Front-End & Beamformer Board
AssemblyThe board that pulses each element, amplifies the faint echoes and time-aligns the channels into focused scan lines. A full specification article for this item is being written. Meanwhile its bill of materials and connections are below.
Bill of materials for Front-End & Beamformer Board
7 top-level lines as of r184253| # | Item / sub-assembly | Part no. | Qty/assy | Ext. qty | Parts | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bare PCB | pcb-bare | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 2 | Beamformer SoC | vetus-soc | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 3 | Microcontroller | mcu | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 4 | SMD Passive (R/C/L) | smd-passives | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 5 | Transmit Pulser | vetus-pulser | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 6 | Receive Front-End | vetus-afe | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 7 | Connector | connector | 2× | 2 | · | part |