Hardware Design and Testing

  Elaborate designs from algorithms to implementation and continuously verify with over-the-air testing

MATLAB and Simulink help you implement and test your wireless designs on hardware. You can elaborate your designs from algorithms to prototyping to production implementation. Then, verify the accuracy of your design continuously with over-the-air testing.

With MATLAB and Simulink, you can:

• Generate test waveforms using command-line functions or the Wireless Waveform Generator app
• Connect to RF instruments and software-defined radios (SDRs) for transmission or acquisition waveforms over the air and analyze the captured signals
• Run reference applications in real time using high-speed data transmit and capture with Wireless Testbench
• Automatically generate readable, synthesizable HDL code for FPGA, SoC, and ASIC implementation and verify using co-simulation with HDL Verifier
• Use synthesizable IP blocks for implementing 5G, LTE, WLAN, DVB-S2, and other multistandard applications

Why Use Digital, RF, and Antenna Design? Why Use Hardware Design and Testing?

Algorithm Testing with SDRs  Connect your transmitter and receiver algorithms and waveforms to SDRs. Transfer live I/Q data to and from MATLAB and Simulink. Analyze your end-to-end design by computing metrics such as EVM, ACLR, or BER. Waveform Generation and Testing with Software-Defined Radios (SDR) and RF instruments (29:09) Image Transmission and Reception Using 802.11 Waveform and SDR What Is Software-Defined Radio (SDR)?		Testing with RF Instruments Perform live tests and measurements by connecting your MATLAB waveforms and algorithms to RF instruments, including Keysight™, Rohde & Schwarz, Tektronix®, and NI™. 5G NR Waveform Acquisition and Analysis  5G Waveform Generation and Over-the-Air Testing with MATLAB and RF Instruments (29:35) 5G NR Waveform Generation and Over-the-Air Testing with MATLAB
FPGA and ASIC Implementation Target and debug FPGA prototype hardware. Prototype with live over-the-air signals and reuse the same models for production deployment. Use HDL-optimized IP blocks for 5G, LTE, and other wireless standards accelerating implementation. Wireless HDL Toolbox Cell Search and MIB Recovery Reference Application (5:16) NR HDL MIB Recovery for FR2  5G NR HDL Cell Search and MIB Recovery Reference Application (7:15)		Hardware Design Verification Verify your designs implemented on hardware. Use the same waveforms to drive the golden reference algorithms and the stream-of-samples implemented on hardware. Then, directly compare the results. How to Generate a 5G Waveform for SystemVerilog Verification Using 5G Toolbox (5:45)  Performing Hardware-Based Verification and Testing on FPGAs with MATLAB and Simulink (28:44)

Use MATLAB and Simulink for Hardware Design and Testing

Wireless Prototyping and Production Development Essentials		Bridging Wireless Communications Design and Testing with MATLAB		Deploying 5G NR Wireless Communications on FPGAs: A Complete MATLAB and Simulink Workflow

   

Products Learn about the products used with applications for hardware design and testing.   Communications Toolbox Wireless Testbench Wireless HDL Toolbox HDL Coder HDL Verifier

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