Software

This section contains implementation code, FPGA bitfiles, and documentation for CASPER projects.

Latest Libraries and Toolflow setup

The CASPER library of DSP blocks and the BEE XPS library of hardware support blocks differs depending on which version of Xilinx System Generator you are using. In addition, there is a legacy library of "pink" DSP blocks, called the Astro Library which is only available for XSG7.1. CASPER Library contains all the functionality of Astro Library and more. It replaces Astro Library and should be the only choice for new designs.

Further information can be found on our wiki here.

All libraries are available from our SVN repository at http://casper.berkeley.edu/svn/trunk using anonymous checkouts. Alternatively, you can download tarballed nightly builds of casper_library, bee_library, and xps_library and the documentation below.

Available library tarballs:
• XSG7.1 (DEPLOYMENT USE)
• XSG8.2 (DEVELOPMENT ONLY)
• XSG9.2 (DEVELOPMENT ONLY)
• XSG10.1 (DEVELOPMENT ONLY)
• astro_library for XSG7.1 (DEPRECATED)

FPGA bitstreams and project information

• JPL SETI Spectrometer
  • All files in tar.gz format (479 KB)
• 32-point polyphase filter bank implementation in .zip format (82 KB)

Misc. C source useful for interacting with CASPER instruments

• Some functions for setting values in split 32-bit registers (2 KB)

Python code for CASPER Correlators and beyond

• Aaron's Page of (mostly Python) Scripts/Modules

MIRIAD-Ruby

MIRIAD-Ruby is *very* easy to install and use. It allows for reading and writing MIRIAD UV datasets with Ruby. It is fully self-contained -- you DO NOT NEED TO HAVE MIRIAD INSTALLED on your computer (or BEE) to use MIRIAD-Ruby!

• MIRIAD-Ruby at RubyForge