Description
Systems for radio and wireless instrumentation, particularly in research & development environments, can benefit from the ability to create custom designs easily. However, one of the difficulties is that the ADCs and DACs tend to be separate from the processing platform, requiring a range of skills and potentially some interfacing challenges to solve.AMD Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC is a family of devices that combine multiple multi-Gsps RF-ADCs and RF-DACs with processors and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) programmable logic, all on the same chip. These are powerful platforms with various applications including: 5G mobile and other wireless communications systems, radar, measurement and instrumentation, and quantum computing. The reprogrammable features of RFSoC devices can be especially useful where custom functionality, dynamic operation, or future upgrades are required.
This short course will introduce the RFSoC architecture and features, and outline the design process for developing custom systems. In particular, we will highlight how software, hardware, and data converters can be combined to make an integrated system, leveraging the open-source PYNQ (Python productivity for Zynq) project to make the design process easier. The operation of the high speed RF-DACs and RF-DACs will also be reviewed, applying the classical signal processing theory of Nyquist sampling to support RF frequencies up to 5GHz. Finally, we will present some RFSoC-PYNQ examples, discuss potential applications, and highlight support for getting started with this technology.
| Period | 22 Jan 2025 |
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| Event title | Radio and Wireless Week 2025 |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | San Juan, United States Minor Outlying IslandsShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |