An all-in-one Software Defined Radio platform

Hi Les,

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Thank for the great notes on DSP in FPGAs. That is of great use for me.

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You're welcome.

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Yes! that is a good example of the type of the SDR kit I am after. However, I am not sure if the Arria V is the right FPGA for my system.

Currently, I am searching for an FPGA suitable for the project/product. I am creating a table of the possible FPGAs, weighing up the differences. Hopefully, this will lead me to more definite decisions on the kit I'll purchase.

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If you really are interested in "software" defined radio, then you would not even need to use an FPGA :)

That being said, having an FPGA to interface to ADCs/DACs, and to off-load "software" if you need to, is very useful. Why not consider an Altera SoC device; you can run Linux on the ARM core, and then as much "software" of the SDR as possible, while offloading to the FPGA whatever needs to be done in hard-real-time.

Cheers,

Dave