Acromag XMC-7K XMC modules

Acromag’s XMC-7K family of XMC mezzanine modules are enhanced with the Xilinx Kintex -7 FPGA for low power consumption and good processing performance. The reconfigurable FPGA is made possible via a direct download into the Flash configuration memory over the PCIe bus or the JTAG port.

An 8-lane, high-speed serial interface on the rear P15 connector for PCI Express Gen 1/2 (standard), serial rapid I/O, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Xilinx Aurora implementations are supported. Rear I/O provides 4- or 8-lane high-speed serial interface on the P16 XMC port. Select I/O or LVDS pairs plus global clock pairs direct to FPGA via the rear P4 or P16 port.

The FPGA serves as a co-processor applying custom logic and algorithms to streams of remote sensor data. Typical applications include hardware simulation, communications, in-circuit diagnostics, military servers, signal intelligence and image processing.

Migration to a standard protocol running on a well-defined medium such as Gigabit Ethernet, serial rapid I/O or Aurora allows IP cores to be developed that can be easily supported for the long term. Build options include the choice of a Xilinx XC7K325T or XC7K410T FPGA device.

Options include plug-in I/O, dual SFP+ ports or conduction-cooled for extended temperature. An engineering design kit provides the user with basic information required to develop a custom program. Software support packages are available for VxWorks 32-bit, Windows 32-bit DLL and Linux.