Design of Multichannel Data Acquisition System Based on FPGA and MCU

Abstract

A multi-channel (9*X) data acquisition system based on FPGA and MCU is developed, which can be used for signal field strength detection of base station equipment such as RFID. The system consists of data acquisition array, central controller, embedded firmware, and upper computer. Using the modular design method, the data acquisition array can be designed by changing the number of channels. The single-channel data acquisition module has a sampling resolution of 16 bits, a sampling rate of 200 kSPS/ch and dynamic range 70dB. The master-slave architecture is used to realize multi-channel synchronous acquisition of data. When the central controller communicates with the upper computer, it controls the operation of the single-channel data acquisition module and obtains the sampling data in a parallel manner. The embedded firmware is written in Verilog and C language to realize data acquisition, buffering, and sending and receiving of uplink and downlink signaling. The upper computer has the functions of system control and communication, establishes a data link with the central controller through the Ethernet cable, and obtains multi-channel sampling data through signaling. The system verifies the performance of the multi-channel data acquisition system through Analog-to-digital converter, single-channel data acquisition module and system performance test.