Lyrtech RD - SignalMaster Quad - 4 C6416 DSP, 2 Virtex-4 FPGA cPCI development platform to help develop and test DSP algorithms

SignalMaster Quad

4 C6416 DSP, 2 Virtex-4 FPGA cPCI development platform to help develop and test DSP algorithms

The SignalMaster Quad cPCI advanced development platform is specifically designed to help develop and test digital signal processing algorithms through its combination of FPGA and DSP devices. It allows to simultaneously design and test in a real-time environment through its integration to the model-based designsoftware tools for Simulink (optional).
The SignalMaster Quad is designed around two clusters of one Xilinx Virtex-4 LX FPGA and two TI TMS320C6416 DSP. Each cluster can yield up to 16,000 MIPS/MMACS of digital signal processing power and 48 GMACS of FPGA-based digital signal processing power — unrivalled might at your fingertips.

Highlights

6U, cPCI, C6416 DSP (×4)
Virtex-4 LX80 FPGA (×2)
Dual LYRIO+ very-high-speed expansion sites
128 MB external SDRAM per DSP and per FPGA
Six, 8 Gbps RapidCHANNEL onboard links
Model-based design flow support

Applications/Fields

Telecommunications

Base transceiver stations
Broadcasting
Routers
Triple play
Quadruple play
Adaptive beamformers
MIMO
WiMAX
Wi-Fi
Long-term evolution (LTE)

Military and aerospace

Digital communications
Software-defined radio
Target tracking
Voice security
Video security

Industrial

Testing
Instrumentation
Video security
Vision

Characteristics

Form factors

6U cPCI

Functions

Digital signal processing

DSP

TMS320C6416

FPGA

XC4VLX80
XC4VLX100
XC4VLX160

Literature

Technical Specs

RapidCHANNEL interface
LYRIO(+) interface

Demos

Model-based image processing demo (Lane departure warning system)
Help file of the Simulink model supplied with the MBDK.

Model-based wireless demo (FRS)
Help file of the Simulink model supplied with the MBDK.

Model-based wireless demo (Wide spectrum analysis)
Help file of the Simulink model supplied with the MBDK.

MIMO FlexOFDM demo
Help file of the Simulink model supplied with the demo (license sold separately).

White papers

Frequency-domain characterization of broadband indoor MIMO channels using a 4x4 testbed

Success stories

Gedomis

The Generic Hardware Demonstrator for MIMO Systems (GEDOMIS) hosts a real-time implementation of the IEEE 802.16e-2005 physical layer featuring a 2×2 MIMO configuration and a high 20 MHz bandwidth. The algorithms of the mobile WiMAX receiver were modeled with MATLAB, designed with custom VHDL and implemented in FPGA devices operating in real-time using Lyrtech’s VHS-ADC and SignalMaster Quad. The VHDL code was integrated to the target boards with Lyrtech's own BSDK. For details about GEDOMIS, click here.