Spectrum Analyser on PYNQ

This repository hosts an RFSoC Spectrum Analyser tool compatible with PYNQ image v2.7 for the ZCU111, RFSoC2x2, and RFSoC4x2 development board.

Quick Start

Follow the instructions below to install the Spectrum Analyser now. You will need to give your board access to the internet.

• Power on your RFSoC development board with an SD Card containing a fresh PYNQ v2.7 image.
• Navigate to Jupyter Labs by opening a browser (preferably Chrome) and connecting to http://<board_ip_address>:9090/lab.
• We need to open a terminal in Jupyter Lab. Firstly, open a launcher window as shown in the figure below:

• Now open a terminal in Jupyter as illustrated below:

Run the code below in the jupyter terminal to install the Spectrum Analyser.

pip3 install git+https://github.com/strath-sdr/rfsoc_sam

Once installation has complete you will find the Spectrum Analyser notebooks in the Jupyter workspace directory. The folder will be named 'spectrum-analyzer'.

Using the Project Files

The following software is required to use the project files in this repository.

• Vivado Design Suite 2020.2
• System Generator for DSP
• MATLAB R2020a

Vivado

This project can be built with Vivado from the command line. Open Vivado 2020.2 and execute the following into the tcl console:

cd /<repository-location>/boards/<board-name>/rfsoc_sam/

Now that we have moved into the correct directory, make the Vivado project by running the make commands below sequentially.

make block_design
make bitstream

Alternatively, you can run the entire project build by executing the following into the tcl console:

make all

License

BSD 3-Clause