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Description
Radio Frequency System on Chip (RFSoC) is a next generation programmable hardware platform (FPGA based) bringing together wide bandwidth, high frequency direct sampling, wideband DSP and high-throughput data interconnect. RFSoC hardware is well positioned to power next-generation RA instrumentation, however, a current shortfall is the lack of means to enclose and deploy such hardware. In addition, suitable supporting hardware is required to enable both datacenter deployment as well as ruggedised field deployable instrumentation. SARAO DSP Hardware team has identified this as an opportunity to lead in the design, development, and testing of a suitable solution to enable the rollout of RFSoC based hardware for compact, next generation RA instrumentation. This presentation will highlight the design and development of a suitable enclosure with supporting hardware, and focus on key technical considerations with intention to gather community support and interest inviting feedback to foster new ideas for development consideration.
