Multi-Channel Transceiver FPGA Core
Speed Up Implementation of a Fully Functional Multi-channel Radio
Overview
Overview
The Multi-Channel Transceiver (MC-XCVR) core for field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) provides a mechanism to quickly implement a fully functional multi-channel radio on Spectrum’s flexComm SDR platforms. The core has been developed to enable communication channel dimensions in time, frequency and code for both continuous and burst signals. The core is targeted to any of Spectrum’s XMC IF transciever modules supporting Xilinx Virtex-4 technology, such as the XMC-3311 or XMC-3321, and can be mounted to any Spectrum carrier board capable of supporting an XMC module.
The FPGA core itself implements high-speed digital up and down conversion, data formatting and time stamping, and high-speed transport between the FPGA and a host processor. An API is provided allowing the user to easily setup the core components and transport high-speed data to and from the FPGA. System examples with full software source are also provided to demonstrate the MC-XCVR core capabilities and use of the API on a number of different platforms.
