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RTG003 USB Connected Software Defined Digital Radio System
RTG003

Features

  • User programmable Xilinx XC2V1000-4 FPGA
  • Two channels of 125Mhz 12 bit A/D
  • Two channels of single ended 125Mhz 14 bit D/A
  • 8 bits digital I/O
  • User programmable 300Mhz TMS320C6203 16 bit fixed point DSP
  • 32Mbytes SDRAM coupled with the DSP plus 2Mbytes Flash ROM for DSP booting and N/V storage
  • Hi Speed (480Mbits/sec) USB 2.0 connection to a host PC
  • Can be used as a stand alone board for embedded systems
  • FPGA can be configured via USB, Xilinx JTAG cable or from on-board PROM
  • Single 5V power supply required – 20W mains Power Supply Unit included
  • Host API supported for Windows 2000 and XP and Linux – FPGA and DSP loading, resetting and data exchange all performed with simple to use software interface
Ordering Info: Part No. RTG003

Description

The RTG003 is a self contained programmable system ideal for developing Software Defined Radio. It can be used stand alone or connected to a PC via the USB 2.0 connection.

The fast A/D and D/A channels are directly connected to the user programmable FPGA, allowing data to be processed by a user FPGA program. The FPGA can be used to perform digital processing between the analogue inputs and outputs, or the data can be passed to and from the DSP or a PC using the USB 2.0 connection and provided software.

The DSP can be programmed to perform whatever tasks you need – the supplied example uses the FPGA to make a Digital Down Conversion (DDC), the results of which are passed to the DSP for protocol processing. The DSP then outputs its results to the PC where a C++ program receives processes and graphs the data.

The USB connection is supported via the Host-API software. This allows software applications and tools on the Host PC to access the hardware using a consistent software interface without the need to understand or program the hardware or USB directly.

The FPGA program can be loaded over the USB connection using a software tool that directly accepts the output from development tools for the Xilinx FPGA. Alternatively a Xilinx JTAG cable (Parallel or USB) can be used to load the FPGA and or program the on board configuration PROM.

The DSP program can be loaded over the USB connection using a software tool that directly accepts the output from development tools for the TI DSP. Alternatively a JTAG emulator card can be used to load the DSP and or program the on board FLASH memory.

The FIFO connections can be used to stream data to or from a module in the system. They are capable of up to 50Mbytes/second in each direction, but the Host PC, its USB controller and the operating system will all impose their own limits to this speed.

The system is delivered ready to go with a power supply (requires an IEC lead specific to your country), USB cable, I/O cables and a CD with all of your documentation, software tools and examples. The only other thing you need are development tools for the Xilinx FPGA, for example Xilinx Foundation ISE and a suitable 'C6000 JTAG emulator card with Code Composer Studio, available from Kane Computing.

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  • Emulators (compatible C6000 emulators)
  • Code Composer Studio (the industry standard development environment)
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Downloads

Datasheet (PDF 126KB)

Links

Hunt Engineering's web site

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