jpl Archives - Wide Swath Research, LLC https://www.wideswathresearch.com/tag/jpl/ Software Defined Radar Solutions for Advanced Sensing Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:16:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Delivery: JPL CRISTAL/CIMR Digital Backend Design https://www.wideswathresearch.com/delivery-jpl-cristal-cimr-digital-backend-design/ https://www.wideswathresearch.com/delivery-jpl-cristal-cimr-digital-backend-design/#respond Mon, 24 Oct 2022 22:14:00 +0000 https://www.wideswathresearch.com/?p=416 October 24, 2022 – Design review passed and final delivery released to JPL for the multi-mission (CRISTAL & CIMR) digital back-end (DBE) engineering model hardware. This compact module, destined for space flight, carries an FPGA, two high performance ADCs, a standalone processor and a full compliment of memories and interfaces. It was a pleasure working […]

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]]> https://www.wideswathresearch.com/delivery-jpl-cristal-cimr-digital-backend-design/feed/ 0 Program Update: CRISTAL/CIMR DBE Schematics https://www.wideswathresearch.com/program-update-cristal-cimr-dbe-schematics/ https://www.wideswathresearch.com/program-update-cristal-cimr-dbe-schematics/#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2022 22:06:00 +0000 https://www.wideswathresearch.com/?p=412 September 6, 2022 – Customer schematic review passed! This particular design is for a space-based radiometer digital backend. The hardware contains four 3.2 GSPS ADC channels, JESD interfaces linking the ADCs to an FPGA, Xilinx’s Kintex KU060, microprocessor, telemetry, spacecraft/instrument interfaces and a full complement of support components. This design is our second centered around […]

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]]> https://www.wideswathresearch.com/program-update-cristal-cimr-dbe-schematics/feed/ 0 Contract Award: JPL VISAR Onboard Processor https://www.wideswathresearch.com/contract-award-jpl-visar-onboard-processor/ https://www.wideswathresearch.com/contract-award-jpl-visar-onboard-processor/#respond Mon, 01 Aug 2022 21:48:00 +0000 https://www.wideswathresearch.com/?p=396 August 1, 2022 – Wide Swath Research was awarded a contract by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop the firmware for the Venus Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (VISAR) onboard processor. We’re very excited to contribute to this important science, to play a part in the international development team and to have our footprint on a Venus mission! […]

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]]> https://www.wideswathresearch.com/contract-award-jpl-visar-onboard-processor/feed/ 0 Contract Award: JPL CIMR/CRISTAL Programs https://www.wideswathresearch.com/contract-award-jpl-cimr-cristal-programs/ https://www.wideswathresearch.com/contract-award-jpl-cimr-cristal-programs/#respond Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:37:00 +0000 https://www.wideswathresearch.com/?p=384 June 22, 2022 – Wide Swath Research was awarded a contract by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design an engineering model (EM) for the Spectrometer Digital Backend (DBE) suitable for both Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) and Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter (CRISTAL) programs. Below are links with details on each program: CRISTAL […]

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