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The Next Evolution of Instrumentation for Microwave Test Jin Bains RF R&D Director National Instruments
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The Next Evolution of Instrumentation for Microwave Test
Jin Bains
RF R&D Director
National Instruments
The Complexity of Testing Systems of Systems
EISCAT_3DA European 3D Imaging Radar for
Atmospheric and Geospace Research
www.airbus.com www.esa.int
www.eurofighter.com
www.selex-si.com
RADAR Technologies: Cognitive Radar
Joseph R. Guerci, Microwave Journal, Vol.54, No.1, January 2011
Vacuum Tube Transistor(Integrated Circuit)
Software
Evolution of Instrumentation
1920
General Radio
Hewlett Packard
National Instruments
1965 2010
The Virtual Instrumentation Approach
The Software Is the Instrument
Future of RF System Design
RF/Microwave Circuit Design System SimulationRF/Microwave Circuit DesignElectromagnetic Simulation
Link Budget Analysis
Real-Time ControlFPGA Prototype
Product Verification
Design Verification
Operations & Support
Validation & Verification
ManufacturingDesign &
SimulationResearch & Modeling
Concept
Test for Validation
Test Integration With Design/Analysis
Comparing Traditional and Virtual Instrumentation Architectures
Traditional Instrumentation Virtual Instrumentation
Expanding Measurement CapabilitiesA
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Phase Matrix Products and Technology
Parallel Architectures Drive Performance
FPGAFPGAFPGAFPGA
PerformancePerformancePerformancePerformance
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CPUCPUCPUCPU
PerformancePerformancePerformancePerformance
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Enabling High-Performance Microwave Test
• Rugged, modular form factor
PXI: Hardware Platform Based on COTS
Multicore ProcessorsPCI Express FPGAs Data Converters
Riding Moore’s Law
• Rugged, modular form factor
• High-speed data movement
• Timing and synchronization
• Optimization for parallel execution
Parallel Programming With NI LabVIEW
Task Parallelism Data Parallelism Pipelining
FPGAsMulticore
Processors
DSP Design Module Value
Enables an algorithm designer to specify an intuitive diagram…
…that generates real-time DSP implementations on FPGAs:…that generates real-time DSP implementations on FPGAs:
Traditional RF Spectrum Analyzers
Analog Architecture
Modern RF Measurement System
Software for Wireless Standards(802.11 a/b/g/n, GSM, EDGE,
WCDMA, RFID, WiMAX,
GPS, and so on)
Modular Hardware Architecture
Downconverter – Digitizer – FPGA+Processor
High-Accuracy Instruments—NI PXIe-5665
• 20 to 14 GHz frequency range• Phase noise -129 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset• Average noise floor: -165 dBm/Hz @ 1 GHz• TOI - +24 dBm• WCDMA ACLR: -80 dBc• .33% 256 QAM EVM
Test Monitor Embedded Control Cyber Physical
Graphical System DesignA Platform-Based Approach
Modular InstrumentsPC-Based DAQ NI CompactRIO Open Connectivity
Modular PXI Platform Based on COTS
Multicore ProcessorsPCI Express FPGAs Data Converters
Riding Moore’s Law
PXI BackplaneChassis• System monitoring PXI Backplane
• Bus technology
• Timing
• Synchronization
Peripheral Slots• PXI and PXI Express hybrid slots
• >1500 PXI modules from >70 vendors
• System monitoring
PXI Controller•Multicore
•Integrated MXI
System Services• System-level assembly and test
• High availability and extended
lifetime agreements
Key Technologies Driving Radar
Hardware Software ServicesHardware
• RF vector signal analyzer (channels phase-synchronized)
• RF vector signal generator (channels phase-synchronized)
• IF digitizers and arbitrary waveform generators
• High-speed digital I/O
• High-speed data streaming
• Inline signal processing
Software
• Collaborative software development environments
• Flexible user interface
• Test management software
• User-defined signal processing
Services
NI Reconfigurable I/O (RIO) Technology Platform
LabVIEWLabVIEW Real-Time
LabVIEW FPGA
LabVIEWLabVIEW Real-Time
LabVIEW FPGA
ProcessorProcessor FPGAFPGA
I/OI/O
I/OI/O
Middleware
Driver APIs
Device Drivers
I/O Drivers
Application IP
Signal Processing IP
Control IP
Third-Party IP
NI CompactRIO and NI Single-Board RIONI CompactRIO and NI Single-Board RIO PXI,PC RIO (R Series, NI FlexRIO)PXI,PC RIO (R Series, NI FlexRIO)
Value
Value Ultrarugged Design Performance High Performance
ProcessorProcessor FPGAFPGA I/OI/O
Custom I/OCustom I/O
Test Monitor Embedded Control Cyber Physical
Graphical System DesignA Platform-Based Approach
Performance
Cost
Modular Instruments
PC-Based DAQ NI CompactRIO Open Connectivity
Integration
Development
productivity
