XMC Card Teams Virtex-5 FPGA With Configurable I/O

The XMC-FPGA05D XMC card combines a user-programmable Virtex-5 FPGA and configurable I/O on a single card and is available in both air- and conduction-cooled versions. The FPGA controls the I/O interface to deliver up to 138 signals such as ADC, DAC, Camera Link, RS485, and LVDS from its front panel and up to 64 signals from the backplane via the host card. The XMC-FPGA05D routes two x8 Virtex-5 FPGA RocketIO HSS ports to the XMC P15 and P16 connectors, enabling the card to support a variety of protocols and connectivity types. The card supports a x8/x4 PCI Express channel through its primary XMC P15 connector using the Virtex-5’s PCIe end-point block. Alternatively, the XMC P15 and P16 connectors provide user-defined protocol support over the data links. Software support includes drivers for VxWorks, Linux, and Windows operating environments. Pricing for the XMC-FPGA05D starts at $7,250. For more details, call Jerri-Lynne Charbonneau, CURTISS-WRIGHT CONTROLS EMBEDDED COMPUTING, Leesburg, VA. (613) 254-5112.