AV150
Presentation of the AV150 VPX board, for high resolution and general purpose applications
Product overview
The AV150 is a component of apissys’ line of High-Speed data conversion and signal processing solutions, which adhere to the VITA 47, VPX standard.
Fully compliant with the OpenVPX standard, the AV150 supports a variety of communication protocols, including PCIe, Gigabit Ethernet and Aurora, as well as a large number of user-defined I/O.
The AV150 combines four 14-bit 3 Gsps ADCs and four 16-bit 6/12 Gsps DAC with ultra-high processing power delivered by an AMD Virtex® Ultrascale+™ FPGA (VU7P/VU9P/VU13P).
AMD Virtex® UltraScale+™ FPGAs provide the highest performance and integration capabilities in a 14 nm/16 nm FinFET node. In addition, they offer the highest transceiver bandwidth, highest DSP count, and highest on-chip and in-package memory available in the UltraScale™ architecture. Virtex® UltraScale+™ FPGAs also provide numerous power options that deliver the optimum balance between the required system performance and the smallest power envelope.
Target markets of this AV150 VPX board include Phased-Array Radar Transmitter / Receiver, Electronic Warfare ESM /ECM, MIMO and Wideband Communication.
Benefits & features
- 4 channels 3 Gsps 14-bit ADC
- Independent Digital Down Converters, decimation factor 2 to 48
- 4 channels 6/12 Gsps 16-bit DAC
- Independent Digital Up Converters, interpolation 2 to 24
- One Ultra Low jitter clock synthesizers
- External or internal sampling clock
- External and internal sampling clock reference
- User programmable AMD Virtex® Ultrascale+™ VU7P/VU9P/VU13P FPGA
- 2x 1G64 DDR4-2666 SDRAM
- 3U OpenVPX standard compliant
- Air cooled and Conduction cooled versions
Featuring an internal ultra-low jitter reference and a clock synthesizer, the AV150 offers versatility by allowing the use of either external clock or external reference for increased flexibility.
The AV150 includes one AMD Virtex® Ultrascale+™ FPGA (VU7P/VU9P/VU13P). Within a 14 nm/16 nm FinFET node, AMD Virtex® UltraScale+™ FPGAs stand out for their exceptional performance and integration capabilities. They boast the highest transceiver bandwidth, DSP count, and on-chip/in-package memory within the UltraScale™ architecture. Moreover, Virtex® UltraScale+™ FPGAs offer a range of power options, allowing for an optimal balance between system performance requirements and power consumption constraints.
Equipped with a USB 2.0 interface designed for system monitoring and supervision, the AV150 offers comprehensive software drivers for both Windows and Linux platforms. Additionally, it includes an FPGA Development Kit containing all essential cores required to construct user FPGA applications.
Diagrams
Tech specs
Analog Inputs/Outputs
- Input coupling: AC
- Full power bandwidth: > 10MHz to 8 GHz
- Full scale : 6 dBm TBD
- Output coupling: AC
- Full power 10MHz to 7.5 GHz
- Full scale : 0 dBm TBD
- Impedance: 50 Ohm
- Connectors: SMPM
Analog-Digital Conversion
- Four channels, Fs ≤ 3 GHz
- Resolution: 14 bit
- Sampling Performances @2.1 GHz -10dBFS
- SNR: 55 dBFS @2.1 GHz
- SFDR: 60 dBc @2.1 GHz
- ENOB: 8.5 bit @2.1 GHz
Digital-Analog Conversion
- Four channels, Fs ≤ 6 GHz
- (12 GHz DAC update rate)
- Resolution: 16 bits
- Sampling Performances @2 GHz 5 Gsps
- SFDR: 68 dBc (0dBFS)
- NSD: -155 dBm/Hz
Clock
- Internal:
- One ultra-low jitter clock synthesizers, 2 GHz to 6 GHz low jitter clock
- External Input Clock:
- Frequency: 10 MHz to 100 MHz
- Input level: 10 dBm recommended
- Connector: SMPM 50 Ohms
- External reference:
- frequency: 10 MHz to 100 MHz
- Connector: SMPM, 50 Ohm and VPX P2
Digital Down Converter
- 2 independent DDC for each ADC:
- Tuning frequency step: 48-bit NCO DDC with 1/2 to 1/48 decimation ratio
Digital Up Converter
- 1 DUC for each DAC:
- Tuning frequency step: 48-bit NCO DUC with 2x to 24x interpolation ratio
FPGA
- FPGA: Xilinx Virtex Ultrascale+
- XCVU7P-2FLVB2104I
- XCVU9P-2FLGB2104I
- XCVU13P-2FHGB2104I
Memory
- Two banks 1G64 DDR4 2666 SDRAM
- One 2 Gbit QSPI FLASH memory
Software support
- Software Drivers:
- Windows 10 64-bits
- Linux 64-bits
- Application example: Windows and Linux
Firmware support
- VHDL cores for all hardware resources
- Base design
- Supported by Xilinx VIVADO 2022.2
Operating Temperature
- Air-cooled EAC4, 0°C to 55°C
- Conduction-cooled ECC3, -40°C to 70°C
Power dissipation (VU13P)
- +12V: 11.4 A max (137W) TBD
- +3.3VAUX: 0.6 A max (2W) TBD
Weight
- Air cooled : 550g TBD
- Conduction cooled : 650gTBD
VPX interface
- P1:
- Data plane: two fat pipes
- Expansion plane: one fat pipe
- Control plane: 2 ultra-thin pipes
- 2 user-defined ultra-thin pipes
- P2:
- USB2.0 and USB to UART
- 24 LVDS differential pairs, configurable as 48 single ended LVCMOS
Deliverables
| Part Number | AV150 | c | a | b | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooling | Air Conduction |
- - |
A C |
- - |
- - |
| FPGA | FPGA Virtex Ultrascale+ VU7P FPGA Virtex Ultrascale+ VU9P FPGA Virtex Ultrascale+ VU13P |
- - - |
- - - |
7 9 13 |
- - - |
Availability: September 2024
ruggedization
| Environmental | Air-cooled Vita 47 class EAC4 | Conduction-cooled Vita 47 class ECC3 |
| Operating Temperature |
0°C to 55C (8 CFM airflow at sea level) |
-40°C to +70°C (Card Edge) |
| Non Operating Temperature |
-40°C to +85°C | -50°C to +100°C |
| Operating Vibration (Random) |
5Hz - 100Hz +3 dB/octave 100Hz - 1kHz = 0.04 g2/Hz 1kHz - 2kHz -6 dB/octave |
5Hz - 100Hz +3 dB/octave 100Hz - 1kHz = 0.01g2/Hz 1kHz - 2kHz -6 dB/octave |
| Operating Shock | 20g, 11 millisecond, half-sine |
40g, 11 millisecond, half-sine |
| Operating Relative Humidity | 0% to 95% non-condensing | 0% to 95% non-condensing |
| Operating Attitude | 0 to 10’000 ft with adequate airflow |
-1,500 to 60,000 ft |
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