Capture and visualisation of radio signals with an open source, single chip spectrum analyser

David Northcote; Lewis McLaughlin; Louise Helen Crockett; Robert Stewart

doi:10.1109/FPL53798.2021.00078

Capture and visualisation of radio signals with an open source, single chip spectrum analyser

David Northcote, Lewis McLaughlin, Louise Helen Crockett, Robert Stewart

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

This demonstration will present a single chip spectrum analyser that has been developed using the Xilinx Zynq Radio Frequency System on Chip (RFSoC), and the PYNQ software framework. The design uses the RFSoC’s high speed Radio Frequency Analogue to Digital Converters (RF ADCs) to capture 2.048GHz of instantaneous bandwidth and directly sample signals at frequencies up to 4.096GHz using higher order Nyquist Zone techniques. All signal processing, software control, and graphical user interface functions are hosted entirely on the same RFSoC chip. As well as presenting the functionality achieved by the spectrum analyser, we will describe its underlying architecture and demonstrate its use in exploring the radio spectrum by showing examples of ambient signals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 31st International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ.
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Print)	9781665442435
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FPL53798.2021.00078
Publication status	Published - 12 Oct 2021
Event	31st International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications - Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany Duration: 30 Aug 2021 → 3 Sept 2021 https://www.fpl2021.org/

Conference

Conference	31st International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications
Abbreviated title	FPL 2021
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Dresden
Period	30/08/21 → 3/09/21
Internet address	https://www.fpl2021.org/

Keywords

radio signals
open source spectrum analyser
radio frequency system on chip

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Northcote, D, McLaughlin, L , Crockett, LH & Stewart, R 2021, Capture and visualisation of radio signals with an open source, single chip spectrum analyser. in 2021 31st International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL)., 00078, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ., 31st International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, 30/08/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/FPL53798.2021.00078

Capture and visualisation of radio signals with an open source, single chip spectrum analyser. / Northcote, David; McLaughlin, Lewis ; Crockett, Louise Helen et al.
2021 31st International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL). Piscataway, NJ.: IEEE, 2021. 00078.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

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