NXP LA9310: A new platform for SDR and the 10-year-old AD9361 RF Transceiver
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Re: NXP LA9310: A new platform for SDR and the 10-year-old AD9361 RF Transceiver
#2I designed this system (not the chip, clearly), so feel free to ask any questions!
Re: NXP LA9310: A new platform for SDR and the 10-year-old AD9361 RF Transceiver
#3I designed this system (not the chip, clearly), so feel free to ask any questions!
Seeing the spec I thought there is a Zynq but iMX6 looks even better. Can I get this board as an individual hobbyist instead of a company?
Re: NXP LA9310: A new platform for SDR and the 10-year-old AD9361 RF Transceiver
#4I designed this system (not the chip, clearly), so feel free to ask any questions!
are the chips available anywhere? https://www.nxp.com/part/LA9310X7S11AA#/ "Lead Time: 52" doesnt sound encouraging.
Re: NXP LA9310: A new platform for SDR and the 10-year-old AD9361 RF Transceiver
#5I designed this system (not the chip, clearly), so feel free to ask any questions!
are the chips available anywhere? https://www.nxp.com/part/LA9310X7S11AA#/ "Lead Time: 52" doesnt sound encouraging.
You need to work directly with NXP. Our first big batch will be here in September. We could have had them earlier but there are plenty of different moving parts, things to do and software to write, so September is a good compromise.
But yes, the long lead time is the reason for the waitlist!
Re: NXP LA9310: A new platform for SDR and the 10-year-old AD9361 RF Transceiver
#6I designed this system (not the chip, clearly), so feel free to ask any questions!
Seeing the spec I thought there is a Zynq but iMX6 looks even better. Can I get this board as an individual hobbyist instead of a company?
*i.MX 8M Plus, please :-) The 8M Plus is not that different from the RPi4!
Yes, of course, this will be sold to anybody and be very, very competitive, like in the order of ~$550 including the Granita board ($100 less for GranitaLite).
Re: NXP LA9310: A new platform for SDR and the 10-year-old AD9361 RF Transceiver
#7I designed this system (not the chip, clearly), so feel free to ask any questions!
The board layout triggers my OCD :)
Why the weird angle of those main ICs?
Usually it's 45 degrees or parallel to the board.
Re: NXP LA9310: A new platform for SDR and the 10-year-old AD9361 RF Transceiver
#8Why not use the ADRV9000 series? Or a newer afe like this guy: https://www.ti.com/product/AFE7903
Re: NXP LA9310: A new platform for SDR and the 10-year-old AD9361 RF Transceiver
#9I designed this system (not the chip, clearly), so feel free to ask any questions!
If you can provide a board to Alan, the lead dev of SatDump (https://github.com/SatDump/SatDump) to ensure compatability I'll 100% buy this board.
Re: NXP LA9310: A new platform for SDR and the 10-year-old AD9361 RF Transceiver
#10I designed this system (not the chip, clearly), so feel free to ask any questions!
The board layout triggers my OCD :) Why the weird angle of those main ICs? Usually it's 45 degrees or parallel to the board.
I routed the i.MX block like a normal human being, then rotated everything 23 degrees to (1) avoid the fiber weave effect and (2) not collide with any of the mounting holes, as that placement needs to be symmetrical under the slots for the two daughterboards.
I get that it's triggering people, I get PTSD thinking about needing to touch that routing as well. Altium doesn't support arbitrary-angle differential pairs, so this was a huge mess. Next time I should just ask the PCB manufacturer to rotate the fiberglass sheets by a few degrees instead.