Radar, LIDAR and SDR: RF + FPGA work
Our radar, lidar and SDR projects share one architecture: RF front-end, high-speed sampling, real-time processing on FPGA. The RF + FPGA pairing is our technical signature on acquisition chains with microsecond latency budgets. These projects run under NDA: we describe problem classes and the means engaged, never our clients’ products.
One architecture, three domains
Radar, LIDAR and software-defined radio pose the same engineering problem: capture a demanding analogue signal, digitise it without degrading it, then process it within a latency budget only an FPGA can hold. Our stack covers the full chain: RF front-end, sampling, baseband processing on FPGA (Xilinx Zynq and Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC families), with custom IP blocks for DDC/DUC and demodulation. We regularly work on industrial LIDAR projects and on radar projects combining high-frequency RF with FPGA processing.
The means engaged
We have run several RF projects up to 10 GHz. Validation relies on our in-house means: Tektronix TekExpress bench and eye-diagram measurements for the fast digital links leaving the FPGA (JESD204, DDR, serial links), ANSYS SIwave simulation before fabrication, and pre-compliance EMC in our chamber. On these acquisition chains, signal integrity is not an end-of-project step: it is decided at the stack-up and verified on the bench.
What we deliver
Depending on scope: schematic and layout of the RF + FPGA board, processing IP blocks, BSP and embedded software, pre-compliance file and support through CE/FCC certification. The house rule applies here too: 100% success rate on CE/FCC certifications, because compliance is built into the architecture.
30 minutes with an engineer to frame your acquisition chain: RF + FPGA architecture, latency budget, certification path.
FAQ
- Do you work on confidential radar or SDR projects?
- Yes, most of our radar, LIDAR and SDR projects are under NDA. We publish no client name and no product photo: the capabilities described here correspond to project classes actually delivered.
- Which FPGA platforms do you use?
- Mainly the Xilinx Zynq and Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC families, with custom IP blocks for digital conversion (DDC/DUC) and demodulation. The final choice depends on the latency budget, the band to process and the industrialisation constraints.
- Up to which frequency do you design in RF?
- We have run several RF projects up to 10 GHz, with simulation before fabrication (ANSYS) and bench measurement as systematic guardrails.