Avnet, a global technology distributor, today released the PicoZed SDR Z7035/AD9361, a rugged, low-power, small footprint system-on-module (SOM) that integrates critical RF signal paths and high-speed programmable logic.
The SOM enables designers to dramatically reduce cycle times for development of RF-to-baseband signal processing cores for wireless communications systems and is suitable for both fixed and mobile SDR applications.
The PicoZed SDR Z7035/AD9361 SOM, which combines the Analog Devices AD9361 integrated RF Agile Transceiver with the Xilinx Z-7035 Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC is supported by simulation and code generation tools that integrate with the Xilinx Vivado Design Suite. For fast prototyping of software-defined radio products, Avnet has also released the PicoZed SDR Development Kit, which bundles everything required to kickstart a software-defined radio (SDR) design, including the PicoZed SDR Z7035/AD9361 SOM, a carrier card for prototyping, with standard high bandwidth interfaces and RF power modules.
"Whether they are in the consumer, military or industrial space, wireless radios today must be small, lightweight, low power devices that are agile across a wide range of frequencies. Software-defined radio technology provides makers of portable communications devices, including public safety radio, point-to-point communication and wireless cyber security, with a level of flexibility and upgradability that is impossible to achieve through hardware-only customisation," said Luc Langlois, Director, global technical marketing, Avnet Electronics Marketing.
"PicoZed SDR enables engineers to start application-level development immediately with the same system-on-module that will be used in production, reducing the risk and time required to develop and deploy production SDR equipment."
"A basic software defined radio architecture looks relatively simple. Just digitise the RF signal, then process the digitised results using various algorithms. However, for many hardware and software engineers who want to develop products, there's been a challenge: getting all the hardware and software pieces in place and working is complex and time consuming. The PicoZed SDR SOM with the AD9361 RF Agile Transceiver changes that," said Robin Getz, Director of engineering, Analog Devices.
"PicoZed SDR is ideal for wireless system development and deployment," said Ken Karnofsky, Senior Strategist, signal processing applications, MathWorks, which develops software for engineers and scientists. "When coupled with design tools like MATLAB and Simulink, PicoZed SDR boosts designer productivity with a single environment for prototyping, verification and production deployment of wireless systems."
"Based upon our initial tests of an LTE system, the entire PicoZed SDR module used less than 5W of power," said John Shanton, MILCOM system architect, Xilinx. "This advanced SDR platform enables your wireless application to be up and running instantly on a complete single board radio."
Interested?
The PicoZed SDR Z7035/AD9361 system-on-module (SOM) is available for order today from Avnet Electronics Marketing for US$1,095. The PicoZed SDR Development Kit is offered at US$1,799 and the PicoZed SDR FMC Carrier Card is US$595. Order the kit at www.picozed.org/sdr.
View the associated video at https://youtu.be/AAVaIWFMLew
Avnet will offer a series of software-defined radio SpeedWay Design Workshops in collaboration with Analog Devices, MathWorks and Xilinx starting in November 2015.
The SOM enables designers to dramatically reduce cycle times for development of RF-to-baseband signal processing cores for wireless communications systems and is suitable for both fixed and mobile SDR applications.
The PicoZed SDR Z7035/AD9361 SOM, which combines the Analog Devices AD9361 integrated RF Agile Transceiver with the Xilinx Z-7035 Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC is supported by simulation and code generation tools that integrate with the Xilinx Vivado Design Suite. For fast prototyping of software-defined radio products, Avnet has also released the PicoZed SDR Development Kit, which bundles everything required to kickstart a software-defined radio (SDR) design, including the PicoZed SDR Z7035/AD9361 SOM, a carrier card for prototyping, with standard high bandwidth interfaces and RF power modules.
"Whether they are in the consumer, military or industrial space, wireless radios today must be small, lightweight, low power devices that are agile across a wide range of frequencies. Software-defined radio technology provides makers of portable communications devices, including public safety radio, point-to-point communication and wireless cyber security, with a level of flexibility and upgradability that is impossible to achieve through hardware-only customisation," said Luc Langlois, Director, global technical marketing, Avnet Electronics Marketing.
"PicoZed SDR enables engineers to start application-level development immediately with the same system-on-module that will be used in production, reducing the risk and time required to develop and deploy production SDR equipment."
"A basic software defined radio architecture looks relatively simple. Just digitise the RF signal, then process the digitised results using various algorithms. However, for many hardware and software engineers who want to develop products, there's been a challenge: getting all the hardware and software pieces in place and working is complex and time consuming. The PicoZed SDR SOM with the AD9361 RF Agile Transceiver changes that," said Robin Getz, Director of engineering, Analog Devices.
"PicoZed SDR is ideal for wireless system development and deployment," said Ken Karnofsky, Senior Strategist, signal processing applications, MathWorks, which develops software for engineers and scientists. "When coupled with design tools like MATLAB and Simulink, PicoZed SDR boosts designer productivity with a single environment for prototyping, verification and production deployment of wireless systems."
"Based upon our initial tests of an LTE system, the entire PicoZed SDR module used less than 5W of power," said John Shanton, MILCOM system architect, Xilinx. "This advanced SDR platform enables your wireless application to be up and running instantly on a complete single board radio."
Interested?
The PicoZed SDR Z7035/AD9361 system-on-module (SOM) is available for order today from Avnet Electronics Marketing for US$1,095. The PicoZed SDR Development Kit is offered at US$1,799 and the PicoZed SDR FMC Carrier Card is US$595. Order the kit at www.picozed.org/sdr.
View the associated video at https://youtu.be/AAVaIWFMLew
Avnet will offer a series of software-defined radio SpeedWay Design Workshops in collaboration with Analog Devices, MathWorks and Xilinx starting in November 2015.
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