05.01.06
CoreFoundry Introduces the New E1 Family of Processors

COLUMBIA, MD - May 1, 2006. RABA CoreFoundry is pleased to introduce the E1 Family of Multiplexers and Demultiplexers. The RABA CoreFoundry E1 Processor family of products includes E1 processors for multiplexing analog signals into a standard E1 output, or for demultiplexing all voice channels from a standard E1 input. All six product models of the E1 Processing Family include the following features and capabilities:

The rear panel E1 inputs and outputs are Trompeter BJ770 twinax connectors. A suitable cable mating connector is a Trompeter PL75-9.

All analog audio inputs and outputs are on RJ-45 connectors, with four audio pairs per RJ-45 connector. Any standard CAT-5E cable can be used to interface to the audio I/O ports. A 1U breakout panel is available to convert the CAT-5E to standard, unbalanced BNC connectors. Contact RABA CoreFoundry if different connector types are desired (such as bantam), or if balanced operation is desired.

Multiplexer units have an external 2.048 MHz clock input on the RJ-45 connector block. This clock can be selected by the operator to be used as the E1 multiplexer clock. An internal 2.048 MHz clock is also available for this purpose.

On all products, a front panel User Interface is used to setup and monitor operation. The User Interface is comprised of an LCD display with two ‘menu select’ buttons to the left of the display, and four ‘arrow’ buttons to the right of the display. The menu select buttons are used to scroll through the various setup and monitoring menus, while the arrow buttons to the right of the display allow navigation within a displayed menu.

A front panel speaker can be used to monitor a selected timeslot from an E1 input or output. A headphone jack is also provided, and plugging in a headphone cord will disable the audio to the speaker. An associated volume control sets the volume for the speaker or headphone.

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09.20.04
CoreFoundry Introduces the New PROTOstic™, FPGA-based customizable embedded controller.

COLUMBIA, MD - September 20, 2004. RABA CoreFoundry is pleased to introduce the New PROTOstic™-- a small FPGA-based embedded computing product, designed for use as a flexible, customizable embedded controller. Additionally, PROTOstic™ can serve as a general purpose embedded FPGA co-processing element. PROTOstic™ is also designed to fit into two of the microcontroller slots in the rear of a RABA CoreFoundry PROTOstic™ chassis.

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03.05.04
RABA Acquires CoreFoundry

COLUMBIA, MD - On March 5, 2004, RABA Technologies, LLC acquired CoreFoundry, makers of a broad family of high performance FPGA cores. As part of RABA's strategic plan, the acquisition enables RABA to further broaden its innovative, full life-cycle solutions offerings to commercial and Federal customers.

RABA plans to continue the development and marketing of CoreFoundry's PROTEUS™ rapid application platform, PROTObloX™ plug-in modules, and high-performance FPGA cores enabling customers to quickly bring to market complex demanding communication and signal processing applications. CoreFoundry products are uniquely differentiated by their outstanding space metrics, performance measures, and cost comparisons. With their best-of-breed product offerings and full life-cycle engineering services, CoreFoundry will be an integral complement to RABA's proven software, systems engineering, and research capabilities. Moving forward RABA is now positioned to compete aggressively in the embedded and custom hardware solution's marketplace.