In this interview, Digital Team Lead Stuart Kenny explains how scalable, testable, and tightly integrated code keeps complex RF systems stable, versatile, and future-ready.

With the likes of AMD’s new adaptive RFSoC, Versal, pushing the boundaries of processing power and high-speed interfaces, optimising RF performance at 18 GHz is more important than ever.
Slipstream Design’s expert Direct RF engineering team specialises in tackling key challenges like clock jitter, power supply noise, and signal integrity.

As we look ahead to DSEI 2025, we’re excited to unveil the next evolution of our flagship platform, ASTRO, our ultra-low SWAP, wideband plug-and-play radar processor. 

While Radio Frequency (RF) has long been the foundation of wireless communication, the increasing role of digital technology is transforming how we interact with and utilise radio waves. At Slipstream Design, we stand at the intersection of these two domains, uniquely positioned to fuse them into cutting-edge radio and radar sub-systems. 

Microwave heating is the use of RF (Radio Frequency) energy in the microwave spectrum (typically 2.45GHz) to heat an item. Although microwave cooking of food is the most common application, microwave heating and drying has widespread use in industry.

AMD's RFSoC technology is fundamental to the core of what we can achieve with ASTRO, our adaptable software-defined radar platform. When our Managing Director, Philip Wilson, heard about the introduction of Versal, it's safe to say he was intrigued. He's done a deep-dive comparison between AMD's existing RFSoC capacity and the promises of Versal for RF applications

Slipstream Engineering Design (Slipstream) launched its cutting-edge ASTRO processor module at European Microwave Week (EuMW) 2024. Developed by a team of radar engineering experts, ASTRO represents a breakthrough in Direct RF-on-the-edge technology designed to accelerate digital beamforming capabilities.