Acromag’s PMC-VLX boards feature a reconfigurable Xilinx® Virtex™-5 FPGA enhanced with multiple high-speed memory buffers and a high-throughput PCI-X interface. Field I/O interfaces to the FPGA via the rear J4/P4 connector and/or with optional front mezzanine plug-in I/O modules. The result is a powerful and flexible I/O processor module that is capable of executing your custom instruction sets and algorithms.
Three models provide a choice of logic-optimized FPGAs to match your performance requirements. Although there is no limit to the uses for these boards, several applications are ideal. Typical uses include hardware simulation, communications, military servers, in-circuit diagnostics, signal intelligence, and image processing.
64 I/O lines are provided via the rear (J4) connector. Additional I/O processing is supported 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 Datasheets or Accessories for more details.
Large, high-speed memory banks provide efficient data handling. Generous DDR2 SDRAM buffers store captured data prior to FPGA processing. Afterward, data is moved to dual-port SRAM for high-speed DMA transfer to the bus or CPU. Our high-bandwidth PCI-X interface ensures fast data throughput.
Take advantage of conduction cooling for use in hostile environments. Conduction efficiently dissipates heat in environments with inadequate cooling air flow. Optional extended temperature models operate from -40...+85°C.
Acromag’s Engineering Design Kit provides software utilities and example VHDL code to simplify your program development and get you running quickly. A JTAG interface enables on-board VHDL simulation.
Features
- Reconfigurable Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA
- PCI-X bus 100 MHz 64-bit interface
- Supports both front and rear I/O connections
- 64 I/O or 32 LVDS lines direct to FPGA via rear (J4)
- Plug-in I/O modules are available for front mezzanine
- FPGA code loads from PCI bus or flash memory
- Two banks of 256 Kb x 32-bit dual-ported SRAM
- Two banks of 32 Mb x 16-bit DDR2 SDRAM
- Other memory options available (contact systerra)
- Supports dual DMA channel data transfer to CPU/bus
- Supports 3.3 V signalling
- Support for Xilinx ChipScope™ Pro interface
- Conduction-cooled or -40...+85°C operating range
Ordering Options
| Manuf. Part No | | Part Description |
| PMC-VLX85 | | PMC FPGA Module: User-configurable Virtex-5 FPGA with 82,944 logic cells |
| PMC-VLX85E | | PMC FPGA Module: User-configurable Virtex-5 FPGA with 82,944 logic cells plus conduction-cooled and extended temperature range |
| PMC-VLX110 | | PMC FPGA Module: User-configurable Virtex-5 FPGA with 110,592 logic cells |
| PMC-VLX110E | | PMC FPGA Module: User-configurable Virtex-5 FPGA with 110,592 logic cells plus conduction-cooled and extended temperature range |
| PMC-VLX155 | | PMC FPGA Module: User-configurable Virtex-5 FPGA with 155,648 logic cells |
| PMC-VLX155E | | PMC FPGA Module: User-configurable Virtex-5 FPGA with 155,648 logic cells plus conduction-cooled and extended temperature range |
| PMC-VLX155-1M | | PMC FPGA Module: User-configurable Virtex-5 FPGA with 155,648 logic cells plus 1MB x 64 dual port SRAM |
| PMC-VLX-EDK | | Engineering Design Kit (one kit required) |
Accessories
| Manuf. Part No | | Part Description |
| AXM-A30 | | AXM plug-in I/O module: 2 16-bit 105 MHz A/D channels |
| AXM-D02 | | AXM plug-in I/O module: 30 RS485 differential I/O channels |
| AXM-D03 | | AXM plug-in I/O module: 16 CMOS and 22 RS485 differential I/O channels |
| AXM-D04 | | AXM plug-in I/O module: 30 LVDS I/O channels |
| AXM-?? | | Custom I/O configurations available, call factory. |
Software
| Manuf. Part No | | Part Description |
| PCISW-API-WIN32 | | 32-bit Windows DLL Driver and Demonstration software for PMC modules, PCI boards, and CompactPCI boards. |
| PCISW-API-WIN64 | | 64-bit Windows DLL Driver and Demonstration software for PMC modules, PCI boards, and CompactPCI boards. |
| PCISW-API-LNX | | LINUX function libraries software - DOWNLOAD ONLY |
| PMCSW-API-VXW | | VxWorks function libraries software |
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