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Pentek Onyx Series Virtex-7 ADC / DAC Modules

Pentek Onyx Series Virtex-7 FPGA ADC / DAC Modules

Pentek's Onyx modules use the same modular I/O interfaces as the popular Virtex-6 FPGA Cobalt® family, while boosting memory, logic and I/O performance. The Onyx module has twice the memory capacity and I/O bandwidth , addressing the most challenging unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), radar and communication applications.

Key features:

•Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA expands logic and DSP capacity with minimal power increase

• On-board DDR3 memory boosts density and speed to 4 GB at 1600 MHz

• Native Gen3 PCIe interface doubles I/O throughput

• GateXpress re-configuring FPGA on-the-fly

•Provides high-performance migration path for popular Cobalt Virtex-6 FPGA modules

Boosting Performance, Retaining Architecture

The similarity of the two families gives developers the opportunity to port software developed for Cobalt modules to the corresponding Onyx modules with a minimum of effort. All ReadyFlow tools work with both families, further simplifying the software development effort. Thus, developers will be able to migrate from Cobalt to Onyx modules as their performance needs increase, or begin development on Cobalt modules until release of the corresponding Onyx module.

Architectural enhancements in the Onyx family include a doubling of the DDR3 memory in both size and speed to 4 GB and 1600 MHz, respectively. The PCIe interface has been upgraded to Gen 3, delivering peak speeds up to 8 GB/sec . The Onyx module comes preconfigured with a suite of built-in functions for data capture, synchronization, tagging and formatting, making the board an ideal turn-key interface for radar, communications or general data acquisition applications. For systems that require custom functions, IP can be developed using the Xilinx ISE Design Software and the Pentek GateFlow FPGA Design Kit, extending or even replacing the factory installed functions. The Onyx architecture now includes enhanced FPGA loading modes to simplify live reconfiguration.

Other Key Features:

•Synch bus for synchronizing multiple modules to increase channel count

•VCO sample clock synthesizers locked to an external system reference

•Secondary gigabit serial interface

•Modular memory options for QDRII+ SRAM and DDR3 SDRAM

•Intelligent, chaining DMA engines

Pentek Virtex-7 FPGA ADC/DAC Transceiver Modules:

Table 1: Pentek Virtex-7 FPGA ADC/DAC Transceiver Modules

Product	Function	Channels	Resolution	Sampling Rate	DDC/DUC	FPGA	Form Factor	Notes	Product Page
71740	ADC ADC	1 2	12bit 12bit	3.6GHz 1.8GHz		Virtex-7	XMC		71740
71770	DAC	4	16bit	1.25GHz	4ch DUC	Virtex-6	XMC		71770
71730	ADC DAC	1 1	12bit 16bit	1GHz 1GHz		Virtex-6	XMC		71730
71750	ADC DAC	2 2	12/14bit 16bit	500/400MHz 800MHz	IP 1ch DUC	Virtex-6	XMC		71750
71720	ADC DAC	3 2	16bit 16bit	200MHz 800MHz	IP 1ch DUC	Virtex-6	XMC		71720
71721	ADC DAC	3 2	16bit 16bit	200MHz 800MHz	3ch DDC 1ch DUC	Virtex-6	XMC		71721
71760	ADC	4	16bit	200MHz	IP	Virtex-7 (VX485T/ VX690T)	XMC, PCIe, VPX, cPCI		71760
71761	ADC	4	16bit	200MHz	4Ch DDC	Virtex-6	XMC		71761
71762	ADC	4	16bit	200MHz	32Ch DDC	Virtex-6	XMC		71762