Radar acquisition system fits on single VME card

Radar acquisition system fits on single VME card

Providing industry-leading radar acquisition and display capability, the SoftScan/1905 is a complete embedded system on a single-slot 6U VME card. The unit is comprised of a SVME-1905 SBC and an XMC-710 graphics controller mezzanine card with Core 2 Duo and Nvidia 7300GT processors.

The cards radar scan conversion supports polar format data input either via a network interface from a Radar Video Processor (RVP) server or via an optional on-board Osiris PMC radar acquisition card. Its proprietary algorithms eliminate holes or spokes in the displayed image at any range or zoom level. Plan Position Indicator (PPI), A-scan and B-scan display formats are supported with rapid pan and zoom. The graphics card supports dual-head output on DVI-I single-link or dual-link, with resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 (single link) or 2560 x 1600 / 2048 x 2048 (dual-link, single head). ($17,730, standard configuration — contact factory for availability.)

by Jim Harrison

Curtiss-Wright Controls , Charlotte , NC
Jerri-Lynne Charbonneau 613-254-5112

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