ACM Systems chooses FPGA-based processor boards from Spectrum Signal Processing
Systems designers at ACM Systems, an electronic warfare and training-range instrument manufacturer in Rancho Cordova, Calif., needed software-reconfigurable processor boards for high-speed signal processing.
They found their solution in the flexComm HCDR-1001 family of software reconfigurable platforms from Spectrum Signal Processing in Burnaby, British Columbia.
"ACM Systems requires a high-performance field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based signal processing platform," says Tim Black, president and chief operating officer at ACM Systems. ACM is a subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corp. in Sparks, Nev.
"Spectrum's HCDR platform provides an ideal technical solution on the basis of flexibility, scalability, and processing power," Black says. "In addition, Spectrum's technical integration support has allowed us to start development faster and will also help to ease our development effort."
The flexComm HCDR-1001 configuration for ACM Systems is VME-based and uses high-performance FPGAs from Xilinx Inc. in San Jose, Calif., and PowerPC processors from Motorola Inc. in Austin, Texas, for high-bandwidth signal processing.
A dual Race++ interface and Spectrum's Solano-based communications fabric enable high-speed communications between the boards and processors, Spectrum officials say.
For more information contact Spectrum Signal by phone at 604-421-5422, or online at www.spectrumsignal.com. |
