AD-FMCLIDAR1-EBZ (Obsolete)

Prototyping platform for LiDAR applications with FMC HPC connector and JESD204B support.

Warning

Support for the ad_fmclidar_ebz is discontinued on all supported carriers: Arria10 SOC, zc706 and zcu102. ad_fmclidar_ebz will not be supported in future releases, last release in which pre-build files can be found is 2021_r1. Check the Kuiper to see all available Kuiper Linux releases.

Overview

The AD-FMCLIDAR1-EBZ is a prototyping platform for LiDAR applications that can be used on FPGA development boards enabled with FMC HPC connector and JESD204B support capability. It offers developers a working-out-of-box platform that can be used for developing software and algorithms for a broad range of applications.

The full system hardware includes:

  • Data Acquisition (DAQ) Board

  • Laser Transmitter Board

  • AFE Receiver Board

Features:

  • 1D Non-Scanning LiDAR

  • Horizontal resolution 16 pixels

  • Data sampling up to 1GSPS on 4 separate Channels

  • Design is verified to comply with Class I Laser Safety

  • Standardised FMC connector plugs into FPGA board of choice

  • Out of box demo for target range measurement

  • Complete open source software framework

  • Licensable JESD204B interface framework for deterministic data delivery to host

  • Wrappers for Matlab, Python

  • LiDAR specific API for system control & data acquisition

  • Platform development environment support includes Industry standard Linux Industrial I/O (IIO) Applications, MATLAB, Simulink, custom C/C+, Python, and C# applications

  • HDL reference designs and drivers to allow zero day development

Applications:

  • LiDAR range finding and distance measurement

  • Object detection and 3D mapping

  • Autonomous vehicle prototyping

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Figure 1 AD-FMCLIDAR1-EBZ

Table of contents

  1. User guide

  2. DAQ Board Hardware

  3. Laser Board Hardware

  4. AFE Board Hardware

  5. System evaluation

  6. HDL Reference Design

Help and support

People who follow the flow that is outlined, have a much better experience with things. However, like many things, documentation is never as complete as it should be. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the EngineerZone technical support community, but before that, please make sure you read our documentation thoroughly.

All the products described on this page include ESD (electrostatic discharge) sensitive devices. Electrostatic charges as high as 4000V readily accumulate on the human body or test equipment and can discharge without detection. Although the boards feature ESD protection circuitry, permanent damage may occur on devices subjected to high-energy electrostatic discharges. Therefore, proper ESD precautions are recommended to avoid performance degradation or loss of functionality. This includes removing static charge on external equipment, cables, or antennas before connecting to the device.