Averna announces software toolkits for advanced satnav applications

The RP-6500 platform. (Photo: Averna)

Averna, a global test and quality solutions provider, announced that through existing partnerships, real-time GNSS simulation and satcom signal generator toolkits will be available for the RP-6500 RF record and playback platform, making the RP-6500 an all-in-one solution to support advanced satellite navigation applications.

Averna is exhibiting at Booth #518 during ION GNSS, Sept 26-27, at in Miami, where the company will be demonstrating the RP-6500 Wideband Record & Playback system.

The RP-6500 platform can record and playback up to 500 MHz of RF spectrum from 9 kHz to 6 GHz, as well as simulate all common GNSS signals (BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, and QZSS). The system can also generate Satellite communications signals (DVB-S and DVB-S2).

The robust system fits into a car trunk for driving/recording applications, and syncs with both a GPS and Averna’s DriveView software, for synchronized location and video capture that is time-aligned with your data, the company said. Preloaded with RF Studio, powerful RF record/playback software for capturing real-world RF spectrum, including GNSS, radio, video & location data. A state-of-the-art workflow tool, the RP-6500 Series lets you quickly set up your recordings, add contextual data, visualize weak signals, and analyze your collected RF environments to validate and fine-tune your designs and products.

To learn more about the RP-6500 wideband RF Record and Playback, visit www.averna.com/RP-6500

“We’re extremely happy to add new testing capabilities to our RP-6500, an advanced solution for the design validation of Satellite Navigation systems,” commented Jean-Lévy Beaudoin, vice-president, Platforms & Innovation, R&D for Averna. “The RP-6500 is a complete RF Record and Playback platform–it’s been designed and built from the ground up to be all-in-one.”

Key features and benefits

• easy-to-use RF Studio user interface
• 500 MHz-wide instantaneous bandwidth
• covers most common wireless protocols from 9 kHz to 6 GHz
• multi-constellation and multifrequency GNSS Simulator
• supports SATCOM protocols for Satellite Set-Top Box testing
• high dynamic range (14 bits, >80 dB)
• form factor allows rack mounting or car trunk portability.