Firmware
Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are an ideal fit for data acquisition systems as they offer unparalleled real-time signal processing power. Moving functionality from the host PC to the on-board FPGAs helps offload the PCs central processing unit (CPU) and relaxes data transfer rate requirements. This capability is key in achieving the performance levels needed in many of today's leading-edge applications.
All our data acquisition and generation modules host Xilinx FPGAs and are delivered with pre-installed general data acquisition firmware (for ADQ7 and ADQ14 we refer to this firmware as "FWDAQ"). In addition to the standard/default firmware, we also offer optional firmware development kits (available for all models) and application-specific firmware packages (available for ADQ7 and ADQ14 only). More information about these below.
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Real-Time Pulse Detection Firmware
FWPD
The core challenge in pulse detection is to design a system for random events. The Teledyne SP Devices’s firmware option FWPD, for the ADQ14 and ADQ7, is tailored to detected and analyze pulses in demanding measurement applications where the properties of the pulses (such as timing or length) are not known in advance.
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ADQ Development Kit for Custom Firmware in the FPGA of an ADQ-Series Digitizer
The ADQ Development Kit is a tool for developing custom firmware in the FPGA of an ADQ-series digitizer. SP Devices’ digitizers are characterized by a combination of high speed and high resolution.The amount of data from the digitizer is thus very high. The most efficient way of processing the data is through a real-time implementation inside the FPGA on the digitizer. The ADQ Development Kit opens the FPGA for the implementation of real-time signal processing algorithms.The ADQ Development Kit is available for all digitizer models.
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Real-Time Waveform Averaging Firmware
FWATD
The Advanced Time-Domain firmware option, FWATD, equips the ADQ7 and ADQ14 digitizers with advanced tools for sophisticated time-domain measurements. Multiple steps of noise suppression is provided in order to achieve extreme dynamic range, so that rarely occurring weak signals can be detected and distinguished from noise.FWATD can track and correct for temperature-dependent baseline (DC level) fluctuations, which may otherwise lead to incorrect detection or even detection of false pulses. It supports several types of noise reduction for both random and systematic noise. The flexible architecture and user-defined settings enables tailored noise reduction for various applications.
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Software Defined Radio Firmware
FWSDR
The combination of the firmware FWSDR and the high-end digitizer ADQ14 creates a unique platform for software-defined radio. This 14-bit digitizer provides the high dynamic range needed in an RF environment and the interleaving technology provides high signal bandwidth coverage.The interleaving technology is provided through the use of SP Devices’ proprietary technology ADX which removes typical interleaving artifacts and enables the unique combination of bandwidth and dynamic range.
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Digital Down-Conversion Firmware
FW2DDC
FW2DDC equips ADQ7WB and ADQ7DC with real-time functions commonly used in radio frequency (RF) receivers. It also contains the proprietary ADX technology which corrects mismatch errors in time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters (TI-ADCs) and thereby ensure industry-leading spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR). The digital signal processing also helps reduce the data rate to a manageable level in order to simplify data post-processing and storage.
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Real-Time Pulse Detection Firmware
FWPD
The core challenge in pulse detection is to design a system for random events. The Teledyne SP Devices’s firmware option FWPD, for the ADQ14 and ADQ7, is tailored to detected and analyze pulses in demanding measurement applications where the properties of the pulses (such as timing or length) are not known in advance.
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ADQ Development Kit for Custom Firmware in the FPGA of an ADQ-Series Digitizer
The ADQ Development Kit is a tool for developing custom firmware in the FPGA of an ADQ-series digitizer. SP Devices’ digitizers are characterized by a combination of high speed and high resolution.The amount of data from the digitizer is thus very high. The most efficient way of processing the data is through a real-time implementation inside the FPGA on the digitizer. The ADQ Development Kit opens the FPGA for the implementation of real-time signal processing algorithms.The ADQ Development Kit is available for all digitizer models.
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Real-Time Waveform Averaging Firmware
FWATD
The Advanced Time-Domain firmware option, FWATD, equips the ADQ7 and ADQ14 digitizers with advanced tools for sophisticated time-domain measurements. Multiple steps of noise suppression is provided in order to achieve extreme dynamic range, so that rarely occurring weak signals can be detected and distinguished from noise.FWATD can track and correct for temperature-dependent baseline (DC level) fluctuations, which may otherwise lead to incorrect detection or even detection of false pulses. It supports several types of noise reduction for both random and systematic noise. The flexible architecture and user-defined settings enables tailored noise reduction for various applications.
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Software Defined Radio Firmware
FWSDR
The combination of the firmware FWSDR and the high-end digitizer ADQ14 creates a unique platform for software-defined radio. This 14-bit digitizer provides the high dynamic range needed in an RF environment and the interleaving technology provides high signal bandwidth coverage.The interleaving technology is provided through the use of SP Devices’ proprietary technology ADX which removes typical interleaving artifacts and enables the unique combination of bandwidth and dynamic range.
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Digital Down-Conversion Firmware
FW2DDC
FW2DDC equips ADQ7WB and ADQ7DC with real-time functions commonly used in radio frequency (RF) receivers. It also contains the proprietary ADX technology which corrects mismatch errors in time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters (TI-ADCs) and thereby ensure industry-leading spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR). The digital signal processing also helps reduce the data rate to a manageable level in order to simplify data post-processing and storage.
