Overview
- State-of-the-art digital signal processing platform comprising
- Large 7-series Xilinx FPGA (XC7A100T-1) FPGA for massive parallel computing
- ARM 32-bit co-processor @100MHz (LPC1768) for complementary sequential computing
- 204-pin SODIMM socket for an optional (1GB typ.) DDR3 memory module. 20+ Gbps effective throughput
- 1Gbit NAND flash for non-volatile storage of numerous FPGA configurations and user data
- Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 tied to FPGA for maximum throughput
- Auxiliary DAC: 12-bit precision, 1 MSamples/s for gain control
- Hi-stability frequency reference: internal VC-TCXO or external frequency reference via UMCC connector
- Comprehensive environment through plug-in modules
- HDMI input/output and additional gigabit Ethernet transceiver (COM-5102)
- 4 SATA disks interfaces (COM-5103)
- High-speed analog/digital converters (COM-3504, COM-4009, COM-2001)
- RF receivers (COM-30xx)
- The COM-1800 is compatible with a comprehensive development environment of free industry-standard tools:
- Xilinx Vivado for development from VHDL or Verilog source code to FPGA binary [from Xilinx]
- Eclipse IDE + GNU ARM tool chain + flashmagic from C/C++ source code to ARM binary
- ComBlock flashloader to program the FPGA and ARM binaries into the board non-volatile flash memory over USB. [included]
- 4 custom FPGA configurations can be stored in non-volatile flash memory
- The selected configuration is automatically reloaded at power up or upon software command
- Graphical User Interface is used for remote monitoring and control over a USB or TCP link. This includes loading the FPGA configuration file into non-volatile flash memory
- Interface compatibility:
- COM-3010 [925 - 2175MHz] receiver
- COM-3011 [20MHz - 3GHz] receiver
- COM-3007 [2.3 - 2.8GHz] & [1.15 - 1.4GHz] receiver
- COM-3504 dual ADCs/DACs
- COM-4009 Digital to [400MHz - 4.4GHz] RF modulator
- COM-2001 Dual digital-to-analog conversion
- COM-5102 Gigabit ethernet + HDMI video in/out interface
- COM-5104 10Gigabit ethernet network interface
- COM-5103 4 SATA disks interfaces
- COM-1824 channel emulator (delay, Doppler, multipath, noise)
Documentation
Software
FPGA VHDL code template
ARM C-code template