WARPLab Releases

Latest WARPLab Release

WARPLab Version 5.2 is the latest WARPLab release and includes support for the Virtex-4 FPGA Board.

• Notes for v5.2
  • Posted December 2009
  • Can store RSSI data in the 4x4 design
  • Consolidated the Sysgen models. Now there is one Sysgen model, warplab_mimo_4x4.mdl, that implements the full system: 4 radios with I/Q and RSSI buffers. The 2x2 MIMO and 4x4 MIMO Reference Designs? are identical except the 2x2 Design leaves two paths of the model unconnected.
• Notes for v5.1
  • Posted November 2009
  • Builds upon the features of Version 5
  • Support for both Version 1 and 2 of the FPGA Board
  • Single C-code base for both the 2x2 and 4x4 Reference Designs
  • Interoperable across both versions of the FPGA Boards
• Notes for v5.0
  • Posted September 2009
  • Includes Automatic Gain Control (AGC). Previous versions of WARPLab required Manual Gain Control (MGC), the user was required to set receiver gains manually. Now AGC or MGC can be selected by M-code functions.
  • RSSI data read is supported by the 2x2 MIMO bitstream but not by the 4x4 MIMO bitstream
  • Continuous transmission mode is supported by both the 2x2 and 4x4 bitstreams

Resources

• M-code:
  • Reference M-Code Version 5.2
  • M-Code examples that work with version 5.2 of the Reference M code
• Bitstreams:
  • 2x2 MIMO bitstream for FPGA Version 1​ (Virtex-II Pro)
  • 4x4 MIMO bitstream for FPGA Version 1​ (Virtex-II Pro)
  • 2x2 MIMO bitstream for FPGA Version 2​ (Virtex-4)
  • 4x4 MIMO bitstream for FPGA Version 2​ (Virtex-4)
  • ACE Files -- Working with ACE files (_FPGAv1 is for Virtex-II Pro and _FPGAv2 is for Virtex-4)
• Reference Design:
  • The XPS Reference Designs used to generate the 2x2 and 4x4 MIMO bitstreams that work with Version 5.2 of the Reference M-Code are available here?

Notes on previous WARPLab releases can be found here?.