Interesting FPGA board

Tue Jan 11 01:09:54 EST 2022

https://hackaday.com/2020/04/18/an-fpga-and-a-few-components-can-make-a-radio/

--Martin

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

> 5.8 GHz
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> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 10:02 PM Martin <dcmk1mr2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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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