CORDIC Reference Design
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Overview
The coordinate rotation digital computer (CORDIC) reference design implements the CORDIC algorithm, which converts Cartesian to polar coordinates and vice versa. CORDIC is an iterative process, using a series of shifts and adds. Hence it is a hardware-efficient solution compared to using multiplication, division, and square roots.
The reference design comprises a MATLAB bit-accurate model of the CORDIC algorithm implemented in hardware and a graphical user interface (GUI) test environment. The test environment allows you to configure the CORDIC reference design and test conditions and compare the results with the theoretical results.
Separately, Altera® provides the encrypted Verilog hardware description language (HDL) source code, precompiled simulation files for the ModelSim simulator, and a testbench for the hardware implementation of CORDIC.
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Figure 1. Block Diagram

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- IP = input
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