Jade Architecture designed with navigator design suite software tools

Offers unprecedented levels of performance at significantly lower product cost, the new Jade architecture have the FPGA and access to all data and control paths as the central feature. The Jade architecture also includes, enabling factory-installed functions including data multiplexing, channel selection, data packing, gating, triggering and memory control.

The Jade architecture organises the FPGA as a container for data processing applications where each function exists as an Intellectual Property (IP) module. The Navigator Design Suite was designed from the ground up to work with Pentek’s new Jade architecture and provides an unparalleled plug-and-play solution to the complex task of IP and control software creation and compatibility.

Consisting of two components, the Navigator Design Suite has: Navigator FDK (FPGA Design Kit) for integrating custom IP into Pentek sourced designs and Navigator BSP (Board Support Package) for creating host applications.

Users are able to work efficiently at the API level for software development and with an intuitive graphical interface for IP design.