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Model DRS8500X Wideband Telemetry Recorder

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The DRS8500X is the flagship member of Wideband Systems’ industry-leading Digital Recording System (DRS) family. Optimized for the telemetry market, the DRS8500X delivers exceptional bandwidth, scalability, and performance while maintaining full compliance with the IRIG-106 Chapter 10 standard.

Designed as a direct replacement for legacy products, the DRS8500X modernizes ground station infrastructure while preserving compatibility and reliability. This system supports up to seven user-installable and upgradeable Interface Boards (IFBs), providing flexible integration across a wide range of telemetry applications. Its dual-disk bank architecture enables user-selectable recording modes, including striped for high data rate, mirrored for redundancy, and sequential for extended recording duration.

With storage options from 8 to 32TB and an aggregate data rate of 4800+ Mbps, the DRS8500X is uniquely qualified for the most demanding telemetry environments. It supports pre-detect analog, post-detect PCM, direct IF signal acquisition, and high-speed recording of video, Ethernet, serial, and MIL-STD-1553 data streams.

Backed by Wideband Systems’ legacy of rugged, field-proven performance, the DRS8500X sets a new benchmark for high-capacity, high-performance digital recording in mission-critical applications.

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Key Features

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Largest channel and recording capacity

4800+ Mbps Sustained Data Rate Record and Playback

IRIG-106 Chapter 10 Recording Format

<450 Watts power consumption

Data Export and Data Monitoring while Recording

Two Removable Diskbanks

  • Capacity up to 16.0TB per Bank
  • Solid-state of HDD

Flexible Recording Modes

  • Striped, Mirrored, or Sequential

Accepts up to seven Interface Boards (IFB)

  • Field Installable and Upgradable

Timing Interfaces

  • Accepts IRIG-A/B/G, NASA36
  • External 1PPS and 10MHz Reference
  • Optional GPS Timing

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