PRODUCT BRIEFNavigator Design Suite: FPGA Design Kit
and Board Support Package
Expedited development time for complete operational control ofthe hardware and easy configuration of new FPGA IP functions

The Navigator® Design Suite includes the Navigator FDK (FPGA Design Kit) for integrating custom IP into thefactory-shipped design and the Navigator BSP (Board Support Package) for creating host applications. Most
modern FPGA-processing applications require development of specialized FPGA IP to run on the hardware, andsoftware to control the FPGA hardware from a host computer.
The Navigator Design Suite was designed from the ground up to work with the Jade and Quartz architectures and provides a better
solution to the complex task of IP and software creation.

NAVIGATOR FDK (FPGA DESIGN KIT)As FPGAs become larger and IP more complex, the need for IP design tools to manage this growing complexity has never been greater.
The Xilinx Vivado Design Suite includes IP Integrator, the industry’s first plug-and-play IP integration design environment. Built arounda graphical block diagram interface, IP Integrator allows IP developers to leverage existing IP by importing it into their block diagram
design. Navigator FPGA Design Kit (FDK), was designed with this exact purpose.
Each Navigator FDK provides the complete IP for a specific Jade or Quartz data acquisition and processing board. When the design
is opened in Vivado’s IP Integrator, the developer can access every component of the board design, replacing or modifying blocks asneeded for the application.

NAVIGATOR BSP (BOARD SUPPORT PACKAGE)
The companion product to the Navigator FDK is the Navigator Board Support Package (BSP). While Navigator FDK provides astreamlined path for creating or modifying new IP for the hardware, the Navigator BSP enables complete operational control of thehardware and all IP functions in the FPGA.
Similar to the FDK, the BSP allows software developers to work at a higher level, abstracting many of the details of the hardware
through an intuitive API. The API allows developers to focus on the task of creating the application by letting the API, the hardware andIP-control libraries below it to handle many of the board-specific functions. Developers who want full access to the entire BSP library,
enjoy complete C-language source code as well as full documentation.

mrcy.com

NAVIGATOR DESIGN SUITEFPGA Design Kit and Board Support Package

New applications can be developed on their own or by building on one of the included example programs. All Jade and Quartz boards areshipped with a full suite of build-in functions allowing operation without the need for any custom IP development.
The Navigator BSP includes the Signal Analyzer, a full-featured analysis tool, that displays data in time and frequency domains. Built-in
measurement functions display 2nd and 3rd harmonics, THD (total harmonic distortion), and SINAD (signal to noise and distortion).
Interactive cursors allow users to mark data points and instantly calculate amplitude and frequency of displayed signals. With the SignalAnalyzer, users can install the hardware and Navigator BSP and start viewing analog signals immediately.

Corporate Headquarters
50 Minuteman Road
Andover, MA 01810 USA+1 978.967.1401 tel+1 866.627.6951 tel+1 978.256.3599 fax

International Headquarters
Mercury International

Learn more

Avenue Eugène-Lance, 38
PO Box 584
CH-1212 Grand-Lancy 1Geneva, Switzerland+41 22 884 51 00 tel

For technical questions,contact techsales@mrcy.com

Visit: pentek.com/go/navigator

The Mercury Systems logo and the following are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mercury Systems, Inc.: Mercury Systems, Innovation ThatMatters, and BuiltSECURE. Other marks used herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Mercury believes
this information is accurate as of its publication date and is not responsible for any inadvertent errors. The information contained herein is subject
to change without notice.
© 2021 Mercury Systems, Inc.
mrcy.com

MADE IN USA

8087-00E-1021-pb-Navigator_SDL2