Pentek's Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D Data Converter Combined with Two Powerful Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs Delivers High-Speed, Enhanced Resolution and Extraordinary Processing Power

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Pentek News Release

Pentek, Inc., one of the pioneers of VME board-level technology, today released its Model 7150 High Speed Data Converter (http://www.pentek.com/products/Detail.cfm?Model=7150), featuring four 200 MHz, 16-bit A/Ds and a pair of high-performance Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs. The 7150 connects directly to the RF or IF inputs of a communications system, delivering the industry's highest resolution A/Ds and enhanced processing power in a single PMC/XMC module. The 7150 is the first in the 715x series, which with sampling rates to 200 MHz and 16 bits of resolution, fulfills the market demand for products with both wider bandwidths and improved dynamic range.

The Pentek 7150 stands apart from competing products on the market because its unique architecture combines the faster and higher precision DSP slices in the two Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs with four 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D converters offering increased resolution and wider signal bandwidths. This combination is ideal for anyone seeking to detect very small signals across a wide range of frequencies.

"The boost in sampling rate to 200 MHz means that users will be able to directly digitize nearly 100 MHz of bandwidth - invaluable for engineers working on wideband radar and wideband communication systems," says Rodger Hosking, vice-president, Pentek. "The innovative design of the 7150 assigns strategic functions to both Virtex-5 FPGAs for optimum performance. One is dedicated to interface connectivity and the other towards real-time signal processing, and both FPGAs are available in different sizes and types. As a result, the 7150 makes an ideal platform for adding custom IP cores to provide outstanding overall system performance over a wide range of applications."

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