The PMC-StarLite is designed as a high-speed, high-bandwidth,
board interconnect PMC aimed particularly at Radstone's flagship
digital signal processing product, G4DSP. The underlying technology
of PMC-StarLite is StarGen's StarFabric, a high-speed, serial
switched fabric technology that exists as a switch and PCI
endpoints. PMC-StarLite provides a 6-port StarFabric switch
with each port, capable of 5GB/s peak communications. The
6-port switch is connected to a StarFabric-to-PCI bridge to
provide a connection between multiple compute nodes on the
host board. Four of the six StarFabric ports are routed to
the PMC front panel for front panel I/O, or to the PMC P4
connector for the rear I/O. The remaining two StarFabric ports
are connected on board to the PCI-to-StarFabric bridge. For
development, a front panel adapter can be fitted so that the
user's fabric network routing can be configured using standard
Ethernet cables. RADSTONE. Woodcliff Lake, NJ.
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DIGITIZER CARD FOR PCI/PXI BUS
The CompuScope 82GC is part of a new family of 2 GS/s waveform
digitizer cards for the Compact PCI and PXI bus. It features
on-board acquisition memory of up to 16 Megasamples and supports
bus mastering to provide 80 MB/s data transfer from on-board
memory to host RAM. Its throughput betters GPIB linked oscilloscopes
by a factor of almost 1000, allowing automated testing at
a faster rate. One feature of the CompuScope 82GC is the Pre
Trigger Multiple Record, which allows capture of both pre-trigger
and post-trigger data for rapidly occurring events without
losing data. Typical applications of the Compuscope 82GC digitizers
include testing telecom equipment, radar signal analysis,
proton decay measurement, IF signal recording and optical
head testing. Applicable industries include wireless communications,
data storage, military/aerospace and high-energy physics.
GAGE. Montreal, Canada.
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X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM
The PIoMTE™ x-ray imaging system for high-vacuum environments
has been specifically designed to offer high-sensitivity inside
high-vacuum chambers over long operation times. The PIoMTE™
camera utilizes a proprietary Roper Scientific back-illuminated
CCD without an antireflective (AR) coating. The 1340 x 1300-pixel
array and 100% fill factor help improve spatial resolution
and dynamic range. This imaging system's thermo-electrically
cooled design provides efficient heat removal in high-vacuum
environments. Printed circuit boards are thermally linked
to coolant to yield reliable operation inside vacuum chambers.
The PIoMTE™ imaging system can be cooled down to -50°
C via its flexible tubing. Moreover, the 16-bit system's dual-speed
operation (1 MHz/100 kHz or 1 MHz/50 kHz) and PVCAM universal
programming interface are geared to afford versatility to
researchers. ROPER SCIENTIFIC. Trenton, NJ.