April 30, 2013 – Pentek announced Model 8266 PC development system, pre-configured to speed application development for the expansive family of Pentek Cobalt Virtex-6 and Onyx Virtex-7 FPGA PCI Express software radio and data acquisition I/O boards. The 8266 is delivered with the selected Pentek hardware configured for either Windows 7 Professional or Linux operating systems along with ReadyFlow BSP drivers and software examples, fully installed and tested. Upon delivery, the system allows development engineers to immediately run example applications out-of-the-box. Pentek ReadyFlow drivers and board support libraries are preinstalled and tested with the Model 8266.
ReadyFlow includes example applications with full source code, a command line interface for custom control over hardware, and Pentek’s Signal Analyzer, a full-featured analysis tool that continuously displays live signals in both time and frequency domains. Built on a professional 4U rackmount workstation, the Model 8266 is equipped with the Intel Core i7 processor, DDR3 SDRAM and a high-performance PCIe motherboard. These features accelerate application code development and provide unhindered access to the high-bandwidth PCIe links connecting the Cobalt and Onyx analog and digital I/O modules. All necessary coaxial and timing cables are installed and tested, providing SMA connectivity for all analog I/O lines.
The Model 8266 can be configured with 64-bit Windows or Linux operating systems.
Pricing and Availability
The Model 8266 starts at $4,495 USD for the base platform. Price includes the PC workstation, ReadyFlow board support libraries, cables, integration, testing and set up. A FIXED FEE IS CHARGED FOR INTEGRATION, regardless of the number of boards installed in the system. Delivery is 8 to 10 weeks ARO. Pentek provides free lifetime support for all of their products.
