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system is a lightweight (8.3 pounds, including battery), onebox solution for field-testing of analog, DMR, P25, NXDN and
dPMR systems, featuring 4.5
hours of continuous operation on its internal battery.
According to the company,
the full-color, touchscreendriven 3550 Test System
allows the user to test
all aspects of the radio
system – the transmitter, receiver, cables
and antennas – with
000
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powerful features
llite Simu
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Portable
typically found only
in bench-top equipment. It also meets
MIL-PRF-28800F specifications for humidity, shock and vibration, with an operating range of zero degrees Celsius to plus50 degrees Celsius.
“The market has been waiting for a radio test system like
the 3550,” said Rob Barden, Aeroflex’s director of product
marketing. “The 3550 offers a tough, ruggedized package for
field service, with the features, accuracy and RF spectral performance required to test today’s radio equipment.”
The company also announced its GPSG-1000 Portable
Satellite Simulator, which simulates WAAS (wide area augmentation system) LPV (localizer performance with vertical
guidance) approaches to expedite and validate the installation of WAAS-enabled navigation systems. Aeroflex said its
GPSG-1000 offers structured, repeatable dynamic motion
tests (actual flight) of a WAAS-capable LPV installation, the
ability to check and validate the sensitivity and dynamic range
of an airborne GPS receiver statically or while in motion, and
provides additional data documenting WAAS-LPV system
upgrades or installs without leaving the hangar.
To learn more, visit www.aeroflex.com.

Aerospace Optics
The increasing number and capabilities of custom avionics installations demands components that keep pace while
offering flexibility. In response, Aerospace Optics announced
upgrades to its VIVISUN line of MIL-SPEC lighted push-button
switches and programmable displays with two new products:
VIVISUN Defined Logic and the VIVISUN Logic Module. Craig
Morgan, senior vice president of sales for the company, told
AEA Convention attendees the new
products were the result of
“customer requests over
the past couple of
years.”
The company
said its VIVISUN
Defined Logic
switching component
VIVISUN Logic Module

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integrates electronic components to perform relay and diode
functions, resulting in a familiar Boolean Logic array integrated
into the standard VIVISUN LOGIC body by taking advantage
of the traditional “AND, OR, NOT and EOR” (exclusive or)
logic gates. One result, according to the company, is an effective replacement for typical diode and relay functions. Another
is a push-button switch returning different outputs, depending
upon how the available inputs are defined.
Aerospace Optics’ second new product introduced
was the VIVISUN LOGIC Module, a behind-the-panel
mounting option for the entire line of LOGIC Series components. The LOGIC Module results from market success of
the LOGIC Series line and the increasing challenge of packaging multiple LOGIC components in the standard LOGIC
body. The new module mounts in a Type I MIL-STD (military
standard) rail, a single bracket or a flame-retardant boot for
in-line installation.
“Today’s designer is challenged to interface the old with
the new, which is often characterized by a system providing
ground when power is needed, a pulse needs to be steadystate or 5 volts must be 28 volts,” said Steve Edwards, vice
president of product development for Aerospace Optics.
“Attempting these mods by altering OEM software is cost prohibitive and is where we come in with the LOGIC Series.”
To learn more, visit www.vivisun.com.

Alto Aviation
Alto Aviation, a designer and manufacturer of premium
cabin audio systems for corporate fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, was founded in 1997. This year, at the AEA Convention,
the company introduced its new PA-100 digital PA amplifier,
which it said was created for a high ambient-noise utility helicopter program. Kevin Hayes, vice president of sales and marketing, presented information on the new product.
The PA-100 system consists of the digital amplifier itself,
plus the company’s P-51 speaker system. Additionally, connectivity is provided for the public-address interface itself, plus
chimes and a sidetone. The PA-100 gets its power from 28
VDC (volts of direct current), and can be placed on an essential bus. Thanks to its digital power amplifier, its four-channel
Class D output supports up to 30 watts (RMS, or root mean
square). It features a DSP engine for sound contouring and/
or custom equalization, and three microphone and key inputs,
plus two auxiliary stereo inputs. The unit also accommodates
weight-on-wheels input, plus six prioritized ordinance trigger
inputs. Other features include three
sidetone outputs, a
stereo PA master
output and RS-422
databus control. The
00
PA-100 is approved and certified
’s PA-1
viation
Alto A
under Technical Standard Order C139.
The company also announced a
speaker replacement program for Falcon business jets,
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