Orchid Technologies Engineering &Consulting, experts in design of custom electronic products, completes the development of a LORAN Software Radio Receiver designed for long range navigation. Orchid Technologies selected the Texas InstrumentsTMS320C6713 floating point DSP processor for the four-channel LORAN receiver implementation.

Built for flexibility and power, the 500MHz TMS320C6713 provides high performance floating point processing to make the receiver highlyconfigurable.

The analog front-end design with variable gain and ‘Q’ is perfect for changing conditions on land and sea. The highly selective system provides software controlled gain selection over 120dB of dynamic range.

“This receiver represents a breakthrough in performance and power,” said Paul Nickelsberg, President and Senior Engineer at Orchid Technologies. “High speed floating point digital processing makes amazing things possible.”

About Orchid Technologies

Orchid develops custom electronic products for OEM’s. Orchid has successfully completed hundreds of electronic product designs. Orchid offers its clients a skillful blend of innovative hardware and software design with practical production expertise. Orchid has designed high-performing custom analog amplifiers, data acquisition systems, and DSP computer hardware with rapid design cycles. Visit Orchid Technologies’ website www.orchid-tech.com for recent design projects.