Spectra DTP4700 SCA Development and Test Platform

Spectra DTP4700

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

Comes pre-integrated and packaged with

AM/DM37x OMAP based digital baseband processing system, providing GPP, DSP and FPGA processor resources

Full duplex RF Transceiver providing wide operating range: 400 MHz to 4 GHz or 30MHz to 1.6GHz

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

SCA 2.2.2 compliant Core Framework, together with SCA Devices, ORB/COS, Linux OS and device drivers.

Demonstration SCA Waveform / Application

Documentation

Simple licensing and support contracts.

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

System Configurations

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

Use Cases

Example Commercial Waveforms

Civilian Waveform Band DTP4700H 400 - 4000MHz

DTP4700L 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

Example Military Waveforms

Civilian Waveform Band DTP4700H 400 - 4000Mhz

DTP4700L 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/

Spectra DTP4700 – Front Panel

TX Out RX In

SD/MMCCard Slot

USB-OTG

Ethernet10/100

Audio In Audio Out

LEDs

Ethernet100/1G

Spectra DTP4700 – Back Panel

GPS RFAntenna

GPS 1PPS In/Out

COM2 Port Fan DC Power 9-18V Power

Switch

COM2 PortExternalClock In

ExternalClock Out

AUX In/Out

Spectra DTP4700 – Hardware Components

TX+5 dBm

To-45 dBm

RF System

DigitalSystem

OMAP AM/DM37x

ARM Cortex

A8GPP

TI C64xDSP

LPFs

LPFs ADC

DAC

FPGAXilinx

Spartan 6

AMPLNA

RF Front-end

Module

RX

DDR2SDRAM

256 Mbyte

NANDFLASH

256 Mbyte

FPGAXilinx

Spartan 6

DATAGPMC

MCSPSubsystem

DATAGPMC

CPLDControl

UARTControlUART

EthernetGig-EAudioUSBRS232

GPSAnt

SD Card

QuadMod

DirectCon.

AMP

PowerModule

DCPWR

TX

RXRX

I/F I/FFEM

Control

RX+5 dBm

To115 dBm

RFSynthesizers

Clock Ref&

Distribution

EXTREFInput

EXTREF

Output

PowerModule

TPS65950

Spectra DTP4700 - 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. 

DigitalSystem

OMAP AM/DM37x

ARM Cortex

A8GPP

TI C64xDSP

DDR2SDRAM

256 Mbyte

NANDFLASH

256 Mbyte

FPGAXilinx

Spartan 6

DATAGPMC

CPLD

ControlUART

EthernetGig-EAudioUSBRS232

GPSAnt

SD Card

PowerModule

TPS65950

Spectra DTP4700 – 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.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

TX+5 dBm

To-45 dBm

RF System

LPFs

LPFs ADC

DAC

FPGAXilinx

Spartan 6

AMPLNA

RF Front-end

Module

RX

(400 MHz to

4 GHz)

MCSPSubsystem

DATAGPMC

QuadMod

Direct

Con.

AMP

PowerModule

DCPWR

TX

RXRX

I/F I/FFEMControl

RX+5 dBm

To115 dBm

RFSynthesizers

Clock Ref&

Distribution

EXTREFInput

EXTREF

Output

DTP4700L30 MHz to 1600 MHz frequency range 40 KHz – 40 MHz signal bandwidth

DTP4700H400 MHz to 4000 MHz frequency range 20 KHz – 40 MHz signal bandwidth

Spectra DTP4700 - Software Stack

Digital System Hardware

GPP

RF SystemHardware

RFFront-endHardware

Ethernet

TI Linux

Spectra ORBSpectra IP Core

ORB

RFTX/RX

Spectra CFRadio

Services &Devices

SourceryCode Bench

“Lite”

Spectra CX

Baseband Data

OptionalSystem

Component

ProductivityTooling

DSP BIOS

DSPFPGA

Gig-EAudioUSBRS232SD Card

GPS Ant

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 FrameworkSpectra 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

Spectra Core Framework – SCA 2.2.2

Spectra ORB C/C++ Spectra

IP CORE ORB

(future option)

GPP DSP FPGA

Linux OS

BSP

TI DSP BIOS

BSP

SCA Platform

SCA Platform is provided with Spectra DTP4700Includes 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

SCA Reference Waveform

SCA audio (FM) waveform example provided with DTP4700FM implementation for use with DTP4700 that can be transmit and receive audio over the airFM waveform model also provided with Spectra CX

SCA FM Waveform Demo

RF System&

RF FEM

Digital System

SCAWfFPGA

ProxyDevice

Audio In

RX

SCAAudioPort

Device

Audio Out

TX

Loopback cable from TX to RX

ModulatorUp

Sampler

DownSampler

De- Modulator

SCA FM AudioWaveform

Summary

Spectra DTP4700 provides a wideband, high-performance baseband and Radio Frequency (RF) Software Defined Radio (SDR) development and test platform

Spectra DTP4700 offers a robust design, with radio hardware enclosed in a rugged 1U housing

Linux based Spectra DTP4700 provides quick start SCA development at an affordable price

Spectra DTP4700 provides an integrated SCA solution for both GPP & DSP processing environments

Spectra DTP4700 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 DTP4700 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

Information & Questions

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