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2-24 GHz Reference Design Software Resources

This guide will walk you through setting up a ZCU102 FPGA Evaluation Board for use with the 2-24 GHz X-Microwave (XMW) TX/RX Platform.

SD Card Setup

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You will need to image an SD Card with ADI Kuiper Linux and configure with the relevant files.

Download the latest release of the Kuiper Linux kernel here.

Follow the instructions on this page to Image your SD Card with this downloaded kernel.
You need to copy the following three files into the BOOT section of your SD Card, as described on the above page under Configuring the SD Card for FPGA Projects:

Image
system.dtb
BOOT.bin

Configuration Files for TX

Configuration Files for RX

If you just imaged your SD Card following the steps above, you will already have the latest Image file in the BOOT section.
Be sure to select the appropriate .dtb (device tree file) and BOOT.bin (FPGA configuration file), depending on whether you are using the TX or RX Platform.
Rename your device tree file to system.dtb

ZCU102 Configuration

The ZCU102 board can be configured as follows to allow control of the front end Platform using the LIBIIO command line tools.

Boot from SD Card

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In order to configure the FPGA to boot from the Linux kernel installed on the SD Card, SW6 [4:1] on the ZCU102 board needs to be set to 1110 (off, off, off, on) as shown below:

You may refer to the MPSoC Device Configuration section in the ZCU102 User Guide for more information.

USB to UART Bridge

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The ZCU102 board uses a micro-B cable to connect the USB UART port on the board (J83) to a host PC.

You may refer to the CP2108 USB UART Interface section in the ZCU102 User Guide for more information.

If a driver does not appear for this interface in your PC's Device Manager, it can be downloaded and installed from here. You can then use PuTTy (download from here) or any other SSH/Telnet Client to control this interface with the board.

Network Configuration

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The ZCU102 board uses an RJ45 ethernet cable to connect the ethernet port (P12) to a host PC.

You may refer to the GEM3 Ethernet section in the ZCU102 User Guide for more information.

The ethernet interface can then be used to control the ZCU102 board with higher level user applications based on Python or MATLAB.

Modifications to the network configurations can be made following the guidance detailed on the Network Configuration wiki page.

User Interfaces

Higher level applications can be used to configure the Platform, instead of the LIBIIO command-line terminal interface, using the ethernet port to communicate with the ZCU102 board.

Python Control

ADI's pyadi-iio library enables configuration and control of many IIO components using Python. Details on getting started with this library can be found here.

MATLAB Control

ADI has also developed an RF Microwave Toolbox which enables users to configure and control IIO components using MATLAB. Details on getting started with this toolbox can be found here.

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2-24 GHz Reference Design Software Resources

SD Card Setup