XMC-8131
FPGA Processing Engine XMC Module
The XMC-8131 is a key component in Spectrum’s series of software defined digital radio modules
from the flexComm wireless communications product line. The XMC-8131, a single-width XMC
(VITA 42.0) module, is intended for use as a front-end signal processing engine, or a general-purpose
fixed-point or floating-point co-processor with a modular front panel interface to support a
variety of I/O formats. The XMC standard is fully compatible with IEEE P1386.1 PMC standard but
offers the additional benefit of dedicated high-speed links between an XMC-compliant mezzanine
and carrier cards.
The XMC-8131 incorporates a single programmable Xilinx® Virtex-4 FPGA device.
The standard configuration comes with the LX160 supporting 152,064 logic cells
(LX40 up to LX100 and SX55 are future options).
A second Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGA is used to offload the communications to the
carrier board from the user parts. This high-speed communications can be done via
four low power Solano Communication IC compatible links or
a dual Parallel RapidIO industry standard VITA 42.1 connection.
The module features two banks of DDR2 SDRAM totaling 512 MB of capacity.
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