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    Analog Devices has introduced a 16-channel, mixed-signal front-end (MxFE) digitizer for aerospace and defence applications

    16-Channel, Mixed-Signal Front-End Digitizer

    04/27/2021

    These applications include phased array radars, electronic warfare, and ground-based SATCOM (satellite communications). 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

    https://www.analog.com/en/design-center/evaluation-hardware-and-software/evaluation-boards-kits/Quad-MxFE.html

    https://www.analog.com/en/education/education-library/videos/6184061669001.html

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