Hello,
I am looking to buy an Altera DSP FPGA Kit (DSP Development Kit,
Stratix III
Edition) for school research but I'm not sure how i am going to build an
RF-Front End for it. I am looking to receive signals up to +30 dBm
from 30
MHz - 2 GHz with bandwidths up to 50 MHz. This the kit I am looking to
purchase: http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-st3-dsp.html
This kit comes with two 150 MSPS 14-bit ADCs and 250 MSPS 14-bit DACs.
My
question is it possible to buy a Commercial off the Shelf Front-End that
provides the necessary inputs?
Is there something special that I have to do in order to receive signal
levels up to +30 dBm so that my ADCs do not saturate?