High-speed Digital Designs.

Today designers are working on high-speed boards which are capable of operating at speeds of up to 10G at very low voltage levels. Future designs will or might be capable of operating at a few 100G. To meet this increasing demand, where the frequency of operation has to change with respect to time, new techniques are required. In this article, Sridhar will be touching upon some of these techniques.

Article on 'UAV payload designs turn to COTS' from Curtiss-Wright

On High Altitude, Long Endurance (HALE) platforms Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) is key, with weight and power typi¬cally the most critical. Additional weight can affect capability and reduce flight time. Every unnecessary pound and watt must be eliminated. With SWaP so critical for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), the goal is optimal design. Traditionally, system integrators provide a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) vendor with a set specification. A better approach is to involve the hardware supplier early in the system design process. This has been proven to significantly improve cost and SWaP, boost reli¬ability, reduce design risk, and combat obsolescence.

Whitepaper on 'Development and Certification of Safety Critical Applications' from RTI

As electronics systems complexity has risen, so has the importance of the communications infrastructure. Besides the inherent challenges throughout the design, development, and integration phases, safety-critical systems have the added complexities and costs relating to certification. Fortunately, certifiable middleware offers an extremely cost-effective alternative.

In this white paper, certifiable communications middleware is overviewed within the context of a specific safety-critical application: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

ANSYS Seminar

Model Based Development of software provides an abstraction over the traditional approaches. Models are easy to create, maintain and validate compared to the traditional flow. It is also easy to communicate design intent when it is captured as a model. Modelling lends itself well to automation. Numerous tasks involved in the software development fits nicely in the modelling flow, from requirements traceability, model simulation to report generation.

In this seminar, our experts delivered an in depth session on complete flow of software development and verification in a model based environment, covering all aspects of safety critical software development, Qualifiable code generation and model based V&V activities. This seminar also addressed the latest standards in model based development and tool qualification requirements as per industry standards.

Mistral's Redesigned Website

To further increase ease of search and functionality, we have redesigned the Mistral website interface to suit our business and customer needs. The new website has a host of features targeted to improve your browsing experience. With clearly defined business domains, you can now enter a world of detailed and customized services, products and solutions made illustrative via graphical representations. The Defense section of our website has a vast Products section which features both Mistral and Partner products that can be filtered based on chosen specifications. Each product has an ‘Ask a Question’ pop-up which can aid in sending across queries efficiently.

We hope the new design will further encourage interaction and engagement with our customers.