dear casper community, please see email below from xilinx's patrick lysaght, about their new low cost RFSOC board for academia, and the february 28 tutorial about this board.
best wishes, dan ---------- Forwarded message --------- Date: Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 10:00 AM Subject: Emailing: isfpga_rfsoc_2x2_tutorial.jpg Dear Friends I hope you are all doing well in 2021. I have some good news that I would like to share with you. At the end of Feb, we will launch a new RFSoC platform for academia. It features a new board, the RFSoC 2x2, supported with open source designs and teaching material. We will be hosting a tutorial on Sunday 28th Feb from 8 - 10 AM PST as part of the ISFPGA 2021 conference (https://isfpga.org/) to announce and introduce the new RFSoC 2x2 platform. Everyone is welcome to attend the tutorial and registration is free for students. Would you kindly share this invitation with the CASPER community? For those who would like to attend, links to the tutorial site and the registration pages are provided below. I have also attached a graphic summarizing the tutorial. Best .. Patrick More details ... A Low-Cost Teaching and Research Platform Based on Xilinx RFSoC Technology and the PYNQ Framework Time: February 28, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST Organizer: Patrick Lysaght (Xilinx), Robert W. Stewart (Strathclyde) The Xilinx Zynq(r) UltraScale+(tm) RFSoC architecture integrates ZU+ MPSoCs with state-of-the-art, analog-to-digital (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) data converters. The combination of banks of high-precision data converters, capable of processing multi giga samples of data per second, along with FPGA fabric and ARM processors creates a uniquely powerful family architecture. RFSoC technology re-defines what is possible in applications such as software defined radio (SDR) and advanced instrumentation. This tutorial introduces a new low-cost teaching and research platform for RFSoC, designed especially for academia. The platform exploits the PYNQ open-source framework to provide a highly intuitive user system interface incorporating Linux, Python and Jupyter notebooks. It also comes with a suite of open-source teaching resources including videos, notebooks and design examples. We will demonstrate the benefits of integrating direct RF sampling data converters by introducing a novel, open-source spectrum analyzer built using the new board. This RFSoC design exploits advanced signal processing techniques, including higher-order Nyquist zones, to demonstrate performance that has only previously been achieved on very high-end instrumentation. Using the spectrum analyzer example, we will also demonstrate new approaches to the rapid prototyping of graphical user interfaces for research demonstrators. Links ... ISFPGA tutorial page: http://bit.ly/ISFPGA_rfsoc2x2 Register for ISFPGA & tutorial here: http://bit.ly/ISFPGA_rfsoc2x2 #Xilinx #RFSoC This email and any attachments are intended for the sole use of the named recipient(s) and contain(s) confidential information that may be proprietary, privileged or copyrighted under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, copy, or forward this email message or any attachments. Delete this email message and any attachments immediately. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/CAGHS_vHaL9wJFZjVWYoXPTZfwm%2BE%2BNJPd8QVifZ6-MqhgNX6BQ%40mail.gmail.com.
