X-Band Phased Array Development Platform

The X-Band Phased Array Development Platform is a complete system solution designed for phased array radars, electronic warfare, and ground-based SATCOM applications. It provides a testbed for demonstrating hybrid beamforming phased array radar as well as the implementation of system level calibrations, beamforming algorithms, and other signal processing algorithms.

The platform consists of three main components:

• AD9081-FMCA-EBZ - AD9081 MxFE Evaluation Board

• ADXUD1AEBZ - X/C Band Up/Down Converter

• ADAR1000EVAL1Z - X/Ku-Band Analog Beamforming Board (Stingray)

The system is designed to mate with a ZCU102 Evaluation Board from Xilinx®, featuring the Zynq® UltraScale+™ ZU9EG FPGA, with provided reference software, HDL code, and MATLAB/Python system-level interfacing.

Target Applications

The X-Band Development Platform enables quick time-to-market development programs for:

• ADEF (Phased-Array, RADAR, EW, SATCOM)

• Hybrid Beamforming

• Electronic Test and Measurement

Table of Contents

• Hardware Introduction
  • System Components
  • Architecture Overview
• Unboxing and Initial Setup
  • Quick Start Guide
  • What’s Included
  • Power Requirements
  • Configuration Overview
  • Configuration Quick Reference
  • Initial Power-On
  • Safety Considerations
• pyRadar
  • Overview
  • Installation and Setup
  • Sample Data and Results
  • System Architecture
  • Additional Resources
  • Pilot Deep-Dives

• Troubleshooting
• Additional Resources

System Overview

The X-Band Development Platform highlights a complete system solution specifically targeting a 32-channel transmit/32 receive hybrid beamforming phased array. It is intended as a testbed for demonstrating phased array system level calibrations, hybrid beam forming (analog/digital) algorithms, and other signal processing algorithms.

Note

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