Due to technology limitations of the past, ground and airborne instrumentation systems were comprised from an array of single purpose units which made up a total system.  With ever increasing component miniaturization and System on a Chip (SoC) technologies, Telspan Data has developed a range of products with a “Multi-Disciplined Architecture” that provide complementary capabilities with significant performance improvements over legacy hardware.

These capabilities can range from adding GPS & network timing in an Ethernet switch or including FPGA’s for protocol translation & data filtering schemes all the way to providing high speed recording capability with simultaneous filtering, processing and conversion for telemetering data.  Several solutions are presented which benefit budgets by decreasing box counts, reducing integration efforts, benefiting SWaP (Size, Weight and Power) and constrained implementations all while increasing overall system capabilities.