Designing innovative wireless communication devices requires close collaboration across multiple disciplines. Deploying algorithmic models to FPGA hardware enables rapid prototyping and over-the-air testing, and automatically generating HDL code directly from system-level algorithms eliminates time-consuming steps in implementation and verification.
Using a 5G NR Cell Search design to illustrate the process, this white paper describes the workflow for converting MATLAB®algorithms and Simulink®models directly to HDL for FPGAs.
Topics include:
- 5G NR standard-compliant algorithmic modeling with MATLAB and 5G Toolbox
- Transitioning from a frame-based MATLAB algorithm to a streaming Simulink implementation
- Fixed-point implementation using Fixed-Point Designer™ and target hardware knowledge
- Speeding design by using proven intellectual property (IP) blocks
- Generating HDL and deploying on target hardware, in this case a Xilinx®Zynq®device
