The company, which is synonymous with innovation, has invested significantly to develop Genus Digital, its Digital IF product.
Genus Digital can work alongside existing analogue ground station infrastructure, enabling operators to gradually move to Digital IF, or to utilise it for selected signals alongside traditional analogue signal processing. Sold as an individual component rather than a turnkey solution, it facilitates easier re-routing of signals via IP addressing, as well as removing the need for specific fibre types required for RF over Fibre.
Simon Swift, Engineering Director – Digital Technologies at ETL Systems and Vice Chair of the DIFI working group, said:
“We are incredibly excited to launch Genus Digital at SATELLITE 2023. It’s the culmination of a lot of hard work from our fantastic team of engineers at ETL, who have invested a huge amount of time, dedication and expertise into the product development.
“As the virtualisation of the ground station continues at pace, Genus Digital will provide operators with the flexibility to deploy new waveforms and, in conjunction with the implementation of virtual instruments, to monitor any signal from anywhere.”
At launch, Genus Digital is able to digitize 4 channels of 500MHz bandwidth (providing a total 2GHz of instantaneous bandwidth). These 4 channels form the core of the Genus Digital modular product.
Swift added: “As the product evolves, it will grow in capability, scope and scale. There’s going to be more channels so that we’ll be able to add greater bandwidth capability into a single unit of our product – for example, running multiple quad band antennas through a single modular box.”
ETL Systems will be exhibiting at SATELLITE 2023. Find out more here: www.etlsystems.com/genus-digital
