FPGA's your way

Our valued supplier Acromag specialises  in the manufacture of  high performance XMC Modules that are enhanced with Xilinx®, Kintex®-7 or Artix®-7 FPGA for applications that demand high performance.

Let Your Application Determine Your FPGA Module.

Choose what your application requires from these new high-performance XMC Modules. The Kintex®-7 FPGA excels with applications that require both high-bandwidth processing in combination with high-speed serial interfaces. Lower level applications will benefit from the Artix®-7 FPGA with high-speed serial interfaces for a lower cost solution. These XMC FPGA Modules feature a standard protocol running on a well-defined medium such as Gigabit or XAUI Ethernet, Serial RapidI/O, or Aurora which allows IP cores to be developed that can be easily supported for the long term.

Benefits
•	A selection of AXM models for analogue & digital I/O
•	Up to 410k logic cells
•	Xilinx’s® Vivado® development package
•	Engineering Design Kit provides software utilities an example VHDL code
•	7-year life expectancy

FPGAs Made Easy

Step by step instructions for your FPGA development.

Do you want to learn how to implement FPGAs? Think the only way is with a high start-up price tag and complicated setup? Think again. In this video we walk you through the steps to create an easy, cost-effective package to start your FPGA development.

Watch Video Here For further information on the Acromag range of FPGA XMC Cards, please contact Metromatics on +61 7 3868 4255 or sales@metromatics.com.au

FPGAs for Speed and Flexibility

Benefits of FPGA Modules derived from their Speed and Flexibility - You Can’t Do More for Less 

Learn about FPGA-based system design for embedded computing I/O signal processing applications. 

This white paper discusses how Advanced Xilinx Virtex and Altera Stratix FPGAs make use of multiple digital clock managers and simultaneous parallel execution to rapidly compute a set of integrated processes including FFT, SERDES, FIFO management, logic sequencing, DDR control, and more. With integrated I/O and enablers such as a soft CPU and IP cores, plus tools such as Xilinx ISE, Altera Quartus, SimuLink, and MathLab; the FPGA can process logic much faster than any real-time system with less effort than ever before.

X-ES Rapid Signal Processing from Customizable Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGA Module

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) announces a selection of rugged, Intel® processor-based VPX SBCs featuring onboard FPGA modules from the Xilinx Kintex UltraScale families.

The 6U OpenV PX ™ XCalibur464 3 provides a powerful combination of a high-end System-on-Chip (SoC) and high-end FPGA integrated on a single, industry-standard card. The Xilinx Kintex UltraScale KU040 FPGA is optimized to support signal processing and RAM-intensive applications at leading performance-per-watt levels. A high-speed x8 PCI Express Gen3-capable interface to the Intel® Xeon® D SoC provides tight integration between the two.

Abundant I/O bandwidth is available with 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces on the CPU and high-speed serial transceivers on the FPGA. The Kintex UltraScale FPGA can accommodate secure boot applications with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) support and an interface to the CPU's boot flash.

X-ES Introduces the XCalibur5090 6U Digital Signal Processing Module with Dual Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGAs

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) announces The XCalibur5090, a high-performance, reconfigurable, conduction-cooled 6U LRM module based on the Xilinx Virtex-7 family of FPGAs. With a pair of Virtex-7 FPGA, high-speed serial interfaces, DAC and ADC channels, external memory, and flexible, high-density I/O, the XCalibur5090 is ideal for customisable, high-bandwidth, signal-processing applications.

The XCalibur5090 utilises four AD9739 and two ADC12D1600RF to provide four channels of high-frequency 14-bit Digital Analogue Conversion (DAC) at 2500 Mbps and four channels of 12-bit Analogue Digital Conversion (ADC) at 1600 Mbps for high-performance Digital Signal Processing (DSP), which can also be used as two channels at 3200 Mbps.

The XCalibur5090 provides a high-performance, feature-rich solution capable of interfacing to and processing streaming data from a wide variety of sensors. The X-ES FPGA Development Kit (FDK) is provided to support the requirements of high-performance, real-time, embedded streaming data applications and simplify FPGA development. It includes IP blocks, example FPGA designs, and software to control and communicate with FPGAs.

Features Include

• Two Xilinx Virtex-7 XC7VX690T FPGAs
• Up to 1 GB of DDR3 SDRAM per FPGA in two channels
• Non-volatile FPGA configuration flash
• 128 MB of user NOR flash per FPGA
• Conduction-cooled 6U LRM form factor
• Four 14-bit 2500 MSPS AD9739 DAC
• Two dual-channel 12-bit 3200 MSPS ADC12D1600RF ADC
• 234 single-ended FPGA interconnects
• Eight high-speed serial FPGA interconnects
• 28 FPGA GPO to the backplane
• 51 FPGA GPI from the backplane
• 17 FPGA GPIO to the backplane
• FPGA Development Kit (FDK)

For further information or pricing about any of the X-ES product range in Australia or New Zealand, please contact Metromatics on +61 7 3868 4255 or sales@metromatics.com.au

For outside the above mentioned area, please contact X-ES directly on +1 608 833 1155 or sales@xes-inc.com  

X-ES and their products

Metromatics has become the sole distributor of X-ES products in Australia and New Zealand.

Many of you may have seen in our newsletters some new products that you haven't heard or seen before. These would be from our new supplier X-ES, which we have become the sole distributor of.

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is a leader in the design, manufacture, and support of embedded computing solutions for computer-intensive military, communications, commercial, and industrial applications.

They provide a product portfolio of commercial-grade to fully ruggedised boards and systems. As well as Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) products and excel in providing custom products, from modified COTS to full-scale custom designs.

SBCs & Processor Modules

X-ES provides SBCs and Processor Modules based on the latest Intel® and Freescale PowerPC (PPC) processors. 

Single Board Computers (SBCs) 3U VPX 6U VPX VME 3U CompactPCI 6U CompactPCI  Processor Modules XMC PMC COM Express Features air-cooled conduction-cooled

FPGA Modules

X-ES provides a line of high-performance FPGA processing modules in industry-standard XMC and 3U VPX form factors.

features  FMC sites Daughter cards I/O compatibility ideal solutions for high-end RF signal acquisition, SDR, and DSP requirements.

Rugged Systems
  Designed to be hard-wearing and shock-resistant. Allowing for it to be used in some of the harshest conditions. 

Features Small Form Factor (SFF), SWaP and Cost-Optimised, Sub-½ ATR Rugged COTS System utilising 3U VPX, PMC, and XMC Modules Intel® Core™ i7, Intel® Atom™, or Freescale QorIQ-Based System with XMC or PMC Support. ½ ATR Forced-Air-Cooled Chassis for Conduction-Cooled Modules.

Switches, Routers & Networking

X-ES provides Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch and router modules, as well as combined PCI Express (PCIe) and Gigabit Ethernet switch modules.

	Features high-performance Small Form Factor (SFF) networking solutions that function as secure, standalone, managed switches and routers.  operate in the most demanding environmental conditions.
	Features Network Interface Controller (NIC) modules  high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet access via a processor board's XMC site.  communicate with their host processor using PCI Express and provide 10 Gigabit,  Ethernet through fibre connections copper connections

I/O Modules, Storage & Carriers

Xes has multiple I/O modules, storage and carrier which can support a series of functions.

	Features multiple ports and multiple communication protocols  3U CompactPCI, 6U CompactPCI, PMC, PCI, AMC utilize Freescale Power QUICC II processors.  support multiple SCC and SMC ports
	Features  high density Solid State Disk (SSD) storage solutions removable SSD storage options
	Features carriers for XMC and PMC modules in VPX, CompactPCI, and VME form factors.  intelligent or non-intelligent.

Power Supplies

Extremely rugged VPX & CompactPCI power supplies

Features reduce the SWaP, cost, and complexity of systems. tested to a number of Military standards, including MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-1275, MIL-STD-461, and MIL-STD-810. 300 W of output power from a single 0.8 inch slot Integrated EMI filtering & transient suppression Integrated Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Internal Hold-Up

Development Systems & RTMs

all of these products can be used together or can be purchased separately.

	COTS development systems enable projects to get started quickly.  They are configured with the COTS boards specific to your application and a Board Support Package (BSP) enabling you to focus on and start your application development quickly.
	X-ES Rear Transition Modules (RTMs) and PMC Interface Modules (PIMs) provide I/O through the rear of a chassis. RTMs and PIMs can be utilised in production systems that can support an RTM bay in the chassis.
	Back planes enable customers to perform their system integration, development, and testing on their schedule, not the schedule of a back plane vendor.

For further information or pricing about any of the X-ES product range in Australia or New Zealand, please contact Metromatics on +61 7 3868 4255 or sales@metromatics.com.au

For outside the above mentioned area, please contact X-ES directly on +1 608 833 1155 or sales@xes-inc.com