Acromag's new PMC-VLX and PMC-VSX modules feature a logic or DSP-optimized Xilinx® Virtex™-5 FPGA that is reconfigurable for high-performance I/O processing and custom logic routines. To rapidly move data in and out of the FPGA, Acromag adds large banks of DDR2 DRAM and dual-port SRAM for high-speed DMA transfer to the PCI bus. A wide-bandwidth PCI-X interface ensures fast data throughput. An assortment of plug-in I/O extension modules offer flexibility to interface various analog and digital I/O signal types. By wrapping the FPGA with just the features needed for fast and easy implementation, these PMC modules put ultra-high performance FPGA-controlled computing within reach of many applications. Typical uses include hardware simulation, communications, military servers, in-circuit diagnostics, signal intelligence, and image processing. The boards start at $4750 with a choice of several FPGA processors available.
Features:
- Programmable Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA (up to 155K logic cells, 640 DSP48E slices)
- 64 I/O or 32 LVDS lines with direct connection to FPGA via rear (J4) connector
- Plug-in I/O extension modules available for front mezzanine
- AXM-A30: Dual 16-bit 105MHz A/D conversion
- AXM-D02: 30 RS485 differential I/O channels
- AXM-D03: 16 CMOS and 22 RS485 I/O channels
- AXM-D04: 30 LVDS I/O channels
- FPGA code loads from PCI bus or flash memory
- Two 256Kb x 32-bit dual-ported SRAM buffers
- Two 32Mb x 16-bit DDR2 DRAM banks
- PCI-X bus 133MHz 64-bit interface
- Supports dual DMA channel data transfer to CPU/bus
- Conduction cooled or -40 to 85°C operating range
Software Support:
- Engineering Design Kit simplifies development of programs for the Xilinx FPGA
- Software utilities for VxWorks®, and QNX®, Windows®, and Linux
