Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima

Overview

The Mathworks Simulink tool provides a powerful graphical environment to model, simulate, generate and debug signal processing algorithms. Spectrum’s quicComm™ Model Based Design Kit (MBDK) for FPGAs consists of built-in hardwarespecific interface libraries, IP cores, and reference design examples that make use of the Xilinx System Generator library within the Simulink environment. The MBDK dramatically shortens FPGA application development time by allowing developers to model their signal processing application within a completely graphical environment, simulate it, then build the executable image for the FPGA without writing a single line of VHDL code. In addition, Spectrum provides application example code that connects the data from the FPGA application to your MATLAB application on your PC, so you can develop your GPP-based code in MATLAB or on the PC.

• Library of System Generator blocks for hardware-specific interfaces and infrastructure
• I/O interfaces – ADC, DAC, and digital I/O
• Clocks
• Memory
• High-speed fabric
• General purpose I/O
• User registers
• Reference design including DDC & DUC
• Host software support to allow direct real-time data transfer and control of Spectrum hardware from MATLAB
• Documentation

• Spectrum hardware (see list of compatible hardware below)
• Spectrum’s quicComm™ Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Design Tools
  • MATLAB
  • Simulink
  • Xilinx ISE and System Generator for DSP
• Optional (for simulation and debug):
• Xilinx JTAG Cable
• ChipScope Pro
• ModelSim by Mentor Graphics
• Optional Simulink blocksets and their associated MATLAB toolboxes