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Data acquisition module goes fanless

ADC/DAC interface module in industrial format

Sundance Multiprocessor Technology’s SMT-370-I is an industrial version of the company’s SMT370 integrated analogue interface for digital signal processing applications. In addition to the installation of industrial-rated components, the heat sink and fan arrangement of the standard version has been replaced by a custom-made heat sink which doubles as a Faraday cage, protecting the analogue signals from noise. With no air-flow the system is rated to an ambient temperature of 40ºC. The unit comprises a pair of 14-bit ADCs clocked at 105 MHz and a pair of 16-bit DACs clocked up to 400 MHz with interpolation. These are integrated with a Xilinx Virtex-II FPGA. You can use the module with others from the company’s range of DSP, FPGA, storage and radio modules to create full digital processing systems from COTS parts. Using the Diamond (Eclipse-based) tools from 3L allows you to build arrays of modules, the software constructing communications automatically behind a GUI. The SMT-370-I costs $6245 (10)