FPGA for Smart Antennas

[mudrik]

Hi all,

Can I use Xilinx Spartan 3 starter kit for implementing smart antenna
systems ?

regards

 

[egliu]

question is not clear, we should know how many elements in your array? how fast do you need to steer? and other limitation

 

[mudrik]

number of antennas four or five
the steering/tracking might be slow.

can you see any restrictions by using spartan 3 starter kit
for smart antennas ?

regards

 

[ganlubbq]

maybe it is not suitable for using spartan 3 starter kit.
if you need compute the weights for antennas, you should use some fpga chips more powerful.

 

[bibo1978]

I believe that you will need a front end interface to the antenna, so the starter kit can't do this I guess or may be you will neeed some extension board