Cardbus FPGA Development Platform (Spartan-3 400)

KEY FEATURES

Type II (5mm height) card for custom application development

Typical sustained data throughputs are 100/40 Mbits/s (CardBus Transmit/Receive)

Xilinx Spartan-3 XC3S400-4 FPGA features 400K system gates including 288 Kbit of dual port memory and 16 dedicated 18x18 multipliers

32MB SDRAM for use as elastic buffer

Development environment includes:

Windows driver (.sys and .inf files)
VHDL top-level template code
NGC components for CardBus and SDRAM controller
API and associated .jar and .dll files
C/C++ API and associated code examples
Hardware schematics

Tools required (not provided):

Xilinx ISE with VHDL synthesis
Java development environment, or
C++ compiler

Supports multiple personalities and dynamic reconfiguration:

Up to 14 custom FPGA configurations can be stored in non-volatile flash memory.
The selected configuration is automatically reloaded at power up or upon command within 0.4 seconds.

Graphical User Interface, the ComBlock Control Center, is used for remote monitoring and control over simple serial link. This includes loading the FPGA configuration file into flash

Interface compatible with other pre-programmed ComBlock modules via the standard 2-row, 40-pin 2mm connect

ComScope–enabled: key internal signals can be captured in real-time and displayed on a host computer

ComBlock COMPATIBILITY LIST

Digital 40-pin Connector

COM-3001/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 RF/IF/Baseband receivers

COM-1001 BPSK/QPSK/OQPSK Demodulator

COM-1202/1203 PSK/QAM/APSK modem

COM-1418 Direct-sequence Spread-spectrum Demodulator

COM-1027 FSK/ MSK /GFSK/GMSK Demodulator

COM-1008 Variable Decimation

COM-8002 High-speed Data Acquisition. 256MB, 40 Msamples/s