VITA™ 57.4 FMC+™ is the latest Standard in the popular VITA™ FMC™ family. This specification increases the performance of VITA™ 57.1 FMC™ Standard by extending the total number of Gigabit Transceivers to 32 and increasing the maximum data rate to 28 Gbps. Both are important developments for embedded computing designs using FPGAs and high-speed I/O. In addition, backward compatibility was achieved by using new connectors that allow FMC+™ carriers to accept original FMC™ mezzanines.
FMC™ and FMC+™ Standards are essential for FPGA vendors making baseboards and comprehensive development kits to enable Designers to accelerate their application development. FMC™ related products are continually introduced by Supplier companies for targeted market specific applications in industries such as Datacom, Broadcast, Aerospace/Defense, Industrial and Instrumentation. Click here for more information about I/O Design Flexibility with FMC.
Building on FMC™, FMC+™ employs a larger connector from the SEARAY™ family of high-speed, high-density arrays. This High Serial Pin Connector (HSPC) has 560 pins arranged in a 14x40 array. While new FMC+™ cards can only plug into new FMC+™ carriers due to their larger connectors, original FMC™ cards will also fit thanks to a customized polarization system providing true backward compatibility.
The FMC+™ Standard increases the number of multi-gigabit interfaces from 10 to 24. In addition, there is an optional extension connector (the High Serial Pin Connector extension, or HSPCe) to boost pin-count by 80 positions, arranged in a 4x20 array. This brings the maximum multi-gigabit interfaces to 32 full duplex channels. Throughput per multi-gigabit interface has increased to 28 Gbps in each direction.
These high-speed, high-density cable assemblies are ideal for benchtop testing, system debugging, probing, FPGA development, or for regularly accessing a system where cards would need to be separated from the host board.
Some FMC+™ mezzanine cards may present a challenge to unmate from their host. To aid in separation, Samtec has developed the JSOM (Micro Jack Screw Standoff). They act as a traditional standoff when collapsed. An Allen-key unscrews and expands the jack screw, dividing the PCBs in a steady, even motion until the mezzanine is safely separated from its host. The JSOM standoff family includes M2.5, M3, and #4-40 hardware available in 8.5 mm and 10 mm stack heights.
VITA™ 57.4 (FMC+) Micro Jack Screw StandOffs (JSOM)
Samtec's VITA™ 57.4 FMC+™ HSPC Loopback Card provides FPGA designers an easy to use loopback option for testing low-speed and high-speed multi-gigabit transceivers on any FPGA development board or FPGA carrier card. It can run system data or BER testing on all channels in parallel. This makes evaluation and development with an FPGA much easier and is an ideal substitute for 28 Gbps test equipment.
Features
VITA™ 57.4 FPGA Mezzanine Card Plus (FMC+) form factor
Features optimized SI performance via Samtec Final Inch® BOR PCB trace routing for HSPC connector
Supports up to 24 high-speed multi-gigabit transceivers. TX and RX operating at up to 28 Gbps per channel
Default Reference Clock Frequency = 156.25 MHz
APPLICATIONS
FPGA Development
FPGA Carrier Card Development
Datacom
Broadcast
Aerospace/Defense
Industrial and Instrumentation
High-speed ADCs and DACs
Next generation RF connectivity
High-speed serial memory
High-density fiber optics
ORDERING INFORMATION
Please see drawing REF-197618-01 (HSPC) for more detail.
Please see drawing REF-197693-01 (HSPC/HSPCe) for more detail.
Expanded Height for FMC+™ Applications
The VITA™ 57.4 FMC+™ Extender Card (REF-212564-01) has been designed for placement between FPGA Carrier Cards and FMC+™ Modules. This increased space can be used for additional I/O expansion during development. The FMC+™ Extender Card also provides a cost-effective option for extending the life of the FPGA Carrier Card HSPC connectors used as test platforms. It is ideal for benchtop testing, system debugging, probing, or FPGA development.
Features
High Serial Pin Count (HSPC) VITA™ 57.4 FMC+™ male connector (Samtec P/N: ASP-184330-01)
High Serial Pin Count (HSPC) VITA™ 57.4 FMC+™ female connector (Samtec P/N: ASP-184329-01)
Xilinx® and its Alliance Program Members offer the industry's most comprehensive offering of FPGA Development Boards and Design Services to help speed developer's time-to-revenue over a wide variety of application needs. Xilinx® has selected Samtec High-Speed Connector and Cable interconnect Solutions for their latest generation Evaluation Boards featuring the Virtex UltraScale+ FPGA's and Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoCs.
As FMC/FMC+™ leverages open platforms and standards, developers are working to further the adaptation of FPGA technologies in applications ranging from Datacom/telecom and broadcast video to instrumentation, aerospace and defense. More and more solutions leveraging VITA™ 57 FMC/FMC+™ are coming to market. Typical VITA™ 57 products include:
FMC/FMC+™ daughter cards/modules
FPGA-based development boards with provisions for FMC/FMC+™ expansion
FPGA-based networking cards with provisions for FMC/FMC+™ and optical interfaces
FPGA-based characterization platforms with provisions for FMC/FMC+™ expansion
Embedded systems such as networking development bridge cards
Available from Samtec, some of the key solutions being used to support these technologies include: VITA™ 57.4 Interconnects
Abaco VP889 FPGA Board
Abaco's VP889 FPGA Board is designed for the most demanding, mission critical military/defense applications. These include electronic warfare/DRFM, radar/sonar processing, satellite communications systems, multi-channel digital transmission/reception and advanced digital beamforming.
Next generation signal processing systems require more bandwidth and more processing capability at lower power and smaller size. The VP889 helps customers meet these demanding requirements on an open COTS platform. With FMC+™, customers have up to 300 Gbits/second digital serial bandwidth to and from modular I/O devices. The VP889's combination of high-performance processing with the Virtex Ultrascale+ and high-density I/O delivers the flexibility to leverage Abaco's market-leading FMC™ and FMC+™ (VITA™ 57) product portfolio.
3U VPX Form Factor
8Gb DDR4 mapped to FPGA
Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ FPGA
1x HSPC/FMC+™ Site for Analog or Digital Input/Output
Pentek Model 5983 JadeFX Kintex UltraScale Processor and FMC™ Carrier - 3U VPX
Pentek's Model 5983 JadeFX FMC+™ Carrier is the carrier foundation for a series of FlexorSets capable of hosting FMC™ and FMC+™ modules. The check-off for enhancements include 1.5 times higher performance using 15 percent less power with the Kintex Ultrascale FPGA; 2.8 times increase in FMC™ bandwidth potential with the FMC+™ standard; 1.5 times faster memory transfer rate with 9 gigabytes of DDR4 SDRAM; optional GPS for precise data tagging of time and position; optional 12 gigabytes per second VITA™ 66.4 optical backplane I/O; and Navigator BSP and FDK for streamlined IP development.
The Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGA raises the digital signal processing (DSP) performance by 1.5 times with reductions in cost, power dissipation and weight. The FPGA has access to all data and control paths, enabling factory-installed functions including data multiplexing, channel selection, data packing, gating, triggering and memory control. Additional features include:
VITA™ 57.4 HSFC FMC+™ site offers access to a wide range of possible I/O
Its unique install and GUI interface allows an immediate start, and its reference designs enable fast turnaround designs, shortening and securing developments. Target markets include High Performance Computing and IP & ASIC Prototyping. Additional features include:
Intel Stratix 10 GX or SX 2800 KLEs
PCIe® Gen 3 x16, Gen 4 x8 capable
1x FMC+™ (VITA™ 57.4) with 20 XCVR up to 28 Gb/s
48 dedicated HPS I/O connector (daughter board for SX)
Samtec's VITA™ 57.4 FMC+™ HSPC/HSPCe Loopback Card provides FPGA designers an easy to use loopback option for testing low-speed and high-speed multi-gigabit transceivers on any FPGA development board or FPGA carrier card. It can run system data or BER testing on all channels in parallel. This makes evaluation and development with an FPGA much easier and is an ideal substitute for 28 Gbps test equipment. Additional features include:
VITA™ 57.4 FPGA Mezzanine Card Plus (FMC+) form factor
Features optimized SI performance via Samtec Final Inch® BOR PCB trace routing for HSPC and HSPCe connectors
Supports up to 32 high-speed multi-gigabit transceivers; TX and RX operating at up to 28 Gbps per channel
Default Reference Clock Frequency = 156.25 MHz
Featured Samtec Products:
VITA™ 57.4 FMC+™ (HSPC) 560 I/O Male Connector (SEARAY™ ASP-184330-01)
VITA™ 57.4 FMC+™ (HSPCe) 80 I/O Male Connector (SEARAY™ ASP-186900-01)
TigerFMC – Optical Communication for Harsh Environments
TechwaY's TigerFMC takes advantage of optical advances that are ongoing in FMC+™ technologies. Utilizing Samtec's FireFly™ Micro Flyover System™ optical transceiver, the TigerFMC provides overall throughputs of up to 336 Gbps. TigerFMC is FMC+™ compliant and offers easy integration with FPGA development, VPX systems and emerging brand-new architectures.
VITA™ 57.4 FPGA Mezzanine Card Plus (FMC+) form factor
Up to 12 full duplex links at 14 Gbps per link
Up to 4 full duplex links at 25 Gbps per link
Utilizes Samtec's FireFly™ optical transceiver
Featured Samtec Products:
VITA™ 57.4 FMC+™ (HSPC) 560 I/O Male Connector (SEARAY™ ASP-184330-01)
FireFly™ Active Optical Micro Flyover System™ Cable Assembly (ECUO)
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