Radio Telescope
ZU49/ZU39/ZU29DR Zynq™ UltraScale+™ RFSoC SoM

The Zynq™ UltraScale+™ RFSoC enables direct RF signal sampling with high-speed ADCs, real-time processing, and wide bandwidth, making it a powerful and flexible solution for radio telescope backend receivers. iWave has designed a powerful System on Module, powered by the ZU49DR RFSoC, that can speed up the design of radio telescopes. The RFSoC SoM features the industry’s highest RF channel count with 16 Channel RF-DACs @ 10GSPS and 16 Channel RF-ADCs @ 2.5GSPS.

Customer Background

A leading research organization focused on building next-generation radio telescope arrays for deep-space exploration and multi-frequency astronomical observations.

Challenges & Requirements

A powerful platform that can capture and process high-speed ADC and DAC signals to digitize wideband analog signals received from antennas.

    iWave Scope of Work:

  • System on Module Supply

     

  • RFSoC PCIe ADC DAC Data Acquisition Card

     

  • Technical Support

     

  • BSP Updates and Product Longevity

     

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Solution Highlights

  • Compatible with ZU49/ZU39/ZU29 devices
  • 16 ADC Channels @2.5Gsps
  • 16 DAC Channel @10Gsps
  • 8GB DDR4 for PS with ECC (Expandable)
  • 8GB DDR4 for PL, 32GB eMMC Flash (Expandable)
  • Up to 930K Logic cells & 425K LUTs
  • Dual 400 Board-to-Board Connectors
  • 16 x PL-GTY High Speed Transceivers (up to 28.21Gbps)
  • 4 x PS -GTR High speed Transceivers (up to 6Gbps)
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