Programming Zynq RFSoCs Using Simulink

Day 1 of 2

RFSoC Device Overview

Objective: Introduction to RFSoC's device settings, parameters, and hardware details

• Introducing Zynq RFSoC.
• Reviewing RFSoC transceiver tiles. 
• Examining RFSoc digital up converter and down converter. 
• Reviewing differences between RFSoC Generation 1 and Generation 3 devices. 
• Reviewing the support offerings of MathWorks^® for RFSoC.

Frequency Planning

Objective: Provide an introduction to frequency planning with Nyquist zones and sampling rates as used with the DAC and ADC tiles in the RFSoC

• Using the DAC tile Digital Quadrature Modulator for digital up conversion 
• Using the normal mode (Nyquist Zone 1) and mixed mode (Nyquist Zone 2) operations of DAC tiles for transmission 
• Applying a bandpass sampling theorem to choose a sampling rate for the receiver

Getting the model ready for the RFSoC

Objective: Simulate transmission and reception of a digital signal in the RFSoC

• Review frame-based processing
• Simulate a transmitter and receiver model for the RFSoC 
• Prepare model for deployment to the RFSoC 

Day 2 of 2

Target RFSoC using SoC Blockset

Objective: Simulate, model and perform analysis of SoC HW/SW architectures specifically to target gen 1,3 RFSoC.

• Introduction to SoC Blockset
• Use RFSoC template from SoC Blockset to create RFSoC system modeling framework
• Simulate and generate code for PL and PS side of algorithm using SoC Builder
• Deploy application on the board targeting FPGA, ARM and RF converter tiles

Hardware Software Co-design for RFSoC

Objective: Deploy and interact with your HDL IP design at run-time verify performance from MATLAB

• Generate and examine the RFSoC Vivado project
• Access streaming and parameter data of the generated HDL IP at run-time
• Dynamically configure RF Data Converter settings in MATLAB