Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) introduced a 16-channel, mixed-signal front-end (MxFE) digitizer for aerospace and defense applications, including phased array radars, electronic warfare and ground-based satcom. The new digitizer includes four AD9081 or four AD9082 software-defined, direct RF sampling transceivers. It is designed to accelerate customer development by providing reference RF signal chains, software architectures, power supply designs, and application example code. ADI also introduced a digitizing card to complement the platform and facilitate system-level calibration algorithms and demonstration of power-up phase determinism.

ADQUADMXFE1EBZ 16-Channel, Mixed-Signal Front-End Digitizer Key Features:

•    16x RF receive (Rx) channels (32x digital Rx channels)

•    16x RF transmit (Tx) channels (32x digital Tx channels)

•    Provided application-specific examples in MATLAB® application scripts and a GUI

•    Flexible clock distribution

ADQUADMXFE-CAL Digitizing Card Key Features:

•    Provides both individual adjacent channel loopback and combined channel loopback options

•    Combined Tx and Rx channels output via SMA connectors

•    On-board log power detectors with AD5592R digitization.

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