New Products

Small Form Factor Nano SOM

The Nano SOM from Mistral is a small form factor System on Module providing very high processing power. The SOM is built around the powerful 800MHz i.MX6 Quad Core, ARM Cortex A9 SoC from Freescale.

The Nano SOM Board is designed using a micro-BGA (0.4mm Pitch 12mm x 12mm) i.MX6 Quad SoC using PoP (Package on Package)memory assembly to ensure compact package. With a PCB size of 44 mm X 26 mm and weighing just 7 gms, this is one of the smallest SOMs available in the market currently.

Given its small form factor, the Nano SOM is ideal for designing products like bio-metric devices, wearable computers, medical electronic devices, security/personal cameras and other smart gadgets requiring small package and high processing power. Read More..

FPGA Design Services from Mistral

Mistral has worked on many complex FPGA design services across domains such as Target Simulation, Beam forming, RADAR receivers, Direction Finding, Telemetry and Airborne & Ship-borne RADAR/SONAR. Capabilities of the Mistral FPGA team has a vast spread covering TCP/IP, UDP, Aurora, SRIO, PCIe, sFPDP, DDR2/DDR3, QDR, PPC, MicroBlaze, NIOS, DDC, DUC, Windowing, FFT, Pulse compression, Correlation and Coherent signal processing, among others.

Mistral has a strong FPGA design-to-deployment capability to complement its core strength of designing complete Defense subsystems. Mistral is also a Certified Member of the Xilinx Alliance Program and Altera Design Network. The team’s expertise lies in designing, building and deploying customized FPGA based solutions and FPGA IP Cores that integrate custom software and hardware engineering. Read More..

A Powerful Graphics Processor and SBC in a Single 3U Slot : VPX3-716 and XMC-109 from Curtiss-Wright

Mission computers need efficient processing power and sophisticated graphics while operating in SWaP-constrained platforms. Curtiss-Wright has a unique, thermally optimized hardware configuration and instead of an SBC base card with a graphics mezzanine, it has a graphics base card with an SBC mezzanine. It has a fully validated, pre-integrated board set VPX3-716 3U VPX Graphics Processor and XMC-109 Power Architecture SBC.

The VPX3-716 is a high performance graphics controller offering the latest AMD E8860 embedded discrete GPU technology with up to six independent outputs, 2 GB of dedicated video memory, H.264 motion video decoders and an XMC expansion site. It also provides an expansion mezzanine site to integrate high resolution and high channel count video with the flexibility of selecting the interface types suitable to the end application. Read More..

The XMC-109 supports a dual-core QorIQ P2020 processor designed to run up to 1.2 GHz with a single bank of DDR3 memory (with ECC) at 800 MT/sec. This provides a high performance, highly integrated processing node designed for applications where low power with dual-core performance is a requirement. Read More..

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Articles

Mobile Command Post (MCP) for KIAB: Case Study from Mistral

A Mobile Command Post (MCP) is a customized, fully-equipped, robust vehicle, outfitted with specialized equipment for emergency response. The vehicle designs are customizable and are capable of supporting diverse missions of military, security or police units. A Mobile Command Post can be quickly dispatched to the site of disaster/emergency and can undertake the local command, control & coordination among the multiple agencies responding to the emergency.

This case study showcases Mistral’s capability in designing a customized Mobile Command Post unit for handling emergencies and disasters at Airport premises. Read More..

FMC to FMC+: Keeping Up with New FPGAs and Analog I/O: Whitepaper from Curtiss-Wright

Mezzanine cards are an effective and widely used way to add specialized functions to an embedded system. FPGA Mezzanine Cards (FMCs), under the banner of VITA 57, are exposed to technology change more than most mezzanines standards because they connect I/O devices directly to FPGAs rather than through industry standard busses such as PCI Express® (PCIe).

This whitepaper explores the operating characteristics of FMCs and attempts to explain how FMCs could have more I/O capacity than their XMC counter parts. Read More..

News & Events

Mistral-RT1000 Aerostat Demo

Mistral-RT1000, an Aerostat based Tactical Aerial Surveillance System is a small sized, highly mobile aerostat suitable for tactical surveillance applications for public safety, police and military. It enables continuous day and night surveillance operations from an altitude of up to 1000 feet providing high quality video coverage or ELINT operations, utilizing gyro stabilized high-resolution cameras or tactical payloads. The system is highly mobile and rapidly deployable.

The system was demonstrated in Bangalore from 27 – 29 October 2015 to state police, military and defense. This event was also covered by the Media. Read More..

Mistral partners with MORE

Mistral recently entered into an alliance with MORE, an Israel based company that specializes in state-of-the-art RF-Photonic applications for defense and aerospace application. Some of MORE’s solutions include RF & data over fiber connectivity, RADAR target & ECM simulators and Electronic counter measure systems. MORE also develops and supplies generic solutions for the Military ECM arena. This alliance will further enhance Mistral’s range of products for the defense market.