World's 1st FPGA/CPLD Portal

The APS-V240 card is a PC104 module with a large FPGA, optional 256K by 18 ZBT SRAM, three oscillator sockets, on board XC1800 series JTAG chained eproms, XC95144 CPLD, on board programmable Direct Digital Synthsized (DDS) clock. Phase Lock Loop Clock Multiplier chip .The board can use any of XILINX's Virtex series FPGAs in the 240 pin QFP format. The board gets its power from the ISA BUS or can use an off board transformer or power supply. The board is ideal for PC104 applications as well as being an ideal platform for development and FPGA code design. The board's small size makes it great for embedded designs where a powerful programmable logic device is required. User's can leverage off of the large number of PC104 controller and peripheral board options available for the PC104 family. An ISA board carrier can be purchased to allow the 104 card to be placed in a standard PC chassis slot if desired.

PC104 FORMAT: The APS-V240 FPGA board is in the PC-104 form factor. This form factor is the PC ISA platform extended into an embedded format. Because we used this standard, the board can easily mate with tons of existing controller boards and peripheral boards. Since the PC104 platform is just a reformatted ISA BUS, standard tools such as Microsoft C/C++ can be used to develop control applications. APS also sells an optional PC ISA ADAPTER BOARD which allows the module to be used directly on a standard PC. Modules can be stacked in both PC104 and stand-alone formats, and combined to facilitate greater FPGA horsepower. A serial core and RS232 tranceiver are provided which allow easy connection to common PCs or workstations, as well as an optional wall transformer. The free serial core allows the board to be controlled from serial commands sent from a remote host.