Spectra DTP4700H

Ruggedized, High Performance, Affordable SCA

Development and Test Platform

Webcast, March 22 2012

Andrew Foster, Spectra Product Manager

Spectra Product Family

The Spectra Product Family

Spectra CX

Model-based Software Engineering (MBSE) developer productivity tool

(model, generate, validate, deploy)

Spectra Core Framework (CF)

Low footprint high performance SCA 2.2.2 CF (including Spectra CDB)

Spectra Common Data Bus (CDB)

Optimized middleware stack available cross GPP, DSP and FPGA

processing elements

Spectra DTP

A pre-packaged application development and test platform (BB, IF, and

RF hardware, OE, SCA devices and services, demo app, tools optional)

3

Spectra’s Competitive Advantage

Spectra CX

Best-in-class SCA developer productivity

Spectra CF

Best-in-class SCA CF performance and efficient use of available

resources

Spectra CDB

Best-in-class middleware performance available across the radio’s

signal processing chain

Spectra DTP

Best-in-class fully integrated SCA development and test

environment, feature set, ease-of-use, price

4

Spectra SCA/SDR Development Tools

End-to-End: Model, Generate, Validate, Deploy

Host Development Tools Target Radio Platform

5

Spectra DTP Introduction

Problem Statement Developing SCA software is too complex, too expensive, too time consuming, and forces me to become an expert in SCA platform technology when I just want to develop, test, and deploy new waveforms and applications

Solution Statement Spectra DTP provides a pre-packaged COTS SCA development and test platform with great software tools, superior RF, good demos and docs, and an affordable price…that allows me to start developing, now!

Introducing the Spectra DTP 7

Family of COTS SCA based SCA Development and Test Platforms

Spectra DTP4500 launched in December 2010:

Spectra DTP4500BB – digital base band processing system including Mistral’s

OMAP EVM 35x hardware, VxWorks 6.8 RTOS, Spectra SCA software stack

(Spectra CX graphical modelling tools, Spectra Core Framework & Spectra ORB

middleware), DTP4500 SCA Platform and simple SCA sample waveform

Spectra DTP4500RF – DTP based band system + Monsoon RF subsystem

providing wideband RF coverage from 400Mhz to 4Ghz + extended DTP4500 SCA

Platform and SCA sample waveform that can used across the air

Spectra DTP4700H available 1st Qtr 2012

Spectra DTP4700L available 2nd Qtr 2012

Spectra DTP Evolution 8

Spectra DTP4700H

10 10 DTP4700H - Overview

An affordable Linux based COTS SCA development and test platform with great software tools, full RF capability, good demos and supporting documentation

Spectra DTP4700H comes pre-integrated and

packaged with: AM/DM37x OMAP based digital baseband processing system, providing GPP,

DSP and FPGA processor resources

RF Transceiver providing a base level of RF performance from 400 MHz to 4

GHz

RF Front-End to the RF Transceiver to create a high performance RF

specification fully-fieldable radio system

Housed in a rugged 1U enclosure with removable cover for access to the

hardware

PrismTech’s benchmark-setting SCA 2.2.2 compliant Core Framework,

together with SCA Devices, ORB/COS, Linux OS and device drivers.

Demonstration SCA Waveform / Application

Documentation

All available off-the-shelf with simple licensing and support contracts.

Spectra DTP4700H package is expandable by

optionally adding: PrismTech’s Spectra CX tool for SCA component modelling, code generation, and

compliance validation

Waveform and application development/test teams in major radio

OEMs and their end customers (enabling both in-house and third-party

development of SCA waveforms and applications for later deployment

on target production radio platforms)

Advanced wireless communications (government and defence)

laboratories conducting research in fields such as: cognitive radio,

electronic warfare, and secure SDR waveforms

Internal research and development (IR&D) and collaborative research

projects (e.g. SBIR, Eurostars) related to advanced wireless

communications

Academic teaching and laboratory use

Independent waveform and application developers creating software

IP for the SDR market

Spectra DTP4700 – Target Users 11

The Spectra DTP4700 can be supported with the following hardware

configurations: DTP4700H - with wideband RF coverage in the 400MHz-4GHz frequency range

DTP4700L - with RF covering the 30MHz-1600MHz range allowing users to access lower

MILCOM frequencies

Spectra DTP4700 - System Configurations 12

Spectra DTP4700 - Software Stack 13

Digital System

Hardware

GPP

RF System

Hardware

RF

Front-end

Hardware

Ethernet

TI Linux

Spectra ORB Spectra

IP Core

ORB

RF

TX/RX

Spectra CF Radio

Services &

Devices

Sourcery

Code Bench

“Lite”

Spectra CX

Baseband

Data

Optional

System

Component

Productivity

Tooling

DSP

BIOS

DSP FPGA

Gig-E Audio USB RS232 SD Card

GPS Ant

Spectra DTP4700 – Hardware Components 14

TX

+5 dBm

To

-45 dBm

RF System

Digital

System

OMAP

AM/DM37x

ARM

Cortex

A8

GPP

TI

C64x

DSP

LPFs

LPFs ADC

DAC

FPGA

Xilinx

Spartan 6

AMP LNA

RF

Front-end

Module

RX

(400

MHz

to

4 GHz)

DDR2

SDRAM

256 Mbyte

NAND

FLASH

256 Mbyte

FPGA

Xilinx

Spartan 6

DATA

GPMC

MCSP

Subsystem

DATA

GPMC

CPLD

Control UART

Control

UART

Ethernet Gig-E Audio USB RS232

GPS

Ant

SD Card

Quad

Mod

Direct

Con.

AMP

Power

Module

DC

PWR

TX

RX RX

I/F I/F FEM

Control

RX +5 dBm

To

115 dBm

RF

Synthesizers

Clock Ref

&

Distribution

EXT

REF

Input

EXT

REF

Output

Power

Module

TPS65950

Spectra DTP4700H – Specification Details

Baseband Specification

Radio Frequency (RF) Specification

SCA Operating Environment

DTP4700 SCA Platform

DTP4700 SCA Sample Waveform

Typical waveforms (Commercial & Military)

Spectra DTP4700H – Details 16

Spectra DTP4700H - Baseband Specification

Digital System: Consolidated GPP, DSP and FPGA digital baseband

processing hardware platform.

Based on Texas Instruments’ AM/DM37x OMAP

multimedia applications processor and Xilinx FPGA

technologies.

Features a 1 GHz advanced Superscalar ARM©

Cortex™ A8 RISC core.

Also features a 800 MHz C64x+ DSP core and SGX

subsystem for 2D and 3D graphics acceleration.

2000 Dhrystone MIPS – extremely capable to run the

Linux RTOS and to support complex WFs

DSP can be fully powered down when not required

by ARM

Xilinx Spartan 6 FPGA ultra low power; low cost

FPGA family.

Multiple digital (Ethernet, Gig-E, USB, SD, RS232)

data and audio interfaces.

Integrated GPS receiver with accurate 1-PPS output.

17

Digital

System

OMAP

AM/DM37x

ARM

Cortex

A8

GPP

TI C64x

DSP

DDR2

SDRAM

256 Mbyte

NAND

FLASH

256 Mbyte

FPGA

Xilinx

Spartan 6

DATA

GPMC

CPLD

Control

UART

Ethernet Gig-E Audio USB RS232

GPS

Ant

SD Card

Power

Module

TPS65950

Spectra DTP4700H – RF Specification

RF System and Front-end Module: Low cost and high performance.

Full duplex transceiver architecture with programmable signal bandwidths from 20 kHz to 40 MHz.

Base Tx/Rx frequency range 400 - 4000 MHz.

Dual-channel ADCs: 12-bits at 100 Msps.

Dual-channel DACs: 16-bits at 800 Msps.

TX: Quadrature modulator; RX: direct conversion.

Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA.

MCSP system for board-level control

Also available in an extended frequency range configuration (DTP4700L) :

30 MHz to 1600 MHz frequency range

40 KHz – 40 MHz signal bandwidth

18

TX

+5 dBm

To

-45 dBm

RF System

LPFs

LPFs ADC

DAC

FPGA

Xilinx

Spartan 6

AMP LNA

RF

Front-end

Module

RX

(400 MHz

to

4 GHz)

MCSP

Subsystem

DATA

GPMC

Quad

Mod

Direct

Con.

AMP

Power

Module

DC

PWR

T

X

RX RX

I/F I/F FEM Control

RX +5 dBm

To

115 dBm

RF

Synthesizers

Clock Ref

&

Distribution

EXT

REF

Input

EXT

REF

Output

Spectra DTP4700H – Front Detail 19

TX Out RX In

SD/MMC

Card Slot

USB-OTG

Ethernet

10/100

Audio In Audio Out

LEDs

Ethernet

100/1G

Spectra DTP4700H – Back Detail 20

GPS RF

Antenna

GPS 1PPS

In/Out

COM2 Port Fan

DC Power

9-18V Power

Switch

COM2 Port External

Clock In

External

Clock Out

AUX

In/Out

DTP4700H - SCA Operating Environment

DTP4700 provides a complete SCA compliant Operating Environment (OE), including:

Linux OS (TI DVSDK 4.02, 2.6.32 kernel)

Spectra CF – SCA 2.2.2 ultra low footprint Core Framework

Spectra ORB – C and C++ high performance, low footprint CORBA middleware for GPP and DSP based development

CORBA support for DTP4700 FPGA processing environment will be available in subsequent DTP releases

Spectra COS – Lightweight Common Object Services (Naming, Event & Log)

SCA Platform Devices and Services

21

Spectra Core Framework – SCA 2.2.2

Spectra ORB C/C++ Spectra

IP CORE ORB

GPP DSP FPGA

Linux RTOS

BSP

TI DSP BIOS

BSP

DTP4700H – SCA Platform

SCA Platform is provided with Spectra DTP4700

Includes a complete set of implementation artefacts for the Platform Devices, including source code, binaries, and SCA XML

Platform includes: GPP, DSP, AudioPort , FPGA and RFCtrl devices

DTP4700 Platform model also provided for use with Spectra CX

22

DTP4700H - SCA Reference Waveform

SCA audio (FM) waveform example provided with DTP4700

FM implementation for use with DTP4700 that can be transmit and receive audio over the air

FM waveform model also provided with Spectra CX

23

24 24 Tool Support – Spectra CX

Spectra CX is an optional “add-on” for DTP4700

Provides model-driven development tool that simplifies, accelerates and validates a significant proportion of the Software Communications Architecture development process

Validates SCA compliance at the architectural and unit test level.

Generates correct-by construction SCA component structural source code in C++ (GPP) and C (GPP & DSP) with a roadmap to VHDL code generation

Generates SCA compliant artefacts such as: XML descriptor files, compliance test reports and validation documentation

SCX enables SCA & non-SCA software aspects to be developed together, integrated early and be thoroughly tested

Reduces development risk due to its consistent model-based approach

Results in a faster time-to-market, lower costs, better software quality and superior compliance for all SCA waveform and platform code developed using SCX

Spectra DTP4700H - Key Waveform Parameters

Parameter DTP4700H

Freq Range 400-4000 MHz

Signal Bandwidth 20 kHz – 40 MHz

Rx Sensitivity -110 dBm

Tx Power -10 to +5 dBm (0.1 to 3.2 mW)

25

Spectra DTP4700 - Example Commercial Waveforms 26

Civilian Waveform Band DTP4700H 400-

4000MHz

DTP4700 L 30 -

1600MHz

APCO 25 UHF 403-512 MHz

APCO 25 800 MHz 806-870 MHz

Tetra 300-1000 MHz Partial

GSM 800, 900, 1800,

1900 MHz

Partial

WCDMA 2100 MHz

WiMax 2.3, 2.5, 3.5 GHz

802.11 2.4, 3.6 GHz

LTE 704-2700 MHz Partial

US TV Whitespace 470-698 MHz

Europe TV Whitespace 470-790 MHz

Spectra DTP4700 - Example Military Waveforms 27

Civilian Waveform Band DTP4700H 400-

4000Mhz

DTP4700 L 30 -

1600MHz

EPLRS 420-450 MHz*

MUOS 240-320 MHz*

HAVEQUICK 225-400 MHz*

SATURN 225-400 MHz*

LINK 16 960-1215 MHz*

LINK 4 225-400 MHz*

LINK 11 225-400 MHz*

UHF AM/FM 225-400 MHz*

SRW 1755-1850 MHz*

WNW 2-2000 MHz** Partial Partial

** http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/jtrs/ “Exact frequency ranges are been developed by the government”

* http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/jtrs/

Summary

Spectra DTP4700H – Summary

Spectra DTP4700H provides a wideband, high-performance baseband and Radio

Frequency (RF) Software Defined Radio (SDR) development and test platform

Spectra DTP4700H offers a robust design, with radio hardware enclosed in a rugged

1U housing

Linux based Spectra DTP4700H provides quick start SCA development at an

affordable price

Spectra DTP4700H provides an integrated SCA solution for both GPP & DSP

processing environments

Spectra DTP4700H can support the implementation and deployment of the next

generation of complex SCA compliant networking waveforms required for both

military, homeland security and commercial SDRs.

Spectra DTP4700H is the most complete, fully integrated SCA development platform

with advanced tooling that can significantly reduce costs and time to market for new

SCA applications

29

Spectra DTP4700H - Information & Questions

E-mail:

info@prismtech.com

Web Site:

www.prismtech.com/spectra

Or contact your PrismTech account

manager

Thank You