FFT_testbench_matlab_model

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I am using FFT 13.0 megacore function for the IFFT end FFT. The modelsim results and the matlab m file results obtained by the megawizard created are the same.

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Because these two models are bit-accurate, i.e., the MATLAB model matches the calculations used by the HDL.

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However when I use the "ifft" function in matlab it differs.

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That is to be expected, since the MATLAB fft/ifft routines use floating-point math and may have different scale factors.

Here's a document showing how the Altera FFT matches the MATLAB fft within the quantization noise floor of the fixed-point data being transformed;

https://www.ovro.caltech.edu/~dwh/correlator/pdf/fft_tutorial.pdf

This document has some slides with hardware FFTs (pages 50-54)

https://www.ovro.caltech.edu/~dwh/correlator/pdf/hawkins_jpl_2014.pdf

and this has more (page 85-99)

https://www.ovro.caltech.edu/~dwh/correlator/pdf/ee_live_14_hawkins.pdf

The Altera FFT is a streaming FFT. You can download the He and Torkelson paper referenced in the User Guide and it explains the operation.

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What is the "SVSfftmodel" that magacore matlab m file uses.

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The bit-accurate model that implements the Altera FFT.

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How does that model works?

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That is part of Altera's "secret", but if you read the tutorial linked above, you'll see pretty much how it probably works.

Cheers,

Dave