Data Acquisition & Software Radio - 3U VPX Boards (Virtex-6 FPGA)
Pentek's Virtex-6 FPGA based family of 3U VPX boards (for data acquisition, software radio and digital signal processing), offer flexible backplane fabric connections supporting maximum data rates of up to 4 GB/sec with Generation 2 PCI Express and 2.5 GB/sec with other protocols. The 3U VPX form factor is compact and extremely well suited for avionics, including UAVs, shipboard and airborne radar and signal intelligence applications.
Unique 3U VPX Board Family Features
Each of the 3U VPX modules feature a Generation 2 (PCI Express 2.0) PCI Express interface. The PCI Express interface includes a bridge that provides PCIe lane-width negotiation for x1, x4, x8 or x16 data transfers over the VPX backplane. All modules feature a fabric-transparent crossbar switch that delivers many benefits. First, it allows flexible assignment of the PCIe interface lanes to backplane connector pins so system integrators can easily match a diverse range of backplane topologies. Second, the switch supports other gigabit serial protocols for moving data, such as Xilinx Aurora and Serial Rapid I/O. The switch simply passes the gigabit serial traffic from one port to another, totally independent of any particular protocol. Multiple data streams can be sent through the switch simultaneously. Lastly, the switch allows each module to act as a VPX switch, to manage serial fabric connections to and from other modules across the backplane.
All of the products offer a distinctive feature set with a wide range of capabilities: high-speed A/D converters from 105 to 1GHz with 12- to 16-bit resolution; Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA products; D/A converters to 1GHz with 16-bit resolution; wideband and narrowband digital downconverters and upconverters with channel counts from 2 to 256; and multi-frequency clock synthesizers from 20 to 500 MHz.
Rugged VPX Solutions
These VPX products comply with the VPX REDI specification and can be supplied in both air-cooled and conduction-cooled versions.
| Product Name | Description | Form Factor | Other Features |
| Model 53620 |
3ch ADC, 16 bit, 200MHz 2ch DAC, 16 bit, 800MHz |
3U VPX |
Virtex 6 (LXT/SXT), Modular memory (DDR3 SDRAM/QDRII+ SRAM, PCIe (Gen 2.0) upto x8, LVDS connections to V6 FPGA for custom I/O, multiboard sync, digital upconverter |
| Model 53621 |
3ch ADC, 16 bit, 200MHz (with 3 x Multiband DDC) 2ch DAC, 16 bit, 800MHz
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3U VPX |
Virtex 6 (LXT/SXT), Modular memory (DDR3 SDRAM/QDRII+ SRAM, PCIe (Gen 2.0) upto x8, LVDS connections to V6 FPGA for custom I/O, multiboard sync, digital upconverter |
| Model 53630 |
1ch ADC, 12 bit, 1GHz 1ch DAC, 16 bit, 1GHz |
3U VPX |
Virtex 6 (LXT/SXT), Modular memory (DDR3 SDRAM/QDRII+ SRAM, PCIe (Gen 2.0) upto x8, LVDS connections to V6 FPGA for custom I/O, multiboard sync |
| Model 53640 |
1ch ADC, 12 bit, 3.6GHz OR 2ch DAC, 16 bit, 1.8GHz |
3U VPX |
Virtex 6 (LXT/SXT), Modular memory (DDR3 SDRAM/QDRII+ SRAM, PCIe (Gen 2.0) upto x8, LVDS connections to V6 FPGA for custom I/O, multiboard sync |
| Model 53650 |
2ch ADC, 12 bit, 500MHz 2ch DAC, 16 bit, 800MHz |
3U VPX |
Virtex 6 (LXT/SXT), Modular memory (DDR3 SDRAM/QDRII+ SRAM, PCIe (Gen 2.0) upto x8, LVDS connections to V6 FPGA for custom I/O, multiboard sync, digital upconverter |
| Model 53660 |
4ch ADC, 16 bit, 200MHz |
3U VPX |
Virtex 6 (LXT/SXT), Modular memory (DDR3 SDRAM/QDRII+ SRAM, PCIe (Gen 2.0) upto x8, LVDS connections to V6 FPGA for custom I/O, multiboard sync |
| Model 53661 |
4ch ADC, 16 bit, 200MHz (with 4 x Multiband DDC) |
3U VPX |
Virtex 6 (LXT/SXT), Modular memory (DDR3 SDRAM/QDRII+ SRAM, PCIe (Gen 2.0) upto x8, LVDS connections to V6 FPGA for custom I/O, multiboard sync |
| Model 53662 |
4ch ADC, 16 bit, 200MHz (with 32 Channel DDC) |
3U VPX |
Virtex 6 (LXT/SXT), Modular memory (DDR3 SDRAM/QDRII+ SRAM, PCIe (Gen 2.0) upto x8, LVDS connections to V6 FPGA for custom I/O, multiboard sync |
| Model 53670 |
4ch DAC, 16 bit, 1.25GHz (with 4 Channel DUC) |
3U VPX |
Virtex 6 (LXT/SXT), Modular memory (DDR3 SDRAM/QDRII+ SRAM, PCIe (Gen 2.0) upto x8, LVDS connections to V6 FPGA for custom I/O, multiboard sync |
| Model 53690 |
L-Band RF Tuner & 2ch 200 MHz A/D |
3U VPX |
Virtex 6 (LXT/SXT), Modular memory (DDR3 SDRAM/QDRII+ SRAM, PCIe (Gen 2.0) upto x8, LVDS connections to V6 FPGA for custom I/O, multiboard sync |
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