DVB FPGA

This project aims to implement RTL components for DVB-S2, initially focusing on the transmission side.

Functional block diagram of the DVB-S2 System from ETSI EN 302 307-1 V1.4.1

Functional guidelines

• Behaviour should match exactly what GNU Radio produces for every combination of parameters described on the DVB-S2 base spec (no extensions yet). This means components should handle
  • Frame types: Normal and short
  • Constellations: 8 PSK, 16 APSK and 32 APSK
  • Code rates: 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10,
• Components should also handle parameters changing on every frame, that is, they should handle frame with config A then a frame with config B immediately afterwards without requiring reset or wait cycles
• Use AXI-Stream interfaces

Components' status

Core DVB-S2 components

Component name	Simulation	HW testing	HW integration
Baseband scrambler	✔	TODO	TODO
BCH encoder	✔	TODO	TODO
Bit interleaver	✔	TODO	TODO
Constellation mapper	✔	TODO	TODO
LDPC Encoder	✔	TODO	TODO
Physical layer framing	✔	TODO	TODO

Performance and resource usage (WIP)

The dvb_fpga/rtl/dvbs2_tx.vhd top level has been run through Vivado targeting a xczu4cg-sfvc784-1LV-i and with a clock frequency of 300 MHz (both arbitrary). No timing issues were reported and the resource usage post implementation is show below. Table below assumes default values for generics, i.e., POLYPHASE_FILTER_NUMBER_TAPS = 33, POLYPHASE_FILTER_RATE_CHANGE = 2 and DATA_WIDTH = 32.

Component	LUTs	FFs	RAMB	DSPs
axi_baseband_scrambler	277	46	0	0
axi_bch_encoder	1397	1380	0	0
axi_ldpc_encoder	1017	558	6	0
axi_bit_interleaver	339	262	10	0
axi_constellation_mapper	599	253	0	0
axi_physical_layer_framer	280	268	0	0
+ axi_plframe_header	13	100	0	0
+ axi_physical_layer_scrambler	39	70	0	0
+ dummy_frame_generator	48	21	0	0
polyphase_filter_i/q	162	2168	0	64
Register map	586	318	0	0
Debug infrastructure	374	581	0	0
Others	1470	283	4	0
TOTAL	~6.5k	~6.1k	20	64

For details on what the "Others" row includes, see the DVB-S2 Tx top level block diagram in the wiki.

Running tests

Tests can be run locally or on a Docker container. Running locally will require GNU Radio, VUnit and a VHDL simulator.

Using Docker

Uses the same container used for CI

# Clone this repo and submodules
git clone --recurse-submodules  https://github.com/phase4ground/dvb_fpga
cd dvb_fpga
# Run the tests
./misc/run_tests.sh

Arguments passed to docker/run_tests.sh will be passed to run.py and, by extension, to VUnit (no environment variable is passed on though). This will generate gnuradio_data (test data).

Running locally

• Requirements
  • GNU Radio
  • A VHDL simulator
  • VUnit

# Install VUnit
pip install vunit-hdl
# Clone this repo and submodules
git clone --recurse-submodules  https://github.com/phase4ground/dvb_fpga
cd dvb_fpga
# Run the tests
./run.py

The first invocation of run.py will run GNURadio and create stimulus files.

To list tests use ./run.py -l:

$ ./run.py -l
lib.axi_bit_interleaver_tb.data_width=8,all_parameters.back_to_back
lib.axi_bit_interleaver_tb.data_width=8,all_parameters.slow_master
lib.axi_bit_interleaver_tb.data_width=8,all_parameters.slow_slave
lib.axi_bit_interleaver_tb.data_width=8,all_parameters.both_slow
lib.axi_ldpc_table_tb.test_all_configs.back_to_back
lib.axi_ldpc_table_tb.test_all_configs.slow_master
lib.axi_ldpc_table_tb.test_all_configs.slow_slave
lib.axi_ldpc_table_tb.test_all_configs.slow_master,slow_slave
lib.axi_bch_encoder_tb.test_all_configs.back_to_back
lib.axi_bch_encoder_tb.test_all_configs.slow_master
lib.axi_bch_encoder_tb.test_all_configs.slow_slave
lib.axi_bch_encoder_tb.test_all_configs.both_slow
lib.dvbs2_tx_tb.test_all_configs.back_to_back
lib.axi_ldpc_encoder_core_tb.test_all_configs.back_to_back
lib.axi_ldpc_encoder_core_tb.test_all_configs.data=0.5,table=1.0,slave=1.0
lib.axi_ldpc_encoder_core_tb.test_all_configs.data=1.0,table=1.0,slave=0.5
lib.axi_ldpc_encoder_core_tb.test_all_configs.data=0.75,table=1.0,slave=0.75
lib.axi_ldpc_encoder_core_tb.test_all_configs.data=1.0,table=0.5,slave=1.0
lib.axi_ldpc_encoder_core_tb.test_all_configs.data=1.0,table=0.75,slave=0.75
lib.axi_ldpc_encoder_core_tb.test_all_configs.data=0.8,table=0.8,slave=0.8
lib.axi_baseband_scrambler_tb.test_all_configs.back_to_back
lib.axi_baseband_scrambler_tb.test_all_configs.slow_master
lib.axi_baseband_scrambler_tb.test_all_configs.slow_slave
lib.axi_baseband_scrambler_tb.test_all_configs.both_slow
Listed 24 tests

Running synthesis

Scripts are provided as an example to get things going, currently this has not been tested in real hardware.

Yosys

./misc/run_synth.sh

Vivado

vivado -source ./build/vivado/build.tcl