1. D A T A S H E E T
VME - FPGA Card
Mistral’s VME-FPGA Card is a 6U-VME card that can be used for data processing and data communication in high-end defense
communicationsystems.
BasedonVirtex5FPGAthecardsupports32MBFlashand256MBSDRAM.ThecardisconfiguredasaVMEslaveandcansupportsingle
cycle32bitread/writetransferand32bitread/writeblocktransfer.TheBoardSupportFirmwareprovidestheuserwithoptionstodoself-
testandconfigureotherprogrammableoptionsontheboard.
O v e r v i e w
Features
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FPGA/Processor:
One Xilinx Virtex 5 FPGA with embedded PowerPC
Memory:
One 32 MB Flash Memory
One 256 MB SDRAM
Clock Input:
On board 100 MHz Oscillator used to generate the clock signal for
FPGA.
Link Ports:
Two Channels of 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Interface.
I/O Interfaces:
16 Pairs of high speed LVDS IO Interface
20 Channels of Discrete RS422 IO Interface
20 Channels of Configurable RS422/RS232 IO Interface
V2 Channels of RS485 IO Interface
32 Channels of TTL IO Interface
8 Channels of LVTTL IO Interface
1 Configurable Uart RS232 Channel is provided at the front panel.
VME Interface
VME Bus Supports 32 bit Address and Data Lines
Supports Geographical Addressing.
JTAG Interface:
IEEE 1149.1 compatible
Power
Power input of 5V, 14 Watts Typical
Mechanical:
Mechanical Outline: 233 mm x 160 mm
Heat Sink Plate Material: Mil-Grade Aluminum - 6061
Heat Sink Plate Finish: Hard Anodizing Black
System mass: 1.0 Kg.
Operating Environment:
Operating Temperature range -20°C to +55°C
Storage Temperature range -40°C to +70°C
MIL Standard 810-D for Environmental Tests
MIL STD 461-E for EMI/EMC Tests
This card has passed the requirements of CEMILAC
(Centre for Military Airworthiness).
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Qualifications
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The VME-FPGA Card can be used to interface with any SBC with a standard 10/100Mbps Ethernet Interface. The card converts data received
through the ethernet Interface into digital/RS2422/RS232 signaling standard. The VME-FPGA card can also be used to interface with non-
standard Military Interfaces like RADAR Radio, Interrogator, Encoder, Crypto etc. The on board FPGA with PPC can be used to implement
protocolaswellasgluelogic.Thecardalsosupportsgeographicaladdressing.