Mixed-Signal Systems

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Explore mixed-signal systems examples, videos, and tutorials

Phase 1: Introduction to Mixed-Signal Modeling
What Is Mixed-Signal Blockset?
Design and simulate analog and mixed-signal systems such as ADCs and PLLs with Mixed-Signal Blockset.

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What Is SerDes Toolbox?
Design SerDes systems and generate IBIS-AMI models for high-speed interconnects such as DDR, PCI Express, and Ethernet using SerDes Toolbox.

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What Is Simscape Electrical?
Model and simulate electronic, mechatronic, and electrical power systems using Simscape Electrical.

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What Is HDL Coder?
HDL Coder enables high-level design for FPGAs, SoCs, and ASICs by generating Verilog and VHDL code. You can use the generated HDL code for FPGA programming, ASIC prototyping, and production design.

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PLL Design and Verification Using Data Sheet Specifications Including Phase Noise
Use Mixed-Signal Blockset to model a commercial off-the-shelf integer-N PLL with dual modulus prescaler operating around 4GHz. Verify the PLL performance, including phase noise, lock time, and operating frequency.

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A Mixed-Signal Model-Based Design Flow for Automotive Sensors
Allegro Microsystems explains how they are leveraging MATLAB and Simulink for rapid prototyping, streamlined UVM-based verification, and automatic RTL code generation for mixed signal sensor ICs.

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Mixed-Signal Blockset Models
Mixed-Signal Blockset Models
The Mixed-Signal Blockset Models provide additional models and examples of typical systems such as PLL, ADC, SerDes, and SMPS highlighting analog/digital integration.

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Design and Evaluate Simple PLL Model
Design and Evaluate Simple PLL Model
This example shows how to design a simple PLL using a reference architecture, and validate the PLL using PLL Testbench.

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Effect of Metastability Impairment in Flash ADC
Effect of Metastability Impairment in Flash ADC
This example shows how to customize a flash ADC by adding the metastability probability as an impairment and how to measure the said impairment.

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Phase 2: Analog Modeling with Simscape
Applications and Tasks in Simscape Electrical
Design mechatronic systems using Simscape Electrical. An electromechanical actuator and a hybrid electric vehicle show the value of simulation in a design process.

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Simulating in Real Time: Electrical Actuator
Convert a mechatronic actuator model to C code and simulate in a hardware-in-the-loop configuration. Simscape parameters are tuned on the real-time target.

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Switched Capacitor Analog to Digital Converter
Switched Capacitor Analog to Digital Converter
This example shows how a sigma-delta ADC (analog to digital converter) uses sigma-delta modulation to convert an analog input signal into a digital output signal.

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Modeling Physical Systems with Simscape
Modeling Physical Systems with Simscape
This one-day course focuses on modeling systems in several physical domains and combine them into a multidomain system in the Simulink environment using Simscape.

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Phase 3: Digital Design with HDL Code Generation
FPGA Design with MATLAB (5 videos)
Watch this five-part video guide to learn about FPGA design with MATLAB. Discover the key factors to consider when targeting a signal-processing algorithm to FPGA or ASIC hardware.

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Generate Floating-Point HDL for FPGA and ASIC Hardware
Generate target-independent synthesizable VHDL or Verilog code directly from single-, double-, or half-precision floating-point models.

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Fixed-Point Made Easy for FPGA Programming
Learn the basic concepts behind fixed-point math, and how to apply this knowledge to implement your design efficiently on FPGA hardware.

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Generating HDL Code from Simulink
Generating HDL Code from Simulink
This two-day course shows how to generate and verify HDL code from a Simulink model using HDL Coder and HDL Verifier.

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DSP for FPGAs
DSP for FPGA
This three-day course will review DSP fundamentals from the perspective of implementation within the FPGA fabric.

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Phase 4: Overview of Mixed-Signal Verification
What Is HDL Verifier?
Test and verify designs for FPGAs, ASICs, and SoCs with HDL Verifier. Verify RTL with testbenches in MATLAB or Simulink using cosimulation with HDL simulators. Use these testbenches with development boards to verify HDL implementations in hardware.

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Generate SystemVerilog DPI for Analog Mixed-Signal Verification
Export analog/mixed-signal Simulink models into your SystemVerilog simulator.

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Import HDL for Cosimulation with Simulink
Use HDL Verifier to import handwritten or legacy VHDL or Verilog for cosimulation with Simulink.

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Cosimulating SPICE Models with Cadence Spectre
Guidelines for getting started in adopting HDL Coder for your design including examples to illustrate selected concepts.

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PLL Design with MATLAB and Simulink
PLL simulations are often slow, lengthening project development time. To speed up PLL design, engineers are using bat365 tools. These tools model feedback efficiently, allow analog and digital components to be simulated together, and have abstract

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Building HDL Test Bench for QAM Transceiver Model
Building HDL Test Bench for QAM Transceiver Model
This example shows how to build a behavioral test bench using SystemVerilog DPI-C component generation.

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