Sundance SMT8121 User Manual
Sundance Multiprocessor Technology Limited
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Date : 6 July 2006
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1Gsps development platform
SMT8121
1.4
19/02/09
Jean-Philippe Arnaud
for
SMT8121
Sundance Multiprocessor Technology Ltd, Chiltern House,
Waterside, Chesham, Bucks. HP5 1PS.
This document is the property of Sundance and may not be copied
nor communicated to a third party without prior written
permission.
© Sundance Multiprocessor Technology Limited 2006
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Revision History
Issue Changes Made Date Initials
1.0 First release 15/06/07 JPA
1.1 Added resource usage figures
Updated kit’s description
Corrected figure 1
1.2 Added system power consumption 09/08/07 SM
1.3 Added system based on SMT395Q 30/10/08 JPA
1.4 Corrected comport connection for SMT395Q
based system
08/08/07 JPA
19/02/09 JPA
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction..................................................................................................................... 5
2 Related Documents........................................................................................................ 6
2.1 Referenced Documents.............................................................................................. 6
2.2 Applicable Documents............................................................................................... 6
3 Acronyms, Abbreviations and Definitions.............................................................. 6
3.1 Acronyms and Abbreviations................................................................................... 6
3.2 Definitions.................................................................................................................... 6
4 Quick start........................................................................................................................ 7
4.1 What’s in the kit? ........................................................................................................ 7
4.2 Assembling the boards .............................................................................................. 8
4.3 Example....................................................................................................................... 11
5 Overview ........................................................................................................................11
6 The SMT8121 system..................................................................................................12
6.1 Sampling clock .......................................................................................................... 13
7 Hardware........................................................................................................................14
8 A simple example.........................................................................................................15
8.1 Running the example ............................................................................................... 15
8.1.1 Connections........................................................................................................... 15
8.1.2 Running the software.......................................................................................... 15
8.1.3 Stand alone mode................................................................................................. 18
8.2 Implementation......................................................................................................... 18
8.3 Building the example................................................................................................ 20
8.4 Resource usage.......................................................................................................... 20
9 Performance...................................................................................................................21
9.1 No input – 1Gsps....................................................................................................... 21
9.2 Input sinewave at 100MHz – 1Gsps ...................................................................... 23
9.3 Input sinewave at 250MHz – 1Gsps ...................................................................... 24
10 System power consumption ......................................................................................26
11 Summary.........................................................................................................................26
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Table of Figures
Figure 1: assembling the boards (SMT395) .......................................................................... 8
Figure 2: assembling the boards (SMT395Q)........................................................................ 9
Figure 3: picture of the front of the SMT8121................................................................... 10
Figure 4: picture of the back of the SMT8121 ................................................................... 10
Figure 5: SMT8121 inside the PC.......................................................................................... 11
Figure 6: overview of the SMT8121...................................................................................... 12
Figure 7: hardware description of the SMT8121............................................................... 12
Figure 8: SMT8121 control panel ......................................................................................... 16
Figure 9: control panel of the SMT391................................................................................ 17
Figure 10: control panel of the SMT381.............................................................................. 18
Figure 11: main tasks used in the application................................................................... 19
Figure 12: no input/1Gsps (J1) ............................................................................................. 21
Figure 13: no input/1Gsps (J2) ............................................................................................. 22
Figure 14: output from J1...................................................................................................... 23
Figure 15: output from J2...................................................................................................... 24
Figure 16: 250MHz/1Gsps (J1).............................................................................................. 25
Figure 17: 250MHz/1Gsps (J2) ............................................................................................ 26
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1 Introduction
The Sundance SMT8121 development platform is a modular system made of
multiple FPGAs and DSPs that can be used for multi-carrier / multi-standard cellular
systems, High Direct-IF infrastructures and test equipments.
It accommodates two input channels and two output channels each sampling at
1Gsps. Three Xilinx FPGAs (Virtex4 and VirtexII-pro) and one TI C64 DSP running at
1GHz are available for the processing of the signals.
The SMT8121 is fully supported by
allows to easily and efficiently implement algorithms on the multiple DSPs and
FPGAs available in the system.
3L Diamond design environment. Diamond
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2 Related Documents
2.1 Referenced Documents
2.2 Applicable Documents
SMT310Q user manual
SMT391 user manual
SMT381 user manual
SMT368 user manual
SMT395 user manual
3L Diamond
Sundance Help File
3 Acronyms, Abbreviations and Definitions
3.1 Acronyms and Abbreviations
3.2 Definitions
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4 Quick start
4.1 What’s in the kit?
The Smt8121 is made of the following hardware:
Name Qty Description
SMT310Q 1 PCI carrier board
SMT395-VP30 1 DSP board
SMT381 1 DAC board
SMT368A 1 FPGA board
SMT391 1 ADC board
SMT368 1 FPGA board
SMT500 5 FMS cables
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SMT506 or
SMT507
SMT509-100 1 MMBX—MMBX cable (10 cm)
SMT596-H 1 Dual SHB<-> SHB module
SMT531-320 1 SHB cable, right angled
SMT516 1 SHB<-> SHB module
The Smt8121 requires the following software:
Name Qty Description
TI CCS 1 TI development environment
Xilinx ISE 1 Xilinx FPGA development environment
Diamond
1xDSP+2xFPGA
Diamond
1xFPGA
4 MMBX—BNC or MMBX-SMA
analogue cable.
1 3L development environment
1 Optional – to target the FPGA of the SMT395
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4.2 Assembling the boards
The following diagram shows the position of the boards on the SMT310Q and the
cable connections.
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B
CP0 CP3
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B
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B
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S
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Figure 1: assembling the boards (SMT395)
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B
S
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CP3CP1 CP0 CP1 CP4CP5CP4 CP0 CP1
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