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Dear Customer,

Welcome to another issue of Infowaves. The big news in the industry is that India’s home-grown fighter jet ‘Tejas’ is inducted into the IAF. I take this opportunity to congratulate the ADA, DRDO and the HAL teams for this phenomenal success. The latest move by the union government announcing 100% FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) in defense and the new Defense Purchase Policy aims to create a win-win situation for the Defense forces, local industries and international OEMs.

In this newsletter, we introduce Mistral’s NAND Flash Controller FPGA IP which provides an easy access to NAND Flash devices supporting ONFI 3.0. It has several configurable features and parameters to customize the controller for the specific needs of diverse applications. We also bring to you the VRDV7000 - Dual-channel HD/SD Video Recorder from Curtiss Wright, which is small form factor, lightweight, ruggedized digital video recorder and the SVDU Rugged Mission Displays which offers a unique combination of new technology, including optically-bonded glass, dual mode NVIS-compatible LED backlighting, and full touchscreen operation.

Also featured in this newsletter is the Airborne telemetry solutions from Mistral that support a variety of video, data and command & control link needs that meet all performance requirements. RADARs are critical for various applications in defense and aerospace, avionics, communication and meteorology. Have a look a technical paper for Phase Array RADAR implementation by Satyanarayan S, who heads our RF team.

Please feel free to write to us with any feedbacks or suggestions.

Sincerely,

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Mujahid Alam

New Products

VRDV7000 - Dual-channel HD/SD Video Recorder from Curtiss-Wright

VRDV7000 is a small form factor, lightweight, ruggedized digital video recorder. VRDV7000 uses MPEG-4 Part 10 (Advanced Video Coding) H.264 video compression technology to provide the highest quality video recording at a bit rate that allows many hours of recorded video to be stored on a Secure Digital (SD) card or a USB Flash drive. A standard non-proprietary file format is used so that recordings may be played back on standard media player software without any further processing required.Read More..

NAND Flash Controller from Mistral

NAND Flash a non-volatile, high-density memory is typically used for secondary storage or long term storage. NAND devices usually have a complex and multiplexed device architecture which only support page Write/Read and Block Erase operations. The NAND Flash Controller from Mistral provides an easy access to NAND Flash devices over an 8-bit wide interface to handle multiplexed command, address and Write/Read data sequences.

Supporting ONFI 3.0 NAND Flash Devices, Mistral’s NAND Flash Controller IP has several configurable features and parameters to customize the controller for the specific needs of diverse applications. The IP is designed for Maximum Data Transfer Rate and Optimal Resource Utilization. Read More..

Airborne Telemetry Solutions from Mistral

Airborne telemetry modules and systems gather and process critical information on-board spacecraft’s, aircrafts, projectiles and UAVs. Mistral provides custom engineering services for designing airborne telemetry solutions that support a variety of video, data and command & control link needs that meet all perquisite environment and performance requirements.

Mistral’s specialized airborne telemetry systems record and transmit data to remote receiving stations on the ground which process and display it for further analysis and decision-making. Read More..

SVDU Rugged Mission Displays from Curtiss-Wright

Curtiss-Wright’s SVDU range of rugged mission displays offers a unique combination of new technology, including optically-bonded glass, dual mode NVIS-compatible LED backlighting, and full touchscreen operation. Supporting a single DVI input and a USB touchscreen the SVDU range is the ideal companion to a mission computer.

The SVDU mission displays are currently available in six display sizes and resolutions to address a wide variety of applications on ground, airborne and naval platforms. All the displays are fully qualified to established environmental standards.

The displays feature a DVI video input and USB interface on a highly rugged 38999 connector to provide a secure connection even in high-vibration environments, with the added benefits of environmental protection offered by this type of connector. Read More..

Articles

Phased Array Radars: Technical Article from Mistral

Post Second World War, radar system configuration has been changing towards performance improvement to meet demanding requirements and also witnessing of diversification of its applications. The objective of multi-function phased array radar (MPAR) is to use a single radar type to carry out the multifunction such as weather surveillance, civil aviation, military and homeland security applications. The MPAR consists of electronically steerable antenna with multi-beam capability. Implementation of the MPAR system could obviate the need of separate radar systems to support the individual functions. This could permit reduction in the total number of different radar types and numbers of radar units required to meet the nation’s requirements. Read More..

Tackling Defense Apps by Harnessing the Intel Core i7's Integrated GPU: White Paper from Curtiss-Wright

Defense electronics has embraced COTS technology. Riding waves of innovation driven by huge, worldwide markets, defense system designers are using multi-core processors, high capacity memory chips, wide bandwidth fabrics and open software – all developed for commercial markets. These designers must constantly evaluate new commercial innovations and determine if, and how, they can be employed to craft a superior defense solution. This white paper will discuss a recent innovation, the integrated, on-chip Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) within a new generation of Intel® x86 architecture chips. Read More..

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