XMC-3311
High-speed transceiver XMC/ePMC module
Overview
Overview
The XMC-3311 is a key component in Spectrum’s series of software defined digital radio modules from the flexComm™ wireless communications product line. The XMC-3311 has dual input 12-bit A/D converters and a single output 14-bit D/A converter, each running at up to 213.33 MSPS in a single-width VITA 42.0 XMC form factor. The ADCs and DAC are integrated with a single user programmable Xilinx Virtex-4 LX100, LX160, or SX55 FPGA device for wide bandwidth signal processing and filtering in the digital domain. The module can also be used as an Enhanced PMC (ePMC) module. The ePMC standard is fully compatible with IEEE P1386.1 PMC standard but offers the additional benefit of dedicated rapid Solano~links between ePMC compliant carrier and mezzanine modules. Data can also be transferred over PCI, which provides the control path.
Features and Benefits
Features
- Two 12-bit A-to-D converters sampling up to 213.33 MSPS
- One 14-bit D-to-A converter sampling up to 213.33 MSPS
- XMC and Parallel RapidIO™* compatible module
- Can function as an enhanced PMC (ePMC) module using Solano Technology high-speed, low latency, deterministic data paths to processing engines
- A single user programmable Xilinx® Virtex-4™ FPGA device for wideband processing
- Total available bandwidth greater than 100 MHz
- Two banks of 512K x 36 ZBT SRAM additional memory available to the user FPGA
- 32-bit/33 MHz PCI host bus interface for control and data transfer
- JTAG connector compatible with Xilinx’s ChipScope™ debugger
- 14 pin front panel digital I/O
Benefits
- Allows conversion and processing of 160 MHz IF signals at 80 MHz bandwidth
- Enables coherent sampling over multiple boards, with GPS-based time synchronization
- Flexible platform that enables modular architecture design
- High-speed, low latency, deterministic data paths to carrier board
