The Pi-Radio v1 software-defined radio (SDR) features a 4-channel fully-digital transceiver board operating in the 57-64 GHz band; when mated with the Xilinx RFSoC-based ZCU111 board, this forms a powerful SDR that can be used by the research community. This paper describes the calibration procedures for the SDR, with a special emphasis on not relying on expensive laboratory equipment / infrastructure like a spectrum analyzer, signal generator, or even an anechoic chamber. We hope this is an interesting read for those interested in the pipeline from hardware design schematic to fully functional SDR.

Calibrating a 4-channel Fully-Digital 60 GHz SDR

Mezzavilla M.;
2020-01-01

Abstract

The Pi-Radio v1 software-defined radio (SDR) features a 4-channel fully-digital transceiver board operating in the 57-64 GHz band; when mated with the Xilinx RFSoC-based ZCU111 board, this forms a powerful SDR that can be used by the research community. This paper describes the calibration procedures for the SDR, with a special emphasis on not relying on expensive laboratory equipment / infrastructure like a spectrum analyzer, signal generator, or even an anechoic chamber. We hope this is an interesting read for those interested in the pipeline from hardware design schematic to fully functional SDR.
2020
WiNTECH 2020 - Proceedings of the 14th ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation and CHaracterization, Part of ACM MobiCom 2020
beamforming
calibration
fully-digital
mmWave
SDR
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