hi dale, i'd be happy to talk to you on the phone about pros and cons of different options if you'd like. jack also told me a bit about your plans - he'd be good at providiing advise on the different options..
dan 510-418-0546 On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Gary, Dale E. <dale.e.g...@njit.edu> wrote: > Dear Jonathan (and the rest of the CASPER list, in case anyone has > additional comments), > > I am looking into a new project that would require processing around 2 GHz > of bandwidth on of-order 10 (but more than 8) dual-polarization antennas. > Our science case calls for at least 4096 frequency channels. My > understanding is that the SMA correlator design is for a similar bandwidth, > for 8 dual-pol antennas, but 1024 channels or something similar. We do not > want to spend a lot of resources on correlator design, so my question is > whether it is possible and would it make sense to adapt the SMA design to a > 16-antenna, dual-pol, 4096-channel system, or whether it is better (or > necessary) to leave the ROACH-2 designs behind and move to one of the newer > platforms? If the latter, what digitizer bandwidths are available, and > which board (SNAP2, Scarab, others?) would be most appropriate to a new > project of this scope? > > Thanks, > Dale > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups " > casper@lists.berkeley.edu" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to casper+unsubscr...@lists.berkeley.edu. > To post to this group, send email to casper@lists.berkeley.edu. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "casper@lists.berkeley.edu" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to casper+unsubscr...@lists.berkeley.edu. To post to this group, send email to casper@lists.berkeley.edu.
