ahesse93 / pyrpl-modification

Modifies the FPGA for a RedPitaya of PyRPL, so that the built in lock in amplifier can output a sinusoidally frequency modulated oscillation

pyrpl-freqmod

Modifies the RedPitaya FPGA of PyRPL, so that the built in lock in amplifier can output a sinusoidal frequency modulation

The output of IQ module 0 is added (after rescaling) to the phase step size of ASG module 0. If ASG 0 outputs a sine wave this will sinusoidally modulate its frequency with the frequency of the IQ module (useful eg for frequency modulating a microwave) The modulation depth can be set by changing the output amplitude of IQ module 0 - currently it should be set to about 2 MHz at full amplitude.

The same applies to IQ1 and ASG1, respectively.

IQ2 amplitude modulates both ASG 0 and ASG 1 - for this the modulation of IQ2 is multiplied with the output of the ASG, and the ASG output is added back to the product (after being divided by two), making all three bands the same height.

Also, IQ2 now outputs the sum (IQ2) and the difference (IQ2_2) of the output of IQ 0 and IQ 1.

The Verilog source code for the modified modules as well as the bitstream file are provided - all other files are identical to the ones provided on the PyRPL github repository (version 0.9.4.0)

To just use this modification replace red_pitaya.bin in your pyrpl folder with the file provided here - after this ASG 0 and IQ module 0 will automatically be wired together when you connect to a RedPitaya.
If you do not know the location of your pyrpl installation run pip show pyrpl

pyrpl-modification's Issues

Fixing the connection between IQ and ASG

When the oscillation outputted by the IQ module outputs negative values (= every half cycle) the output of ASG 0 looks really crappy, and absolutely not what it is supposed to look like
Seems to be an error in the signed addition / the conversion of the output of the IQ module