DSP / FPGA / SDR Engineer
Communication systems • Fixed-point DSP • Zynq/AD936x • C++ • Verilog • MATLAB/Simulink
Candidate of Technical Sciences — a research degree broadly comparable to a PhD
LinkedIn · Engineering portfolio · Case studies · laymob@gmail.com
I help R&D teams turn DSP and communication algorithms into verified C++/RTL/FPGA implementations. My work is evidence-driven: reference models, deterministic test vectors, fixed-point design, FPGA/SDR integration, measurements, and reproducible engineering reports.
- Zynq/AD936x QPSK: 5.6 million fabric-loopback bits with zero errors; reported BER upper bound below
5.34e-7. - Two-board RF link: differential QPSK over a 915 MHz cabled link with whole-burst rotation failures eliminated and payload BER around
4e-4. - LoRa/SX1262 → ZynqSDR (M9): 732/732 captured packets passed payload CRC across the 500-attempt and overnight hardware campaigns, with zero detection misses.
- FPGA timing: a continuous PL sample-time counter was verified across 47 captures spanning 803.7 s.
- Traceable implementation flow: MATLAB/Simulink reference models → fixed-point design → generated/manual RTL → Zynq/AD936x → RF/IQ measurements.
- DSP / FPGA R&D — algorithm design, fixed-point implementation, C++/RTL development, verification, and measurable acceptance criteria.
- MATLAB / Simulink → hardware — reference models, numerical design, test vectors, HDL-oriented architecture, generated RTL, and Zynq integration.
- Technical review and debugging — focused work on DSP, SDR, synchronization, RF/IQ measurement, FPGA implementation, and reproducibility problems.
For focused R&D, consulting, or technical review work, contact me via email or LinkedIn.
An end-to-end SDR engineering course and evidence base built around Zynq-7020 + AD936x. It connects signal theory, DSP models, fixed-point design, Verilog/FPGA, RF integration, IQ capture, and measurement reporting.
The in-fabric QPSK modem is validated on two independent boards over a controlled RF path, with reproducible RTL tests, machine-readable results, timing/resource reports, and measurement documentation.
A LoRa PHY and ToA/TDoA positioning research platform with a traceable MATLAB → Simulink → generated Verilog → ZynqSDR path.
The current implementation includes continuous-IQ acquisition, LoRa decoding, BER/PER evaluation, fractional ToA, fixed-point streaming processing, generated HDL, hardware packet reception, and PL timestamp metadata. M9 adds fractional-CFO derotation before the bin decision plus split-preamble recovery; on hardware, the 500-attempt series produced 492/492 CRC-valid captures with zero misses, and the combined series500 + overnight evidence reached 732/732 CRC-valid packets with zero misses.
The next research milestones are controlled delay calibration, inter-receiver synchronization and synchronized multi-receiver TDoA; the repository does not yet claim calibrated hardware positioning.
| Repository | What it demonstrates |
|---|---|
| zynq-sdr-course | DSP model → fixed-point RTL → Zynq/AD936x → RF measurement |
| zynq-lora-phy-positioning | LoRa PHY, real IQ, generated HDL, precise timing, ToA/TDoA research |
| cpp-dsp-showcase | Modern C++ DSP kernels, deterministic tests, benchmarks, and CMake packaging |
| network-quality-assessment | Latency/jitter methodology, timestamp credibility, and reproducible reports |
| script-toolbox | Repeatable Windows, SSH, Git, and workstation automation |
| Principle | Evidence |
|---|---|
| Model before implementation | MATLAB/Simulink and software reference models |
| Share deterministic evidence | Common test vectors across software, RTL, and hardware |
| Measure the real system | BER/PER/EVM/SNR, IQ captures, timestamps, timing/resource reports |
| Preserve provenance | Versioned configurations, manifests, raw counts, and known limitations |
| Make results reviewable | CI, bilingual documentation, experiment guides, and concise case studies |
