STDA043 November   2026 AFE8030

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
  5. 2Nomenclature
  6. 3Radio Design Challenges for Satellite D2D/IoT Service Link
    1. 3.1 Spectrum and RF Flexibility
    2. 3.2 Large Phased-Array Antennas
    3. 3.3 SWaP and Space Reliability
  7. 4TI AFE8030
  8. 5Designing D2D/IoT Communication Payload Radio With TI AFE8030
    1. 5.1 Multi-Band Support With AFE8030 Dual-DUC and Dual-DDC Chains
    2. 5.2 Fast Frequency Hopping and Frequency Agility With RF Sampling
    3. 5.3 Flexible SerDes and JESD Configuration
      1. 5.3.1 An Example of JESD Configuration for D2D Uplink
    4. 5.4 Antenna Calibration
    5. 5.5 Multi-Device Synchronization
    6. 5.6 Software Ecosystem
    7. 5.7 Radiation Tolerance
  9. 6Beyond D2D/IoT: Broader Satellite Communication Applications
  10. 7Conclusion
  11. 8References

Software Ecosystem

To accelerate integration and reduce development overhead, TI provides a comprehensive software ecosystem for the AFE8030. A C-SDK (CAPIs) enables straightforward device initialization and post-bringup control of the AFE8030's digital features, including NCO configuration, NCO phase tuning, gain settings, Alarms handling, and calibration routines, allowing software engineers to quickly bring up and fine-tune the device without navigating low-level register maps directly. For system-level integration, TI offers integrated Linux drivers compatible with standard embedded Linux® environments, including PetaLinux, enabling seamless deployment across a range of SoC-based platforms. Additionally, TI also provides JESD204B/C IP cores as part of the ecosystem at no additional licensing cost, eliminating a common barrier in high-speed data converter deployments and reducing time to market for customers.