COTS Interface FCM
Abstract
This report describes the result of the project COTS Interface FCM'. The objective of the project was the specification, the design and the realisation of an interface between the high-speed real-time SAR system data bus (the RACEway) at one side and the Fast Convolution Module (FCM) at the other side. The design of the COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) interface is generic. In the future, it can be used for other dedicated hardware subsystems as part of the multi-purpose real-time SAR processor environment. The result of the project is successfully applied in the integration of the FCM in the multi-purpose real-time SAR processor. The FCM performs one of the critical SAR processing steps, the range compression. Using the FCM instead of commercially available DSP boards, saves at least a factor three in volume, power consumption and costs of the range compression hardware. The COTS interface allows the integration of COTS products for flexible processing parts with dedicated hardware for bulk-processing' parts. With this project TNO-FEL has shown that this best-of-both-worlds' approach leads to a substantial reduction in volume, power consumption and costs of complex application specific signal processing systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA358987
Entities
People
- C. Van't Wout
- L. H. Bierens
- P. A. Stijnman
Organizations
- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research