The system combines a PCI card, an FPGA signal processing card, and a down converting digital radio card. All three cards have connectors allowing them to stack, forming a digital radio system.? The kit will operate in standalone mode or the PCI card can be attached to a computer.The standard configuration for the digital radio card is the 75MHz to 150MHz band.? The digital radio card is capable of transmitting and receiving RF signals. Filters, Low Noise Amplifiers, and mixers are socket-ed to simplify frequency changes. The card includes a frequency synthesizer LO and mixers for up and down conversion for transmitting and receiving.? The card utilizes a 13-bit, 210 million samples per second (MSPS) analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a 14-bit, 400 MSPS digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and an audio codec. The acquired signals are sampled and then digitally processed by the customizable Altera Cyclone III?, 180,000 gate FPGA card. Users may customize the FPGA to implement their own algorithms. The FPGA card comes with a JTAG programming connector and a configuration PROM to retain the FPGA settings. The PCI card provides interfaces for the FPGA card to a computer PCI bus, RS232, and user push buttons. A Digital Radio reference FPGA design example and full documentation are included.Features : Analog Input Path
13bit ADC 210MSPS
Analog Output Path
14bit DAC 200MSPS
Synthesizer
600MHz Synthesizer
75MHz to 150MHz VCO(Voltage Controlled Oscillator)
High precision, VC-TCXO(Voltage Controlled Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator)
CODEC
16bit CODEC Sampling Frequency 26kHz, Dynamic Range 88dB
Input - 3.5mm stereo jack (line level or 3.3V biased electret mic)
Output - 3.5mm mono jack (line level)
General
Externally powered with 12VDC
On board voltage regulators
Hardware tune-able antenna filter with an SMA jack
Filters are socket-ed for easy frequency changes
Filter bypass switches on board
TX/RX controlled with a "ush to talk" digital input
Prototyping area for user circuits
Full documentation with schematic
Reference FPGA Digital Radio design for board verification