The Arria V FPGA RF Development Kit provides RF developers with access to the latest generation of 28-nm FPGAs from Altera, along with the newest analog-to-digital converters, digital-to-analog converters and clocks from TI. The kit provides 2.5 times more transmit and digital pre-distortion feedback bandwidth than similar solutions and is the industrys first complete main/diversity receive development platform supporting up to 75 MHz of bandwidth.
Features and benefits of the Arria V FPGA RF Development Kit:
-28-nm Arria V FPGA, balancing cost and performance while delivering the lowest total power for wireless applications.
-Up to 500 MHz of transmit and feedback bandwidth, enabling 100 MHz of transmit bandwidth with fifth order pre-distortion correction.
-Up to 75 MHz of main/diversity receive bandwidth with 14-bit resolution and 31.5 dB of gain range for demanding multi-carrier 3G and 4G standards.
-Low phase-noise-fractional phase-locked loop / voltage-controlled oscillator to provide local oscillator for transmit, receive and feedback mixers and modulators.
-Modular design enables alternative and future evaluation modules to be incorporated quickly and seamlessly.
The Arria V FPGA RF Development Kit includes the Arria V FPGA Development Board and the following RF components from TI:
-TSW30H84EVM, a complete RF transmit reference design including the DAC34H84, the industry’s lowest-power 4-channel, 16-bit DAC at 1.25 GSPS.
-TSW1266EVM, a digital pre-distortion feedback reference design.
-TSW1265EVM, a wideband dual-receiver reference design, which includes the ADS4249, the industry’s lowest-power dual, 14-bit ADC.
-TSW3065EVM, a standalone local oscillator source designed with the TRF3765 integer and fractional PLL/VCO.
-HSMC-ADC-Bridge and ArriaV-TI-Adapter to interface between TI and Altera hardware.
The Arria V FPGA RF Development Kit can be ordered today from Arrow Electronics for US$6,299.