By Lauri Viitas, Guzik Technical Enterprises

The Optical Data Interface standard, abbreviated as ODI, is a new high-speed interface for instrumentation systems. ODI shatters speed and distance barriers by relying on optical communication between devices, over a simple pluggable optical cable. Guzik Technical Enterprises is a pioneer in using this technology, and was a key contributor in the development of the specification. The ODI standard is designed to address challenging applications in 5G communications, mil/aero, and advanced communication research.  This article will highlight how Guzik is using the ODI standard to offer breakthrough measurement and analysis capability to the industry.

The ODI standard defines a standard optical port that can be placed on any instrument or device. Each port is capable of sending or receiving up to 160Gb/s of real-time data, continuously. The ODI optical cable can be up to 100 meters in length, easily eliminating distance constraints in racked systems.

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By Larry Desjardin, Modular Methods

By now, you may have seen the announcement from the AXIe Consortium, the VITA trade organization, and six companies endorsing a new standard called the Optical Data Interface(ODI). 

ODI is a new high-speed interface for instrumentation and embedded systems. It breaks speed and distance barriers by relying on optical communication between devices, over a standard pluggable optical fiber. With speeds up to 20 GBytes/s from a single optical port, and speeds up to 80 GBytes/s through port aggregation, ODI is designed to address challenging applications in 5G communications, mil/aero systems, high-speed data acquisition, and communication research.

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Submitted by Giga-tronics

Military radar and EW systems must be exposed to signal environments as representative as possible to those they will ultimately experience, and this work should begin early in the design process when it’s most cost-effective. Only by meeting these two criteria can designers be reasonably sure that their final design will deliver its desired performance in the exhaustive (and expensive) range tests that follow. The Giga-tronics Real-Time Threat Emulation System (TEmS) was created to make this achievable as a COTS-based bench-top emulation system. This modular approach allows the system to scale with individual modules rather than through addition of expensive stand-alone instruments.

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