Andrew Foster, Spectra DTP Product Manager

December 14th, 2011

Spectra DTP4700 Linux Based

Development for SDR/SCA

Live Software Defined Radio Webcast

Spectra Product Family

The Spectra Product Family

Spectra CX

Model-based Software Engineering (MBSE) developer productivity tool

(model, generate, validate, deploy)

Spectra Core Framework (CF)

Low footprint high performance SCA 2.2.2 CF (including Spectra CDB)

Spectra Common Data Bus (CDB)

Optimized middleware stack available cross GPP, DSP and FPGA

processing elements

Spectra DTP

A pre-packaged application development and test platform (BB, IF, and

RF hardware, OE, SCA devices and services, demo app, tools optional)

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Spectra’s Competitive Advantage

Spectra CX

Best-in-class SCA developer productivity

Spectra CF

Best-in-class SCA CF performance and efficient use of available

resources

Spectra CDB

Best-in-class middleware performance available across the radio’s

signal processing chain

Spectra DTP

Best-in-class fully integrated SCA development and test

environment, feature set, ease-of-use, price

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Spectra SCA/SDR Development Tools 5

End-to-End: Model, Generate, Validate, Deploy

Host Development Tools Target Radio Platform

Spectra DTP Introduction

Problem Statement Developing SCA software is too complex, too expensive, too time consuming, and forces me to become an expert in SCA platform technology when I just want to develop, test, and deploy new waveforms and applications

Solution Statement Spectra DTP provides a pre-packaged COTS SCA development and test platform with great software tools, superior RF, good demos and docs, and an affordable price…that allows me to start developing, now!

Introducing the Spectra DTP 7

Family of COTS SCA based SCA Development and Test Platforms

Spectra DTP4500 launched in December 2010:

Spectra DTP4500BB – digital base band processing system including Mistral’s

OMAP EVM 35x hardware, VxWorks 6.8 RTOS, Spectra SCA software stack

(Spectra CX graphical modelling tools, Spectra Core Framework & Spectra ORB

middleware), DTP4500 SCA Platform and simple SCA sample waveform

Spectra DTP4500RF – DTP based band system + Monsoon RF subsystem

providing wideband RF coverage from 400Mhz to 4Ghz + extended DTP4500 SCA

Platform and SCA sample waveform that can used across the air

Spectra DTP4700BB available 1st Qtr 2012, full RF capable system

will follow shortly afterwards

Spectra DTP Evolution 8

Spectra DTP4700

10 10 DTP4700 - Overview

An affordable Linux based COTS SCA development and test platform with great software tools, full RF capability, good demos and supporting documentation

The entry-level Spectra DTP4700BB configuration comes pre-integrated and packaged with:

Mistral’s latest AM/DM37x Sitara based development board providing baseband processing resources (GPP + DSP).

PrismTech’s benchmark-setting SCA 2.2.2 compliant Operating Environment (incorporating: Core Framework, SCA Devices, ORBs for both GPP & DSP, COS, Linux OS Device Drivers and BSP).

Demonstration SCA Waveform / Application.

Documentation

All available off-the-shelf with simple licensing and support contracts.

The entry-level DTP4700 package is seamlessly expandable by optionally adding:

PrismTech’s Spectra CX tool for SCA component modelling, code generation, and compliance validation

DTP4700 option bundles both C++ (GPP) and C (GPP & DSP) code generation

DataSoft’s Monsoon RF Transceiver, this provides a base level of RF performance between 400 MHz and 4 GHz

DataSoft’s RF Front-End Module(s) (FEM)to the Monsoon RF Transceiver to create a high performance RF specification fully-fieldable radio system.

Waveform and application development/test teams in major radio

OEMs and their end customers (enabling both in-house and third-party

development of SCA waveforms and applications for later deployment

on target production radio platforms)

Advanced wireless communications (government and defence)

laboratories conducting research in fields such as: cognitive radio,

electronic warfare, and secure SDR waveforms

Internal research and development (IR&D) and collaborative research

projects (e.g. SBIR, Eurostars) related to advanced wireless

communications

Academic teaching and laboratory use

Independent waveform and application developers creating software

IP for the SDR market

Spectra DTP4700 – Target Users 11

The Spectra DTP4700 can be supported with the

following hardware configurations:

DTP4700 BB - baseband only, Mistral’s AM/DM37x EVM

DTP4700 RF - RF to baseband, Mistral’s AM/DM37x +

Monsoon Transceiver (400- 4000 MHz frequency range)

DTP4700 RFE 400Mhz-4GHz – enclosed version of

DTP4700RF in a 1U housing

DTP4700 RFE 30MHz-400MHz - enclosed version of

DTP4700RF in a 1U housing with frequency range

extended to 30 MHz allowing users to access lower

MILCOM frequencies

Spectra DTP4700 - System Configurations 12

DataSoft

Monsoon Transceiver

TX

Audio

Ethernet

Baseband

Data

Mistral AM/DM37x

EVM

RX ADC

DAC

FPGA

Xilinx

Spartan

Sitara AM/DM37x

ARM

Cortex A8

GPP

TI C64x

DSP

GUI/Display

LNA

DVR PA

LNA

DataSoft RF

Front-end

TX

RX

(400 MHz

to

4 GHz)

Entry Level

System

Component

DDR2

SDRAM

256 Mbyte

NAND

FLASH

512 MByte

Spectra DTP4700 - Hardware Components

DTP4700 BB DTP4700 FE DTP4700 BB + RF

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Spectra DTP4700 - Software Stack 14

Mistral AM/DM37x Hardware

GPP DSP

DataSoft

Monsoon

Transceiver

Hardware

DataSoft

RF

Front-end

Hardware

Audio

Ethernet

FPGA

TI Linux

Spectra ORB Spectra IP

Core ORB

RF

TX/RX

Spectra CF Radio

Services

&

Devices

Sourcery

Code Bench

“Lite”

Spectra CX

Baseband /

Data

Entry Level

System

Component

Productivity

Tooling

Spectra DTP4700 – Specification Details

Baseband Specification

Radio Frequency (RF) Specification

SCA Operating Environment

DTP4700 SCA Platform

SCA Sample Waveform

Typical waveforms (Commercial & Military)

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Spectra DTP4700 - Baseband Specification

DTP4700 BB - Mistral’s AM/DM37x EVM Low cost, easy to use baseband platform based on TI’s Sitara

AM/DM 37x multimedia applications processor

Advanced 1 GHz Superscaler ARM© Cortex™ - A8 RISC core

with a 800 MHz C64x+ DSP core specifically designed for power

aware applications

OE runs on ARM while the DSP can act as a co-processor for intensive tasks

ARM: 2000 Dhrystone MIPS – extremely capable to run the Linux RTOS and

to support complex WFs

DSP can be fully powered down when not required by ARM

Multiple Data and User Interfaces

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Spectra DTP4700 – RF Specification

Monsoon is a high performance RF transceiver that can be added to DTP4700BB

Capable of deploying the next generation of commercial waveforms

Will allow SDR developers to work much closer to the low-power real time Sitara AM/DM 37x processor for truly embedded wireless applications

Features Full duplex (FDD, TDD) transceiver architecture

Wide RF operating range: 400 MHz to 4000 MHz; covering a variety of wireless protocols

Programmable signal BW from 50 KHz to 20 MHz

Dual-channel ADCs, 12-bits at 100 Msps

Dual-channel DACs, 16-bits at 800 Msps

TX: Quadrature Modulator

RX: Direct Conversion

Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGAs

MCSP system for board-level control

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DTP4700 - SCA Operating Environment

DTP4700 provides a complete SCA compliant Operating Environment (OE), including:

Linux OS (TI DVSDK 4.02, 2.6.32 kernel)

Spectra CF – SCA 2.2.2 ultra low footprint Core Framework

Spectra ORB – C and C++ high performance, low footprint CORBA middleware for GPP and DSP based development

CORBA support for DTP4700 FPGA processing environment will be available in subsequent DTP releases

Spectra COS – Lightweight Common Object Services (Naming, Event & Log)

SCA Platform Devices and Services

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Spectra Core Framework – SCA 2.2.2

Spectra ORB C/C++ Spectra

IP CORE ORB

GPP DSP FPGA

VxWorks 6.8 RTOS

BSP

TI DSP BIOS

BSP

DTP4700 – SCA Platform

SCA Platform is provided with Spectra DTP4700

Includes a complete set of implementation artefacts for the Platform Devices, including source code, binaries, and SCA XML

Two variants of waveform provided: 1. Basic platform for use with DTP4700BB – including GPP, DSP and AudioPort devices

2. Extended platform for use with DTP4700RF – including FPGA and RF devices

DTP4700 Platform model also provided for use with Spectra CX

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DTP4700 - SCA Reference Waveform

SCA audio (FM) waveform example provided with DTP4700

Two variants of waveform provided: 1. Simplified version for use with DTP4700BB

2. Complete FM implementation for use with DTP4700RF – can be transmitted and received over the air

FM waveform models also provided with Spectra CX

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22 22 Tool Support – Spectra CX

Spectra CX is an optional “add-on” for DTP4700

Provides model-driven development tool that simplifies, accelerates and validates a significant proportion of the Software Communications Architecture development process

Validates SCA compliance at the architectural and unit test level.

Generates correct-by construction SCA component structural source code in C++ (GPP) and C (GPP & DSP) with a roadmap to VHDL code generation

Generates SCA compliant artefacts such as: XML descriptor files, compliance test reports and validation documentation

SCX enables SCA & non-SCA software aspects to be developed together, integrated early and be thoroughly tested

Reduces development risk due to its consistent model-based approach

Results in a faster time-to-market, lower costs, better software quality and superior compliance for all SCA waveform and platform code developed using SCX

Spectra DTP4700 - Key Waveform Parameters

Parameter DTP4700RF + WB FE

Freq Range 400-4000 MHz

Signal Bandwidth 20 kHz – 20 MHz

Rx Sensitivity -110 dBm

Tx Power -10 to +5 dBm (0.1 to 3.2 mW)

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Spectra DTP4700 - Example Commercial Waveforms 24

Civilian Waveform Band DTP4700 RF+ WB FE

400-4000MHz

DTP4700RFE 30 -

400MHz

APCO 25 UHF 403-512 MHz

APCO 25 800 MHz 806-870 MHz

Tetra 300-1000 MHz Partial Partial

GSM 800, 900, 1800,

1900 MHz

WCDMA 2100 MHz

WiMax 2.3, 2.5, 3.5 GHz

802.11 2.4, 3.6 GHz

LTE 704-2700 MHz

US TV Whitespace 470-698 MHz

Europe TV Whitespace 470-790 MHz

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Civilian Waveform Band DTP4700 RF+ WB FE

400-4000Mhz

DTP4700RFE 30 -

400MHz

EPLRS 420-450 MHz*

MUOS 240-320 MHz*

HAVEQUICK 225-400 MHz*

SATURN 225-400 MHz*

LINK 16 960-1215 MHz*

LINK 4 225-400 MHz*

LINK 11 225-400 MHz*

UHF AM/FM 225-400 MHz*

SRW 1755-1850 MHz*

WNW 2-2000 MHz** Partial Partial

** http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/jtrs/ “Exact frequency ranges are been developed by the government”

* http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/jtrs/

Summary

Spectra DTP4700 – Summary

Linux based Spectra DTP4700BB provides quick start SCA development at

an affordable price

Spectra DTP4700BB provides an integrated SCA solution for both GPP &

DSP processing environments

Spectra DTP4700BB is easily extended to provide a wideband, high-

performance baseband and Radio Frequency (RF) Software Defined Radio

(SDR) development and test platform

Spectra DTP4700 can support the implementation and deployment of the

next generation of complex SCA compliant networking waveforms required

for both military, homeland security and commercial SDRs.

Spectra DTP4700 is the most complete, fully integrated SCA development

platform with advanced tooling that can significantly reduce costs and time

to market for new SCA applications

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Spectra DTP4700 - Information & Questions

E-mail:

info@prismtech.com

Web Site:

www.prismtech.com/spectra

Or contact your PrismTech account

manager

Thank You

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