Vendor: Altera Category: Control Logic

NCO Intel® FPGA IP Core

A numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) is a digital signal generator, which synthesizes a discrete-time, discrete-valued repre…

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Overview

A numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) is a digital signal generator, which synthesizes a discrete-time, discrete-valued representation of a sinusoidal waveform. You can typically use NCOs in communication systems. In such systems, they are used as quadrature carrier generators in I-Q mixers, in which baseband data is modulated onto the orthogonal carriers in one of a variety of ways.

Key features

  • 32-bit precision for angle and magnitude
  • Source interface compatible with the Avalon® interface specification
  • Multiple NCO architectures:
    • Multiplier-based implementation using digital signal processing (DSP) blocks or logic elements (LEs), single cycle and multi-cycle
    • Parallel or serial CORDIC-based implementation
    • ROM-based implementation using embedded array blocks (EABs), embedded system blocks (ESBs), or external ROM
  • Single or dual outputs (sine/cosine)
  • Variable width frequency modulation input
  • Variable width phase modulation input
  • User-defined frequency resolution, angular precision, and magnitude precision
  • Frequency hopping
  • Multichannel capability
  • Simulation files and architecture-specific testbenches for VHDL and Verilog HDL
  • Dual-output oscillator and quaternary frequency shift keying (QFSK) modulator example designs

Block Diagram

NCO Intel® FPGA IP Core block diagram

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
NCO Intel® FPGA IP Core
Vendor
Altera
Type
Silicon IP

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Provider

Altera
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Improving ASIC Design Verification using FPGAs and Structured ASICs

Prototyping an ASIC or SoC design using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) can relieve the time bottleneck and remove the high caliber compute resources required to verify the functionality of medium-to-large sized designs. A single FPGA prototype, for example, can serve to verify hardware, firmware, and application software design functionality before first silicon is received in-house.

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