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This is a public domain step-by-step guide for deploying and running demonstration on a RFSoC based MIMO controller, using LBNL developed firmware / software.

The hardware currently supports:

  • AMD ZCU208
  • AMD ZCU216
  • LBNL LBL208

Step-by-step guide

Hardware setup if using evaluation board like ZCU208:

  1. Install CLK104 board on ZCU208, connect ADC / DACclocks following ug1410-zcu208;
  2. Install XM655 analog frontend;
  3. Provide external clock at 500MHz, 3dBm to CLK104 board J11;
  4. For testing with MRF EVR interface, provide a SFP+ module at SFP2, connect fiber optics to a MRF event distribution system.

Prepare PYNQ image and power on:

  1. Flash micro-SD card using the pre-built PYNQ 3.0.1 image, following the instructions.
  2. Insert the SD card to ZCU208, connect power and ethernet (RJ45) cable.
  3. Power on board, confirm LED status for booting.
  4. The default static IP address is 192.168.2.99 , which can be changed following this page.
  5. Patch xrfdc to version 2.0 for enabling MTS (multi-tile synchronization) following the instructions here.

Prepare pynq_llrf overlay. The firmware repository is available here.

  1. Download the overlay from the repository CI pipelines. Alternatively, build the mts_8ch  overlay by:
    cd boards/ZCU208/overlays/mts_8ch
make all
  2.   The pre-built overlays are available for references as of commit 61e503c2: 
    OverlayArtifactmd5sum
    mts_8chmts_8ch.bitdad5ee8c7326c1564aa408ff271f926d

    		mts_8ch.hwhb496e8d5507e46934cf5b77031402079
    mts_8ch_evrmts_8ch_evr.bit

    cc30bfe8f73c2b8bfa66ce4b47256a81


    		mts_8ch_evr.hwh

    59bfa23916e0f4321c4538cdebea2d90

  3. Install xrfclk  TICS firles for testing frequency settings: 4.0Gsps for DAC and ADC:
    ssh [email protected]
git clone --recursive [email protected]:llrf-projects/pynq_llrf.git
sudo cp pynq_llrf/boards/CLK104/external_mo/*.txt* /usr/local/share/pynq-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/xrfclk/
  4. Follow the loopback jupyter notebook (TBD).

Remote control software.