This course provides an overview of the hard block capabilities for the Zynq® UltraScale+™ RFSoC family with a special emphasis on the RF Data Converter and Soft-Decision FEC blocks.
The focus is on:
- Describing the RFSoC family in general
- Identifying applications for the RF Data Converter and SD-FEC blocks
- Configuring, simulating, and implementing the blocks
- Verifying the RF Data Converter on real hardware
- Reviewing power estimation to help identify the power demands of the RFSoC device in various operating modes
- Identifying proper layout and PCB considerations since the Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC is both a high-speed and an analog and digital device
What's New for 2022.1
- General
- Update to Gen3 devices
- DFE devices added
- Labs updated to 2022.1 software
- Frequency Planning Modules
- New Frequency Planner tool
- Practice targets the new tool
- Data Converter Practice
- Updated to 2022.1 software
- RF data converter design example supported in ILT version only (requires 2020.1 software)
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