Engineering Design Team

High Performance
Multi Domain
Edge Solutions

Engineering Design Team facilitates defense, science and industry with tactical edge compute, high-speed optical and machine vision interfaces, and custom hardware solutions

For over 35 years, Engineering Design Team (EDT) has bridged the gap between data sensors at the edge and high-performance computing. From our industry leading VisionLink frame grabbers and extenders to the new EDGETAK wearable edge compute systems, we engineer SWaP optimized solutions for mission-critical environments. Whether you require zero-loss signal acquisition, long-range optical extension or real-time SIGINT processing, EDT delivers the hardware that drives the tactical edge.

A wearable, rugged, high-performance, edge AI/ML tactical computer, powered by the NVIDIA ORIN™ NX

• High Performance 16GB Memory delivering 100 TOPS
• On-board Storage up to 8TB NVME SSD
• Open system with OCI compatibility
• Optimized SWaP and Thermal Management
• Market leading value
• Onboard GPS
• WIFI / Bluetooth
• Power over USB

RFx SDR: High-Performance PCIe RF Digitizer & Tuner

A powerful software defined radio with the flexibility of PCI Express. 

Experience a powerful Software Defined Radio (SDR) with the flexibility of a low-profile PCIe 3.0 interface. The RFx delivers multichannel tuning (0.4–6.0 GHz) and 14/16-bit digitization, powered by an onboard Xilinx Kintex 7 FPGA for real-time processing and VITA-49 packetization.

Designed for ease of integration, the RFx offers native support for SoapySDR, GNURadio, and Python/C++. Pair it seamlessly with EDT’s Edgepoint AI to unlock advanced, AI-driven spectrum awareness capabilities.

Product Features

• Complex signal bandwidths up to 125 MHz
• Wideband frequency range - 0.4—6.0 GHz
• 14- or 16-bit ADC (one per RF input)
• 2 RF inputs
• Xilinx Kintex 7 FPGA with digital tuners
• Automatic gain control (AGC)
• DC removal
• Adaptive I/Q balance processing
• I/Q and VITA-49 Radio Transport (VRT) output formats
• Reference I/O (10 MHz, 1 pps)

Interested in AI/ML and RF?

The RFx pairs seamlessly with the Edgepoint AI, EDT’s highly configurable NVIDIA Jetson Orin™ or Xavier™ NX carrier built to develop and deploy your RF models at the edge.

FPGA I/O Solutions: Optical, Electrical, & RF

EDT delivers a comprehensive suite of PCIe and FPGA-based I/O solutions for high-speed data capture. Choose from high-performance standalone boards for 10G/40G optical and electrical data, or leverage our flexible Main + Mezzanine (PMC) architecture for custom configurations. Supporting standards from SONET/SDH and OTN to VITA 49 RF and legacy LVDS/RS-422, our hardware provides the precise interface your system requires.

Hardware Design Services

Leverage over 35 years of expertise to solve your most complex design challenges. Whether you need to modify an existing solution, or a develop a custom interface with unique requirements, EDT is ready to support you.

All EDT Products

High performance interfaces for people working at the leading edge of research, industry, and technology.

Imaging

Camera Link frame grabbers, fiber optic extenders, and simulators

FPGA I/O

FPGA-based standalone boards and main+mezzanine board sets for electrical, optical, and radio interfaces

Custom Development

New product development, product customization, and DSP design services

Latest news on technology changing the I/O landscape

EDGETAK PRESS RELEASE

EDT Unveils EDGETAK: Revolutionary Man-Wearable Computing Solution for Tactical Edge Operations Rugged NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX Carrier Brings Unprecedented Edge Computing Power to Special Forcesand Field Operations Hillsboro, Oregon – April 16, 2025 – EDT today announced the launch of EDGETAK, a groundbreaking man-wearable computing solution designed for military and

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Driver Release v6.0

We are excited to announce the release of version 6.0 of our PCI driver package. This release includes major improvements and breaking changes to our 5.x driver package. These changes include: Our team is happy to support your transition to this new version of the driver. Please send your questions

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Edgepoint.AI

“Configurable I/O meets inference at the edge” Engineering Design Team (EDT), a leader in high-speed I/O interfaces, brings the power of machine learning and AI (artificial intelligence) inference to the edge with edgepoint.ai. This highly configurable platform pairs EDT’s I/O expertise with a NVidia Jetson Xavier NX to get the

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