The CARBON SDR is Dual AD9361 4x4 RF capable embedded SDR. The Radio operates with a custom embbeded LInux distrubtion and has a high speed connector to allow accessory module, to be added to improve the RF performance of the radio. Red Wire Technologies (RWT), currently has 2 accessory modules availible for the CARBOn SDR", CARP and CARDF.
Features incude:
- Dual AD9361 RF transcivers 4x4 RF, options exist for 2 AD9364 transcivers and new transvicers under development.
- 70Mhz to 6 Ghz frequency cover
- Up to 56 Mhz instantaneous real-time bandwidth per channel
- Multiple options for FPGA size to help with SWAP requirements
- 4 Phase Coherent RX channels (with backpack)
- 4 Phase Coherent TX channels (with backpack)
- Docking interface provides RF ports and 80-pin data connector - allows for optional accessory modules with various interface options - USB-C, PCIe, SPI,I2c,GPIO
- Powered by USB-CPD compliant power supply or CR123 Batteries
- USB-C (device port_ with male connector supporting USB 3.0 speeds
- USB-C DRP (dual role) with female connector supporting USB 3.0 speeds
| Option | FPGA | ARM A53 Cores |
Mali GPU |
Logic Cells | DSP Slices | Block RAM |
| 3EG (0803) | XCZU3EG-1SFVC784E | Quad(1.5GHz) | Y | 154k | 360 | 7.6Mb |
| 9EG (0808) | XCZU9EG-1FFVC900E | Quad(1.5GHz) | Y | 600k | 2520 | 32.1Mb |
| 15EG (0808) | XCZU15EG-1FFVC900E | Quad(1.5GHz) | Y | 747k | 3528 | 57.7Mb |
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Fully Embedded SDR solution
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The Carbon Embedded SDR dock interface allows for the addiation fo accessory moduiles to extend or enhance the RF capabilities of the Carbon SDR.
The following signals are accessible on the dock.
Signals to the transceivers:
- Rx1, Rx2, Rx3, Rx4, Tx1, Tx2, Tx3, Tx4
Signals to the Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC logic fabric
- PCIe Gen 2 x 4 lanes
- GPIO (10 lines)
Signals to Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC Arm Cores
- PCIe Gen 2 x 2 lanes
- SPI (3 wire with 2 chip select lines)
- UART (3 wire)
- I2C
Made in the USA with U.S. and imported parts
