Hardware Validation Backlog

This page separates documentation work from tasks that require real hardware access.

Priority hardware tasks

Priority	Issue	Task	Evidence to collect
P0	#25	Validate safe cabled loopback	attenuation value, gain settings, signal-level check
P1	#26	Publish and repeat QPSK demo IQ	measured local manifest/plots/metrics exist; add raw-data access and per-burst statistics
P2	#29	Add AD9363 gain table	gain settings, measured clipping/SNR behavior; use templates/ad9363-gain-overload-log.md during the board session
P2	#25/#26	Add final hardware report	report page, figures, limitations

Priority non-hardware follow-up

Priority	Task	Evidence to collect
P1	Promote Block 5 OOC Vivado reports to integrated design reports	placed-and-routed utilization, timing, clocking context
P1	Keep the hardware evidence index synchronized with new bring-up artifacts	evidence map entries, status labels, next proof action
P1	Keep board-session templates ready	report template, dataset manifest template, compact measurement table

Issue-to-evidence closure plan

Issue	Done when
#25	The tone-and-IQ-capture portion is closed by Lab 6.8. The remaining loopback portion is done when a safe cabled run has attenuation value, gain settings, capture metadata, FFT plot and short conclusion.
#26	A small QPSK IQ dataset has a manifest, checksum or external immutable link, replay command, constellation plot and EVM/SNR summary.
#29	The AD9363 gain table records settings, input path, clipping behavior, safe starting values and measurement limitations. The measurement log template is templates/ad9363-gain-overload-log.md.

Definition of done

A hardware task is done when it has:

• exact setup description;
• hardware and software versions;
• RF safety notes;
• data or screenshot evidence;
• reproducible analysis command;
• short engineering conclusion.

Tasks that do not require hardware

• Dataset manifest templates.
• Final project rubric.
• Student CI guide.
• FPGA resource report template.
• Synthetic replay examples.
• Routed Vivado implementation reports for the exact board design.
• Board-session measurement log templates.

Tasks that require hardware

• Safe cabled loopback validation after the OTA tone baseline.
• AD9363 gain table.
• Receiver large-signal checks.
• Final measured QPSK or OFDM demo.