Ashutosh Mishra

Projects

Numerically Controlled Oscillator for ISRO's SEAMS Project

A numerically controlled oscillator for spectrum analyser calibration on the SEAMS payload.

Dates
February 2022 to May 2022
Context
ISRO SEAMS payload
Stack
Verilog, Vivado, Nexys DDR FPGA board
An FPGA-based oscillator providing the reference signal for a spectrum analyser.
An FPGA-based oscillator providing the reference signal for a spectrum analyser. Illustration.

A numerically controlled oscillator implemented on an FPGA, used for spectrum analyser calibration on ISRO's SEAMS payload. Calibration hardware is unglamorous and entirely load-bearing: the analyser's measurements are only as trustworthy as the reference it is calibrated against.