Data Sheet

GE
Intelligent Platforms
Features
• 4AC-CoupledAnalogInputs
• Fs≤1.5GHz4-channel,or3GHz
2-channel(softwareselectable),8-bit
• XilinxVirtex-4UserProgrammable
FPGA(FX60)
• TCXO@10MHz
• 8-plugSamtecGRF1-Jconnector
(RuggedizationLevels1,2and3)
• 8IndividualMMCXCoaxialConnectors
(RuggedizationLevels4and5)
• PCI2.264-bit,66MHzMaster/Target
BurstModeDMAcapable
• VITA42(XMC)high-speedserialinterface
(singleconnector,8lanes)
• Pn4LVDSorLVTTLsignallevels
• ANSI/VITA20-2001conduction
cooledPMC
• VxWorks,LinuxandWindows
softwaredrivers
TheICS-8551isarugged2and4channel,
1.5/3GHzADCXMCmoduleintendedfor
SoftwareDefinedRadio(SDR)applications
suchascommunicationsandradarin
benignandhostileenvironments.
Thecombinationofhighperformance
ADCandFPGAresourcesallowsVHFand
UHFsignalstobedigitizedandprocessed
directlyontheXMCmodule.Algorithms
suchasdigitaldownconversion,FFT,and
filteringcanbedevelopedtoexecuteinthe
Virtex-4FPGA,usingtheincludedHardware
DevelopmentKit(HDK).Themoduleisavail-
ableinfivelevelsofruggedization,three
forair-cooledenvironmentsandtwofor
conductioncooledenvironments.Detailsof
theenvironmentalspecificationsareavail-
ablefromourwebsite.
TheICS-8551HDKincludesadefault
logiccore,designedtoprovideminimum
occupancyoftheFPGAandtoprovidea
basisforcustomerstoprogramtheirown
functionality.ItincludesanA/Dinterface
anddatabufferingtothehigh-speedserial
outputsandPCIBus.Functionssuchas
ICS-8551
Rugged4/2-channel,1.5/3GHzADCXMCModulewithVirtex-4FPGA
time-stamping,digitaldown-conversion,
filteringandFastFourierTransform
canbeimplementedintheFPGA.For
customersnotwishingtoimplement
theirownDSPfunctions,wecanprovide
eitheroff-the-shelfDSPfunctionsorour
FPGAdevelopmentteamcandesign
andimplementspecificfunctionstothe
customer’sspecification.
TheICS-8551providestheuserwithup
toeightlanesofhigh-speedserialI/Ofor
communicationwithXMCequippedcarrier
cardssuchastheV4DSPatratesupto
3.125GBytes/s.The64/66PCIinterface
providessustaineddataratesinexcessof
400MBytes/s,whilethePn4userI/Oport
allowstheusertodefinedirectpointto
pointconnectionstotheFPGA,eliminating
interruptlatencies.Thelattertwointerfaces
maybeusedforapplicationsinwhichthe
XMCinterfacecannotbeused.
Thefrontpanelconnectorsarean8-plug
SamtecGRF1-Jconnector(forruggediza-
tionlevels1,2and3),or8individualMMCX
connectors(forruggedizationlevels4&5).