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Logic-X launches the LXD30K0 best-in-class low latency, high speed, wide bandwidth analog interface FMC module

 

  • Provides 5.4Gsps high-speed data acquisition at 12-bits resolution
  • The FMC form factor suits both the development of new systems and enables existing host carrier systems to be easily upgraded
  • Multi-card synchronization enables multiple input, multiple output systems to be built
  • Ideally suited to electronic warfare systems, radar waveform generators and receivers and advanced DRFM applications as well as medical and telecommunications systems

 

Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands – June 4, 2020. Logic-X, a rapidly emerging provider of off-the-shelf Adaptable Compute Acceleration Platforms (ACAP) and sensor processing modules, has launched the LXD30K0 low latency, wide bandwidth analog interface FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card) module.

The LXD30K0 utilizes an ADC (EV12AS350A) and DAC (EV12DS460) from Europe’s Teledyne e2v for the analog input and output stages and is ideally suited to electronic warfare systems, radar waveform generators and receivers and advanced digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) applications as well as medical and telecommunications systems.

Providing high performance, 5.4Gsps (Giga samples per second) data sampling at 12-bits resolution, which helps achieve a best-in-class signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), the LXD30K0 delivers unmatched performance in relation to SFDR (Spurious Free Dynamic Range), close-in phase noise. In addition, the LXD30K0 has a low latency of 7.2ns on the analog input and a latency of just 1.2ns on the analog output. Additionally, the use of LVDS connectivity to the host carrier also facilitates an extremely low latency from the RF input to the RF output which can be less than 18ns depending on the carrier used.

The LXD30K0’s analog input stage also features a very wide bandwidth of 0.5MHz to 4.8GHz with sampling at 5.4Gsps generating an instantaneous bandwidth of 2.7GHz. The output bandwidth ranges from 0.5MHz to 6GHz and the instantaneous output bandwidth is 1.35GHz at a sampling data rate of 5.4Gsps. The inclusion of a flexible clock tree that generates a very clean, low jitter and low phase clock that is distributed to the ADC and DAC and external synchronization trigger input, ensures easy integration into single channel systems as well as standalone operation. For larger systems, it is possible to directly provide the sample clock to the front panel SSMC connector or to synchronize the local clock generator to an external reference clock.

The LXD30K0 also features significant power saving options and advanced power/health monitoring capabilities. Multi-card synchronization also enables multiple input, multiple output systems to be built. The FMC form factor suits both the development of new systems and enables existing host carrier systems to be easily upgraded and the LXD30K0 is compliant with both the VITA 57.1 and VITA 57.4 FMC standards.

“Demanding markets like mil-aero, medical and telecommunications continually push the boundaries of what is possible,” said Erik Barhorst, Managing Director of Logic-X. “At the front end this requires very fast analog- to-digital and digital-to-analog converters and, more often than not, these need to offer the lowest possible latency. The LXD30K0 has been designed to meet the challenges presented by these demanding applications by offering best-in-class low latency, high speed and wide bandwidth in an easy-to-implement FMC module.”

Further information on the LXD30K0 can be found at: www.logic-x.eu/LXD30k0

]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2020 15:35:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Adaptable compute acceleration platforms and Sensor interface products]]> Over the years the industry has continued to explore the different options of addressing the ever-increasing need for high performance computing in sensor processing and artificial intelligence applications. Many of these applications require more than a standard CPU to perform the complex algorithms and growing amount of data to be processed. This has given rise to platforms that form a combination of traditional CPUs collaborating with vector processing units like GP GPUs and DSP processors. However, these platforms run into scaling challenges due to inefficiency of the memory bandwidth usage. Also, the GPU/DSP platforms require a relatively large amount of power for their processing. One of the solutions for both problems have been traditional FPGA platforms, which offer highly configurable programmable logic with massive parallel processing capabilities that require a fraction of the power dissipated by GPU/DSP platforms.

In recent years we have seen a large growth of Multi-Processor System on Chip (MPSOC) platforms that further reduce the size, weight and power of sensor processing and artificial intelligence platforms. The MPSOC devices are a combination of multiple CPUs, Realtime CPUs, Graphic processing units, Programmable logic and peripheral interfaces on one chip.

Both FPGA and MPSOC devices are complex products that are challenging to incorporate into a sensor processing platform and require a lot of intimate knowledge and hardware design skills. Using commercial of the shelve hardware that is used by multiple companies for multiple different applications reduces the time to market, design risk and the need for inhouse FPGA and MPSOC experts.

The latest trend in de market is the introduction of the Adaptive compute acceleration platform chips. These devices have an architecture that significantly extends the capabilities of traditional MPSOC and programmable logic devices. The hybrid of programmable logic and vector processing elements paired with general purpose CPUs enable a massive increase in compute power. Furthermore, they can also incorporate specific AI machine learning, advance networking and encryption IP that will enable a new class of sensor processing platforms.  

An FPGA, MPSOC or ACAP platform is adaptable to work with many different types of sensors without changing any of the other peripherals. Therefore it is ideally suited for leveraging the modularity that the FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) standard offers. Combining COTS adaptable compute acceleration platforms with COTS FMC sensor interface cards provide solutions for many different applications, whether you need high bandwidth analog to digital converters (ADC) and digital to analog converters (DAC) for radar applications, multigigabit optical or Ethernet interfaces for digital communications, or video interfaces for image processing.

Logic-X has a wide experience and in-depth knowledge of FPGA, MPSOC, highspeed ADC and DAC and optical interfaces and is going to bring to market a new generation of FPGA, MPSOC, ACAP and FMC products that will answer the needs of our customers. It is our goal to provide a mix of Commercial off the shelf products (COTS) and customer specific derivative boards (MCOTS) when the COTS product is does not directly map on the customer application.
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