Software Radio using Warp Fpga Board
Ogunola, Sherif (2012)
Savonia-ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201203263776
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201203263776
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Abstract
The purpose of this final project was to implement the application of software radio using warp FPGA board.
This was achieved by getting resources before starting the project at all. The first thing was to get information about the project and this was possible by reading articles
concerning the Topic and getting previous projects of the same topic online through the
Theseus data base. After that, the project proceeded in the laboratory by getting the necessary tools and software installed on a PC as read from the documentation of the WARP FPGA board.
Xilinx platform studio 13.1 including the EDK was used to develop the application. The application was able to support MIMO technology on the board and the result was tested using Matlab.
It was seen in the result that there was a data being transferred from the trasciever to the receiver part of the antenna, This was as a result of the blink in the led part of the board.
Software radios have the ability to reconfigure itself regardless of the environment, It can be easily upgraded with enhanced features and they can talk and listen to multiple channels at the same time.
In the global world today, the implementation of software radio application is being used in some organizations like in the Army and as time goes on in the future, the application will take over the communication society because of its vast advantages.
The goal was achieved using a pc, antennas and a Warp FPGA vertex iv board from Mango Communications. The application was able to run on the Warp FPGA board which makes the transmission and receiving of data possible.
The purpose of this final project was to implement the application of software radio using warp FPGA board.
This was achieved by getting resources before starting the project at all. The first thing was to get information about the project and this was possible by reading articles
concerning the Topic and getting previous projects of the same topic online through the
Theseus data base. After that, the project proceeded in the laboratory by getting the necessary tools and software installed on a PC as read from the documentation of the WARP FPGA board.
Xilinx platform studio 13.1 including the EDK was used to develop the application. The application was able to support MIMO technology on the board and the result was tested using Matlab.
It was seen in the result that there was a data being transferred from the trasciever to the receiver part of the antenna, This was as a result of the blink in the led part of the board.
Software radios have the ability to reconfigure itself regardless of the environment, It can be easily upgraded with enhanced features and they can talk and listen to multiple channels at the same time.
In the global world today, the implementation of software radio application is being used in some organizations like in the Army and as time goes on in the future, the application will take over the communication society because of its vast advantages.
The goal was achieved using a pc, antennas and a Warp FPGA vertex iv board from Mango Communications. The application was able to run on the Warp FPGA board which makes the transmission and receiving of data possible.