4S-XMC

Overview

Based on Altera’s Stratix IV GX FPGA, BittWare’s 4S-XMC (4SXM) is a single-width XMC, designed to provide powerful FPGA processing and high-speed serial I/O capabilities to VME, VXS, VPX, cPCI, AdvancedTCA, or PCI Express carrier boards. The 4SXM features a high-density, low-power Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA, which was designed specifically for serial I/O-based applications and is PCI SIG compliant for PCI Express Gen1 and Gen2. Four small form-factor pluggable (SFP) compact optical transceivers are available on the front panel. Eight multi-gigabit serial lanes supporting PCI Express, Serial RapidIO, and 10 GigE are available via the board’s rear panel as well as 44 general purpose digital I/O signals. The 4SXM also provides QDRII+ and Flash.

Features

• High density Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA
• 4 SFP transceivers on front panel
• 8 multi-gigabit serial transceivers
• On-board oscillators for Fibre Channel, PCI Express and Serial RapidIO
• 44 general purpose digital I/O

Specifications

• Altera® Stratix® IV GX FPGA (4SGX110/180/230/290/360)
• Up to 9 MBytes QDRII or QDRII+ SRAM configured as x18
• 128 MBytes of Flash memory for booting FPGA
• EEPROM for non-volatile ID and data storage
• On-board JTAG header or JTAG access via XMC J15 for Stratix IV GX debug
• 8 lanes SerDes which can support: 1-8x PCIe, two 4x Serial RapidIO, two 10 GigE, or any other serial protocol
• 44 general-purpose digital I/O signals to Stratix IV GX via XMC J14
• 4 SFP transceivers on front panel connected to Stratix IV GX via SerDes
• 28-bit SFP control bus connected to Altera Stratix IV GX
• 106.25 MHz oscillator for Fibre Channel
• 100 MHz oscillator for PCI Express
• 156.25 MHz oscillator for Serial RapidIO/10 GigE
• Normal operational temperature: 0 to 50ºC
• Storage temperature: -20 to 70ºC
• Size: XMC single-width; 149 mm x 74 mm
• Altera Quartus® II software development tools

Ordering Information

Please contact Sarsen Technology for further information