Welcome to WNI Reflect Array Radar’s documentation!¶
Welcome! Hopefully this documentation will guide you to using the radar and understanding how all the software fits together.
High-level view¶
From a software perspective, the core of the system is the MicroZed. It contains a commercial Zynq 7020, which is an integrated FPGA/ dual-core ARM processor. It runs Linux. The software running on Linux is responsible for setting the registers in the custom FPGA code, configuring the AD9361 transceiver, and moving the Rx data from the AD9361 to the outside world. Additionally, the Microzed controls the motor via the R356 motor controller and the actuator via the linear actuator control board. The MicroZed pushes I/Q data to a dedicated processing computer, calculates moment data which can consumed by another application.
For more information about how all the software bits fit together, check out the Software Architecture Overview page. For usage instructions, see the Reflect Array User Guide. If you’re actually working on development of the system itself, see the Low Level Development.
For configuring a scan using the high level interface, see Scan Configuration.