Sundance SMT8037 User Manual

SMT8037

User Manual

User Manual (QCF42); Version 3.0, 8/11/00; © Sundance Multiprocessor Technology Ltd. 1999

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Revision History

Date Comments Engineer Version

05/08/03 First release PSR 1.0
17/06/05 Corrects Cable description PSR 1.1

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Table of Contents

Revision History.......................................................................................................... 2

Table of Contents....................................................................................................... 3

Contacting Sundance................................................................................................. 4

Notes..........................................................................................................................4

Precautions................................................................................................................. 4

Outline description...................................................................................................... 5

Architecture. ............................................................................................................... 6

Hardware involved...................................................................................................... 7

Software applications. ................................................................................................ 9

3L application.......................................................................................................... 9

Pegasus application................................................................................................ 9

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Contacting Sundance.

You can contact Sundance for additional information by sending email to

[e-mail].

Notes.

- SHB stands for Sundance High-speed Bus.

- CommPort denotes an 8-bit communication port following the TI C4x

standards.

Precautions

In order to guarantee that Sundance’s boards function correctly and to protect the
module from damage, the following precautions should be taken:

- They are static sensitive products and should be handled accordingly.
Always place the modules in a static protective bag during storage and
transition.

- The SMT364 reaches a temperature close to the maximum temperature
ratings of the ADCs, FPGA and DC/DC when operated in a closed
environment. By mounting a fan inside the PC case, it increases the airflow
and therefore reduces the board temperature down, away from the
maximum ratings. It is to the customer’s responsibility to make sure that a
minimum airflow circulates along the carrier board where the SMT364
seats.

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Outline description.

The SMT8037 is a C64xx-based module (SMT365) combined with a quad ADC
module (SMT364).

SMT365 characteristics:

⇒ TMS320C6416 processor running at 600MHz
⇒ Six 20MB/s communication ports (comm.-ports)
⇒ 16MB of ZBTRAM (133MHz)
⇒ 8MByte Flash ROM for boot code and FPGA programming
⇒ Global expansion connector
⇒ High bandwidth data I/O via 2 Sundance High-speed Buses (SHB).

SMT364 characteristics:

⇒ Four 14-bit ADCs (

AD6645-105) sampling at up to 105MHz,

⇒ Two Sundance High-speed Bus (SHB) connectors,
⇒ Four 20 MegaByte/s communication ports,
⇒ Low-jitter on-board system clock,
⇒ Xilinx Virtex-II FPGA,
⇒ 50-Ohm terminated analogue inputs and outputs, external triggers and

clocks via MMBX (Huber and Suhner) connectors,

⇒ User defined pins for external connections,
⇒ Compatible with a wide range of Sundance SHB modules,
⇒ TIM standard compatible,
⇒ Default FPGA firmware implementing all the functions described in this

documentation.

The SMT8037 is a demonstration software for the evaluation of the SMT365 and
SMT364 modules. It can be used for prototyping IF, base-band radar systems,
spectrum analysis, digital radio receiver, multi-channel receivers or cellular base
stations. This document is an installation guide for the SMT8037 demonstration
system.

The SMT8037 application gets the DSP on the SMT365 to configure the on-board
low-jitter clock synthesizers (up to 105 MHz) and the ADCs via ComPort. The DSP
then grabs data from both channels and stores them into a file, which can be read by
a Matlab application for data displaying and FFT processing. The SMT364
implements ComPort 4 to receive control word, which allows using the SMT310Q
ComPort switches and avoid cables at the back of the carrier board.

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Architecture.

The following diagram shows the architecture of the SMT8037 system:

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Hardware involved.

The SMT8037 is built around two main modules but also involves an other board and
some cables to connect them and allow them to communicate with each other and to
access the PC.

⇒ 1x SMT310Q: PCI carrier
⇒ 1x SMT365: C64xx-based module; to be plugged on site 1 of SMT310Q.
⇒ 1x SMT364: Quad-ADC module; to be plugged on site 2 of SMT310Q.

⇒ 1x SHB cable (standard length): to connect SHBB on the SMT365 to SHBB
on the SMT364.

⇒ 1x SMT516 (SHB to SHB PCB): to connect SHBA (SMT365) to SHBA
(SMT364).

⇒ 4xBNC to MMBX cables to connect J7 to J8 and J9 to J10 on the SMT364
to an external source.

Here are the steps to follow to install the SMT8047 system.
1 – Place the SMT365 on TIM site 1 of the carrier board (SMT310Q).
2 – Place the SMT364 on TIM site 2 of the carrier board (SMT310Q).
3 – Make sure that the boards are firmly seated, then provide the 3.3V to the boards

by screwing in the bolts and screws through one of the mounting holes on the
SMT365 and SMT364.

4 – Connect SHBA on the SMT365 to SHBA on the SMT364 via the SMT516.
5 – Connect SHBB on the SMT365 to SHBB on the SMT364 via a standard SHB

cable.
6 – Place the carrier board in the host system.
7 – Connect ComPort 1 of the SMT365 to ComPort 4 of the SMT364 via ComPort

switch. To do so, simply run the BoardInfo application that comes with SMT6300
package. By right-clicking the current active carrier board, you have access to a
menu. Select ComPort Switch an click the connection

T1C1 -> T2C4.

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The following picture shows how connections are made at the top of the system:

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Software applications.

3L application.

In a sub-folder labelled 3L, you will find a C (Test.c), a configuration (Test.cfg) and a
make (nmake) files.

In a DOS prompt window, simply type nmake to generate the 3L application file,
which can be loaded into the SMT365 by using the 3L Server (3L Diamond needs to
be installed first).

This application allows the user to execute simple commands such as configuring the
clock synthesizers, capturing data, setting up data paths, etc.

Pegasus application.

The SMT8037 is also provided with a Pegasus application (Pegasus folder), which
shows the user the dynamic performance of the system.