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The CORDIC Algorithm

The CORDIC mathematical algorithm used in the Apache-10W Transceiver;
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From Hermes VHDL designer Phil Harman VK6PH:
The CORDIC takes the input samples and multiplies them by the sine and cosine of the phase value we
feed to it [i.e. the frequency we want to tune to]. The CORDIC is a successive approximation approach to
generating the sine and cosine of an angle - since it only uses add and shift logic it was used in the early hand-
held calculators. If we use enough bits in the CORDIC then the sine and cosine values it generates are so
accurate that we get perfect I & Q signals out in terms of how well the amplitudes are matched and how close
to 90 degrees apart they are.
As I said it is a successive approximation approach so it takes about 20 iterations to get the accuracy we
need. In which case there is a delay of 20/122.88MHz from the time the RF appears at its input to the time the I
and Q signals appear.
Because of this delay we use a technique called pipelining - we feed samples into a pipe that is 20
samples long and at the end of the pipe take the result out.
We decimate and filter at the same time. The
subtracts] so it is very efficient to implement in the FPGA. But it's frequency response is not ideal so we follow it
with a CFIR that compensates for the droop in the CIC passband and cleans up the overall shape.
The Hermes FPGA Verilog code can be found on the SVN http://openhpsdr.org/download.php
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CIC is a very simple way to produce a filter [just adds and
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