A group of engineers in Rolling Meadows, Illinois found a way to leverage the power of Analog Devices AD9371 chips and build multi-band transceivers that offer an amazing amount of bandwidth. These new modules support upwards of 100MHz per channel, which is an enormous amount of space. Standard 2.4GHz WiFi channels are normally only 20MHz large. Even the biggest 5GHz channels are still a paltry 80MHz, and these are rather rare.
Analog Devices AD9371 cards are efficient transceivers that don’t require much power. This makes them an ideal option for designing this kind of spread spectrum equipment. Specialists who plan on developing industrial or commercial sensors will appreciate this since they often have to be run in close proximity to one another. Giving each device a generously spaced channel will help to ensure that the risk of conflicts stays very low.
Each individual card comes bundled with three receivers and a pair of transmitters. These devices are VPX compatible, which makes them suitable for communicating with other computing devices over the VITA 46 protocol. This might not seem all that important for those who plan on deploying their equipment in the civilian market, but it’s absolutely vital for defense contractors. Organizations that supply equipment to the government will more than likely want to invest in equipment that offers this feature, thus helping to further broaden the appeal of these RF tuners.
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