Averna’s David Brace offers a rundown on the company’s RP-6500 RF Record and Playback platform at ION GNSS+ 2018, which took place Sept. 24-28 in Miami. According to the company, real-time GNSS simulation and SATCOM signal generator toolkits will now be available for its RP-6500 RF Record and Playback platform, making it an all-in-one solution to support advanced satellite navigation applications.
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Averna announces software toolkits for advanced satnav applications
The RP-6500 platform. (Photo: Averna) Averna, a global test and quality solutions provider, announced that through existing partnerships, real-time GNSS simulation and satcom signal generator toolkits will be available for the RP-6500 RF record and playback platform, making the RP-6500 an all-in-one solution to support advanced satellite navigation applications.
Averna is exhibiting at Booth #518 during ION GNSS, Sept 26-27, at in Miami, where the company will be demonstrating the RP-6500 Wideband Record & Playback system.
The RP-6500 platform can record and playback up to 500 MHz of RF spectrum from 9 kHz to 6 GHz, as well as simulate all common GNSS signals (BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, and QZSS). The system can also generate Satellite communications signals (DVB-S and DVB-S2).
The robust system fits into a car trunk for driving/recording applications, and syncs with both a GPS and Averna’s DriveView software, for synchronized location and video capture that is time-aligned with your data, the company said. Preloaded with RF Studio, powerful RF record/playback software for capturing real-world RF spectrum, including GNSS, radio, video & location data. A state-of-the-art workflow tool, the RP-6500 Series lets you quickly set up your recordings, add contextual data, visualize weak signals, and analyze your collected RF environments to validate and fine-tune your designs and products.
To learn more about the RP-6500 wideband RF Record and Playback, visit www.averna.com/RP-6500
“We’re extremely happy to add new testing capabilities to our RP-6500, an advanced solution for the design validation of Satellite Navigation systems,” commented Jean-Lévy Beaudoin, vice-president, Platforms & Innovation, R&D for Averna. “The RP-6500 is a complete RF Record and Playback platform–it’s been designed and built from the ground up to be all-in-one.”
Key features and benefits
- easy-to-use RF Studio user interface
- 500 MHz-wide instantaneous bandwidth
- covers most common wireless protocols from 9 kHz to 6 GHz
- multi-constellation and multifrequency GNSS Simulator
- supports SATCOM protocols for Satellite Set-Top Box testing
- high dynamic range (14 bits, >80 dB)
- form factor allows rack mounting or car trunk portability.
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Averna’s 500-Mhz wideband platform tests advanced GNSS applications
Averna is offering a wideband RF record and playback platform. The RP-6500 records and plays back up to 500 MHz of RF spectrum — from 9 kHz to 6 GHz — to test multi-constellation GNSS applications, the company said. The system can also capture other signals such as Wi-Fi, V2x, spectrum sharing and cellular applications.
The robust system fits into a car trunk for driving/recording applications, and syncs with both a GPS and Averna’s DriveView software for synchronized location and video capture that is time-aligned.Preloaded with RF Studio, a state-of-the-art workflow tool, the RP-6500 Series lets users quickly set up recordings, add contextual data, visualize weak signals and analyze the collected RF environments to validate and fine-tune designs and products.
“The RP-6500 is a complete RF Record and Playback platform–it’s been designed and built from the ground up to be all-in-one,” said Alex Pelland, product line manager at Averna. “The hardware ticks all the boxes for serious users, and we’ve bundled it with RF Studio, so that all users can achieve simple configuration, file management, and visualization as well.”
Key Features and Benefits
- Easy-to-use RF Studio user interface
- 500 MHz wide instantaneous bandwidth
- Covers most common wireless protocols from 9 kHz to 6 GHz
- High dynamic range (14 bits, ~ 86 dB)
- Form factor allows rack mounting or car trunk portability
- Time-synchronized capture of RF, signals, and messages