PMC-SX 34

PMC-SX35
User-configurable Virtex-4 FPGA Module with plug-in I/O

Acromag’s PMC-SX boards use a high-performance Xilinx® Virtex-4™ FPGA, but maintain a relatively low price point. They are optimized for high-performance digital signal processing to help you build custom pre/post/co-processing hardware or high-performance filters. You can create more than 40 different functions (MACs, multipliers, adders, and muxes).

Although there is no limit to the uses for Acromag’s FPGA boards, typical applications include sonar and radar processing.

I/O processing is handled on a separate mezzanine card that plugs into the FPGA base board. A variety of these external I/O cards offer an interface for your analog and digital I/O signals. See the AXM I/O Card data sheet for more details. Additionally, 64 I/O lines are supported via the rear (J4) connector.

Plenty of DRAM memory is available for receipt and transfer of high-speed data from the I/O data ports on the front and rear of the board. Dual Ported SRAM memory is supplied for storage of data to be passed, via DMA transfer, to the PCI bus. One of the dual ports is attached to the FPGA and the other to the local bus.The PCI bus interface is handled by a PLX® PCI 9656 device which provides 64-bit 66 MHz bus mastering with dual-channel DMA support.

Take advantage of the optional conduction cooling for use in hostile environments. Conduction cooling provides efficient heat dissipation in environments where there is inadequate cooling air flow.

Acromag provides software utilities and examples to simplify your programming and get you started quickly. A JTAG interface enables on-board VHDL simulation.

Features

Customizable FPGA (Xilinx Virtex-4 XC4VSX35) withup to 34K logic cells and 192 XtremeDSPâ„¢ slices
Supports both front and rear I/O
Plug-in I/O modules are available for front mezzanine
64 I/O lines supported with direct connection to FPGA via rear (J4) connector
FPGA code loads from PCI bus or flash memory
256K x 36-bit dual-ported SRAM
32Mb x 32-bit DDR DRAM
Supports dual DMA channel data transfer to CPU
Supports both 5V and 3.3V signalling
Conduction cooled or 0 to 70°C operating range