The Use of the LEON2 Microprocessor as a Control Instance for Real-Time SAR Image Processing

Conference: EUSAR 2014 - 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/03/2014 - 06/05/2014 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: EUSAR 2014

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

Personal VDE Members are entitled to a 10% discount on this title

Authors:
Wielage, M.; Blume, H. (Institute of Microelectronic Systems, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Appelstr. 4, 30167 Hannover, Germany)

Abstract:
The paper presents a concept for a flow control based on the use of the LEON2 microprocessor to compute SAR images in real time on an FPGA. The LEON2 is embedded in an existing hardware framework that was previously controlled by MATLAB, but this control flow is too slow for the real-time capabilities needed. The control is described in the context of the overall system, which consists of an RF frontend and an AD converter.