A Fully-configurable SoC-Based IR-UWB Platform for Data Acquisition and Algorithm Testing

Abstract

Research and development of algorithms for processing Impulse Radio Ultra-Wideband signals is a trending issue within remote sensing applications, personal area networks, and RF imaging among other areas. We have designed a SoC-based platform, conceived for scientific experimentation, with a fully modular and configurable design. Built with off-the-shelf components, our design achieves a configurable UWB-capable sampling rate through an equivalent-time sampling scheme. In this letter, we introduce the system architecture, its main interfaces, and the rationale behind each module implementation.