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YORBA LINDA, CALIF. – January 28, 2013 – Sabtech Industries, an established leader in the design, manufacture and support of tactical data communications solutions for military and government agencies, announces the introduction of its Falcon family of PMC and PCI interface boards. These new interface boards will be on display during AFCEA’s West 2013 three-day conference held in San Diego, Calif., January 29 – 31st in booth 1636.
The new interface family consists of the Falcon PMC and the Falcon PCI models that connect computers with PMC and PCI bus slots to military computers and peripherals over a serial bus as defined in MIL-STD-1553B. The PCI version also features an optional MIL-STD-1397C Type A, B, C or H interface.
Sabtech’s Falcon PMC 1553 provides single or dual MIL-STD-1553B channels on a single PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC). On dual-channel models, both channels can operate concurrently with full performance and programmability. Additional features include:
• Software controlled bus coupling
• PCI 2.2 compliant (supports plug and play)
• Dual-redundant bus connections
• PCI master and slave operation
• Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology
• Interrupt, PIO & DMA operation
• 33 or 66 MHz operation
The Falcon PCI model features independent MIL-STD-1553B and NTDS Parallel Type A/B/C/H interfaces on a single board. The Falcon saves valuable slot space without sacrificing performance by allowing a single PCI card to communicate simultaneously over both Link-11 (MIL-STD-1397C) and Link-16 (MIL-STD-1553B). It is supported by an extensive application programming interface (API) library and a device driver that integrates support for both the 1553 and NTDS channels.
Connecting to military computers and peripherals with MIL-STD-1397C Type A, B, C or H interfaces, the NTDS interface features:
• 64K words (128K bytes) of RAM for message I/O buffering
• Software-selectable NTDS Type
• Passive tap capability with timestamp
• Internal loopback testing without disconnecting NTDS cables
• Software-compatibility with Sabtech’s family of Swift™ PCI, PCIe, PMC, and cPCI boards
Falcon device driver software is available for the most commonly used operating systems.
The needs of the military worldwide are increasingly large, complex and time-sensitive. They demand greater scalability, depth and breadth than ever before. Sabtech provides the technology that enables them to migrate smoothly from legacy combat systems to network-centric open architecture.
About Sabtech Industries
Headquartered in Yorba Linda, California, Sabtech Industries excels in the design, manufacture, marketing and support of specialty data communications solutions for military and government agencies as well as for industrial applications. For more than 25 years, Sabtech has successfully fulfilled a significant role in the defense of the United States and its allies by supplying innovative, highly reliable COTS products, including specialized interface boards, rugged computer systems, test equipment, and professional services for major combat and C5ISR systems worldwide. Sabtech’s comprehensive selection of MIL-STD boards, systems and software enable governments worldwide to maximize their resources as they work with today’s complex systems.