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 The SignalMaster Quad is specifically designed to help develop and test DSP algorithms through its combination of FPGAs and DSPs. It comes with a complete board software development kit to reach development goals quickly and efficiently. It is also possible to use the platform to simultaneously design and test in a real-time environment through the board’s integration to the model-based design software tools for Simulink.
The SignalMaster Quad is designed around two clusters of one Virtex-4 LX FPGA and two TMS320C6416 DSPs. Each cluster can yield up to 16,000 MIPS/MMACS of digital signal processing power and 48 GMACS of FPGA-based digital signal processing power—unrivalled might at your fingertips. The FPGA–DSP clusters of the SignalMaster Quad are connected to each other through high-bandwidth, inter-FPGA RapidCHANNEL RX/TX buses capable of sustained, full-duplex, 8-Gbps raw data exchanges. The FPGAs of the clusters can also communicate with other Lyrtech modules through their ultrahigh-bandwidth LYRIO+ interfaces. They are capable of minimum sustained, full-duplex raw data exchanges of 12 Gbps.
Features and Benefits
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Two Xilinx Virtex-4 LX80, LX100, or LX160 FPGAs that offer unsurpassed capabilities and high-performance logic.
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Four Texas Instruments TMS320C6416 DSPs for unparalleled processing power.
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128 MB SDRAM per DSP and 128 MB DDR SDRAM per FPGA allow heavier loads on the DSPs and FPGAs (such as when buffering video data).
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Two inter-FPGA RapidCHANNEL connections for 8-Gbps, full-duplex communications between the FPGAs.
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Two LYRIO+ interfaces and BP RTM I/Os that allow connecting Lyrtech I/O add-on modules to the SignalMaster Quad, including:
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The RapidCHANNEL/FPDP DRC add-on module with one TX and one RX RapidCHANNEL ports capable of 8 Gbps and two configurable RX/TX, 400-MBps FPDP-I/II ports.
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The ADACMaster III, a 125 MSPS ADC and 500 MSPS DAC module.
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The Camera Link module with one base-mode RX and TX ports.
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The RAVe module with one analog composite video and S-Video (NTSC/PAL/SECAM) inputs, one DVI output, and a stereo audio 16-bit codec.
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An array of tools that allow designing complex algorithms for the SignalMaster Quad as block models with the popular MATLAB and Simulink programs.
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The SignalMaster Quad is also compatible with some of the most powerful integrated development environments on the market—Code Composer Studio and ISE Foundation.
Applications
- Real-time digital signal processing
- Telecommunications and telephony
- Wireless communications
- Base station prototyping
- Video processing
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