Interesting FPGA board

Tue Jan 11 01:02:48 EST 2022

5.8 GHz

On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 10:02 PM Martin <dcmk1mr2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it would be fun to turn a Pluto Plus
> <https://github.com/plutoplus/plutoplus> into a POE data radio.  It would
> be great to use 1296 MHz or 10 GHz.  It seems doable and would be fun to
> try.  It would need a RF
>
> The Red Pitaya uses a Zynq 7010 and can do this
> <http://pavel-demin.github.io/red-pitaya-notes/>.  I think a 7010 would
> be up to the task.  The Lime SDRs would be great but who knows when they
> are going to arrive.
>
> I will explore Reddit RPAN streams .
>
> --Martin
>
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 2:22 PM Samudra Haque <samudra.haque at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The zynq processor on the avnet is still supported freely in all the
>> current Vivado builds. This is based upon several cycles of delete and
>> installation on my poor laptop and also another Linux computer. What I am
>> annoyed is that the minized support ducks so I wrote my own mini board
>> definitions for a while  where i figured put 7010s is great and I can write
>> Vivado HDL/RTL directly to connect directly.
>>
>> But Terry what errors are you getting if you just install Vivado directly
>> and then start a project selecting just the basic part number? It's listed
>> as being free to license?
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022, 17:11 n4tlf <n4tlf at wb4jfi.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have several different FPGA boards and SDRs.  While I have been
>>> partial to Xilinx (and Verilog) in the past, I have started playing with
>>> Altera as well - thanks to some S100 FPGA boards.
>>>
>>> My biggest issue with Xilinx is their tools availability.  Can one run
>>> Vivado as a hobbyest for not a lot of money?  That stopped me a few years
>>> ago, I could run the older tools associates with Spartan FPGAs, but newer
>>> FPGAs required Vivado, which was either hobbled so much it couldn't do
>>> much, or it was fairly costly.
>>>
>>> The Avnet MiniZED came with a Vivado one-use limited license, but it
>>> expired after one year, and won't help with a re-installation on a new
>>> computer.
>>> In addition to the old Spartan-series FPGAs, I have:
>>> Avnet Spartan 6 LX9 FPGA board
>>> Mimas V2 Spartan 6 FPGA board
>>> two Red Pitaya boards with Zynq
>>> Avnet MiniZed with Zynq
>>> Digilent ZYBO development board with Zynq
>>>
>>> I also have a Line SDR and Lime SDR Mini (uses Altera FPGAs)
>>>
>>> I almost purchased the Analog Devices Adalm-Pluto a few times (another
>>> Zynq device), but it's frequency coverage STARTS at 325MHz, a range that
>>> I'm less interested  in.
>>>
>>> There is a nice book on the Zynq FPGAs, maybe available from Xilinx,
>>> called "The ZYNQ Book" ISBN 978-0-9929787-0-9.  www.zynqbook.com
>>>
>>> So, is Vivado available to hobbyests like me?
>>>
>>> Terry, N4TLF
>>> On 1/10/2022 11:59 AM, Samudra Haque wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks Martin, it would be nice to do that. I recently accidentally
>>> discovered and broadcast a Reddit r/shortcircuit video stream of the fpga
>>> testbed so, that system has great capability like live  comments and stuff.
>>> But it does take a monitor and a dedicated setup. Have you the time to
>>> explore Reddit RPAN streams ?
>>>
>>> Michael Chisena and I have talked a lot of about streaming instructional
>>> electronics over thr new fangled systems... and I also want to ask of
>>> anyone else is interested? Then it could be a nice system to make if we
>>> used the OBS system ro switch video streams of the presenters from time to
>>> time into a zoom channel to support a group learning pathway .
>>>
>>> Zoom also works and I have a few cameras that can be switched (selected)
>>> on demand.
>>>
>>> But if group teaching is not required. I can and want to start
>>> collaboration in a technical education group towards homebrew digital and
>>> analog systems.
>>>
>>> You may have noticed the booboo created at ORI, they just find out that
>>> their matlab code can't be ported to HDL without the extensive HDL
>>> converter license. Surprising they didn't know this earlier and stay away
>>> from that pathway. They just put out an email on this.
>>>
>>> It is absolutely possible to write communication modulation and
>>> demodulation code as RTL and C/C++ (however ineffcient) without matlab!
>>> Even BASIC could be used to do a BPSK chain but of course the issues are
>>> with the matlab handy filters... I think.
>>>
>>> So should we not  try to learn about this stuff all together?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 9, 2022, 00:42 Martin <dcmk1mr2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All & Happy New Year!
>>>>
>>>> Have you considered the ADALM-PLUTO?  $229 from Digikey, 7010  (vs
>>>> 7007), ships today, has more interesting stuff and can be reloaded with
>>>> original software if SDR is needed.  I know it's not a dev board but people
>>>> do tack leads to spare GPIO pins.
>>>>
>>>> @Samudra, would you like to teach a little about FPGAs?  There is
>>>> interest with the 50 MHz and Up club in Sunnyvale.  I'm too rusty to lead
>>>> and it's not a bad commute over Zoom.
>>>>
>>>> 73 Martin W6MRR
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 9:10 PM Samudra Haque <samudra.haque at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So it may be possible to post this project to Avnet Minized which is
>>>>> also zynq 7010s  based
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jan 9, 2022, 00:04 Terry Fox <tfox at knology.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Regarding today's discussion on tacos about FPGAs, this (Blackboard)
>>>>>> looks rather interesting.  It's not costly, and has some neat peripherals.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Real Digital Signal Processing - Hackster.io
>>>>>> <https://www.hackster.io/adam-taylor/real-digital-signal-processing-0bea44?mc_cid=b16a7a12ba&mc_eid=65c2c46a0c>
>>>>>>
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