ARRadio+ SoCKit Quick Start Guide ARRadio Overview The ARRadio board is a collaboration between Arrow Electronics Inc., Analog Devices Inc. and Terasic. While ARRadio is intended to be used with the Arrow SoCKit board, it is compatible with any board equipped with an HSMC interface. When used with the Arrow SoCKit board, engineers have a complete system that combines FPGA-based embedded processing and programmability with ADI's AD9361 RF Agile TransceiverTM. ARRadio + SoCKit provides designers with a comprehensive platform for SDR (Software Defined Radio) development, maximizing flexibility, while dramatically reducing time to market. This Quick Start Guide (QSG) is meant to assist the end user in connecting the contents of the ARRadio kit to the Altera SoCKit. The Linux Operating System, running on the SoCKit, provides a graphical user interface that is used to configure the AD9361. In this QSG the transmit channels of the AD9361 are utilized to loop back to the receive channels via the SMA coaxial cables for development purposes. Figure 1: ARRadio Top & Bottom Views ARRadio + SoCKit 1 Quick Start Guide ARRadio Kit Content For purchasing details visit: https://parts.arrow.com/item/detail/terasic-technologies/arradio Altera Cyclone V SoC-Kit Content An SoCKit from Arrow Electronics is required to complete the development system setup. For purchasing details visit: http://parts.arrow.com/item/detail/arrow-development-tools/sockit ARRadio + SoCKit 2 Quick Start Guide SMA Coaxial Cable Not included in either kits but two SMA coaxial cables (shown below) are needed to properly connect the AD9361 TX channels to the RX channels for evaluation and development purposes. Figure 2: Altera Cyclone V SoC-Kit Layout & Components (Top View) ARRadio Linux/Altera Resources The necessary Linux image files and FPGA code should be pre-programmed onto the 8GB MicroSD card included in the kit. It can also be downloaded at http://mail.terasic.com.tw/~bailey/20150226/SoCKit_RFC_linux.zip. ARRadio + SoCKit 3 Quick Start Guide ARRadio + SoCKit Power-Up (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Connect the ARRadio board to SoC board via the HSMC connector. Set SW6 MSEL[0:4] = 00000. SW6 is located on the bottom side of the SoC board. Set CLKSEL[0:1] J15 & J16 headers to positions 2 & 3 on SoC board as shown in figure 3. Set BOOTSEL[0:2] J17, J18, & J19 headers positions on SoC board as shown in figure 3. Set HSMC voltage level by placing header on JP2 for 2.5V, figure 3. Insert MicroSD card that came with the ARRadio kit into the microSD connector. NOTE: MicroSD card should have FPGA image pre-loaded with Linux driver (figure 4). Connect VGA monitor (1280x1024 max resolution for best results) to VGA connector on SoC board. Connect USB mouse to SoC via USB OTG adapter cable. Refer to table 1 for proper OTG adapter. Connect in 12V DC power adapter. (10) Connect SMA coaxial cables from TX1A to RX2A and TX2A to RX1A on ARRadio board. (11) Power on SoC board by pressing red button. a. On the SoC board, the green 12V labled LED and blue D9 HSMC PSNTN labled LEDs will turn on. b. On the ARRadio board, green DS201 labled LED will turn on c. LED[0:4] will turn on momentarily then off when system boot starts. d. LED labled D8 will turn on while system boot is in progress. (12) Complete system boot-up time is approximately 3 minutes. After sytem boot has completed, the ADI IIO Oscilloscope Linux base software will appear on the monitor, figure 5. (13) Use the mouse to navigate the software to configure the Analog Devices AD9361 Agile tranceiver on the ARRadio board. Figure 3: SoCKit Board Configuration Switchs & Jumpers ARRadio + SoCKit 4 Quick Start Guide Figure 4: SoCKit Board Bottom View Figure 5: ARRadio + SoC-Kit Development Platform ARRadio + SoCKit 5 Quick Start Guide OTG Cable An OTG 2.0 USB Female to Micro-AB male cable is included in the ARRadio kit to properly connect to the A, B and C revisions of the SoCKit. In order to connect to the recently released revision D, a Female to Mine-A or 8 male cable is required. Cable #1: OTG 2.0 USB Female to Micro-AB male Cable #2: OTG 2.0 USB Female to Mini-A or B male SoC Kit Revision A B C D OTG Cable Cable #1 Cable #1 Cable #1 Cable #2 Table 1: OTB Cable Matrix Additional Resources SoCKit - Quick Start Guide SoCKit - User Manual SoCKit - Getting Started Guide Arrow SoCKit Resources (RocketBoards) Analog Devices AD9361 Product Page ARRadio + SoCKit 6 Quick Start Guide Revision History Revision Date R0-R4 R5 6/25/15 6/29/15 Vong Philavanh Amberle R6 7/7/15 Vong Philavanh ARRadio + SoCKit Author Notes Internal edits Utilized Arrow template. Release to parts.Arrow.com supporting ARRadio kit. Replaced images with new high res images. Added AD9361 product page link. Update Power-Up sequence text. Added revision history. 7 Quick Start Guide