4DSP’s New FMC120 Advances Embedded MIMO Technology in the FMC form factor

May 26, 2016 — AUSTIN, TX, USA – 4DSP announced the release of a new FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC – VITA 57.1) for applications that require high sampling rates, density, and dynamic range analog I/O in their Digital Signal Processing systems. The all new FMC120 provides four simultaneous 16-bit A/D channels up to 1Gsps and four simultaneous 16-bit D/A channels up to 1.25Gsps. The FMC120 design is based on Texas Instruments’ ADS54J60 Analog-to-Digital converter and Texas Instruments’ DAC39J84 Digital-to-Analog converter. The FMC120 is designed to be used in convection and conduction cooled environments. When paired with the latest FPGA carrier cards such as the 4DSP PC821 with Xilinx Ultrascale technology, customers can innovate high performance algorithms on an industry standard platform to solve demanding applications in the lab and deployed to the field.

“At 4DSP our innovative engineering team and close relationship with leading technology suppliers has been a powerful combination to expand what is possible in the FMC form factor,” noted Haydn Nelson, Director of Applications Engineering at 4DSP in Austin. “Releasing advanced I/O like the FMC120 is only one piece of the puzzle. When paired with 4DSP FPGA carrier cards and integrated into solutions like the 4DSP VPX167 aircraft pod mounted system, customers have been able to develop and deploy high performance, high reliability, and ruggedized systems much faster than in-house custom designed solutions.”, he added.

The high performance of the FMC120 coupled with FPGA cards in the PCIe, 3U and 6U VPX form factors, software, and reference designs give engineers the tools needed to quickly take advantage of FPGA technology and solve a variety of advanced applications from Software Defined Radio to advanced aerospace signal processing.

More details about this product can be found on the following page:
FMC120

Features

4-Channels 16-bit 1.00 Gsps A/D
4-Channels 16-bit 1.25 Gsps D/A
VITA 57.1-2010 compliant
Single-ended DC-coupled analog signals
Breakout cable with SMA connectors available from the front panel
Clock source, sampling frequency through SPI communication busses
Flexible clock tree enables:

Onboard VCO
External reference clock
External sampling clock

Mil-I-46058c Conformal Coating available (optional)
HPC – High Pin Count Connector
JESD204B signaling

Applications

Radar & Sonar
Electronic Warfare
Beamforming
Software defined radio (SDR)
4×4 MIMO
Experimental Physics
Analog record and playback systems
Aerospace and test instrumentation

Board Support Package

4FM GUI offers multiple functions including the ability to monitor voltage and temperature; perform memory tests; measure the PCIe bandwidth; update FPGA firmware; and access StellarIP
StellarIP available for this product. It offers a simple way to design FPGA firmware with automated code and bitstream generation.
Data analyzer makes it possible to display digitized data real time
User Manual
Performance Report
Support provided on 4DSP’s support forum private boards
Reference designs available for multiple FPGA carriers