High Speed Converter Toolbox
Note
This section only gives an overview on the High Speed Converter Toolbox, for all details, see the dedicated doc.
Analog Devices High Speed Converter Toolbox for MATLAB and Simulink is a set of tools to model, interface, and target with ADI high-speed converter devices within MATLAB and Simulink. These are combined into a single Toolbox which contains a set of Board Support Packages (BSP). The list of supported boards is provided below.
Quick Start with Toolbox
The current stable Toolbox can be downloaded from the ADI High Speed Converter Toolbox repository (releases). Download the latest mltbx file then open that file within MATLAB. Opening the file will automatically install the Toolbox, adding the necessary components to your MATLAB path. The “Analog Devices, Inc. High Speed Converter Toolbox” will appear in your Add-Ons Explorer within MATLAB.
To interface and stream data with hardware will require installation of Libiio and one of two Hardware Support Packages from MathWorks. The libiio library can be obtained from the ADI libiio repository.
Libiio Installer
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Stable releases are available at ADI libiio repository (releases).
These support packages provide the necessary libIIO MATLAB bindings used by ADI’s system objects. Starting in R2024a, the functionality of Communications Toolbox Support Package for Xilinx Zynq-Based Radio is included in SoC Blockset Support Package for AMD Devices.
Download
Important
Skip the Zynq SDR or ADALM-PLUTO post-installation steps. They are not used. See Kuiper documentation for the FPGA carrier board SD card images.
Toolbox Dependencies
Depending on your needs, different toolboxes will be required. For basic data streaming into MATLAB or Simulink only the following MathWorks toolboxes are required:
For HDL code generation the following are required:
Building the Toolbox Manually
The toolbox can only be built under Linux or with Cygwin on a Windows platform. Conveniently, the entire process is automated with a Makefile located in the CI/scripts folder of the repository. The following is required on the system before the build process can be run:
A supported MATLAB version installed in the default location (/usr/local/MATLAB)
A supported Vivado version installed in the default location (/opt/Xilinx)
Packages:
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Warning
You should only manually build the toolbox if you require a custom branch or no toolbox installer is available.
First clone the repo and move into it:
~$
git clone https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/HighSpeedConverterToolbox.git
~$
cd HighSpeedConverterToolbox
To build the toolbox run the following:
~/HighSpeedConverterToolbox$
make -C CI/scripts build
To create an installable tlbx file run:
~/HighSpeedConverterToolbox$
make -C CI/scripts gen_tlbx
Supported Boards
The following have device-specific implementations in MATLAB and Simulink. If a device has an IIO driver, MATLAB support is possible, but a device-specific MATLAB or Simulink interface may not exist yet.
Useful Articles
Further Reading
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