PAD/NI – 400 Primary Specification
(Patent Applied For)
(Note: Product developed by ASC for Sypris Data Systems - formerly Metrum Data-Tape)

Network Interface
w 2 x 2 Gbps FC links w/optical interface
w FC AL, P-P, and Switched Fabric support
w FC Class 2 and 3 service support (optional Class 1 and intermix)
w SCSI-3 over FC (FCP) support
w Multiple logical SCSI-3 support - supports striping across RAIDS
w (PHASE II) ATM over FC (AAL5)
w Max 400 Mbytes/s transfer rate (max approx 375 Mbytes/s sustained user rate)

User Interface
w LVDS data interface (440 Mbytes/s sustained in each direction)
w Serial (RS-232/422) attached peripheral Control/Monitor Interface
w IRIG a, b, g time-code input and output
w Voice/aux data input/output
w RTC/TODC input/output (for external GPS receiver, etc.)
w RTC/TODC sync input/output (for synchronizing multiple RTC/TODC)
w 10 Mhz Reference Clock input/output

w High-resolution (0.1 microsecond) deterministic Time Stamping of LVDS data (non-deterministic stamping of cPCI data)
w Precision data i/o clock measurement/clock regeneration to 100 Mhz
w Precision data synchronization across multiple PAD/NIs and across multiple RAIDs from a single PAD/NI; < 1ns data record/replay sychronization error
w 200 Mhz, 1600 MIPS, 200 Mbytes/s bursted i/o DSP for board-level control and signal processing + dual-ported SBSRAM to internal 64 bit x 66 Mhz system bus
w Can support CCSDS/IRIG 106/107 Version 0 and Version 1 formatting/unformatting (Phase II)
w Can support variety of SP algorithms such as data decimation/interpolation/filtering/spectral estimation, etc.
w Can support variety of cPCI peripherals including multi-channel data acquisition boards
w ON-board 1 Mbyte FLASH memory for program & application data
w Supports a full-suite of  in-band OAM functions for remote provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and control of  one or more PAD/NIs as well as associated input/output peripheral devices via cPCI bus or serial control interface

 Applications
w 125 Mhz analog 8b (312.5 MBytes/s = 2.5 Gbps) record/replay using single PAD/NI-400 and 2 x 2Gbps RAIDS or JBODs
w 250 Mhz analog 8b (625 MBytes/s = 5.0 Gbps) record/replay using TWO synchronized PAD/NI-400 and 4 x 2Gbps FC raids or JBODs
w 75 Mhz analog 12b (281.25 MBytes/s = 2.25 Gbps) record/replay using a single PADNI-400 and 2 x2Gbps RAIDS or 3 x 1 Gbps RAIDS
w 16 x 8 Mhz analog or 16 x 20 Mbytes/s record/replay using single PAD/NI-400 and 2 cPCI peripheral cards

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