PCI Express Optical Module Board

High-speed transmission/reception board mounted SFP cage,
fulfilled high-speed data communication with external devices
Stable optical high-speed communication of 3.7Gbps x 2 (max 6.6Gbps x 2) realized

SFP standard optical module on SFP cage I/F board with XILINX FPGA Artix-7 mounted permits:

Stable high-speed communication
Improvement of baudrate and transfer efficiency
Transmission of large volume data on a PC basis
Send and receive successive large volume data

Sample program and sample driver designed by ISX are available.

Overview

Basic Performance

XILINX Artix-7 which consumes the lowest power at the lowest cost in 28nm process is mounted

Mounting XILINX FPGA Artix-7 family which adopts 28nm process and is proud of the most superior system performance per unit watt enables to reduce power consumption while good scalability is secured.
SFP cage is installed as interface to optical module therefore stable communication of large volume data is readily.
Besides high-performance memory interface of DDR3/4Gbit is installed for stable transceiving of successive large volume data.

Good Scalability

High-speed extended I/O, external power supply, DDR3 memory and hardware DIP switch - ISX delivers the full potential.

Having lots of I/O and external power connectors enables to install not only to desktop PCs but also to various devices with flexible ideas.
It is available to adopt an original protocol or an original driver for Windows
Demo program adopted XILINX AURORA protocol is ready for service.

Specification

FPGA	XILINX Artix 7 75T(XC7A75T-1FGG484C)
Memory	DDR3/4Gbit
SFP Cage	SFP Module Tx/Rx x 2
Power	PCIe(PCI Express)Slot or External Power Supply
Other I/O	User I/O 40pin
Size	150mm x 68.9mm(Low Profile PCI)
Other	Push Switch , LED
Operating Temperature	10 degree C to 50 degree C (non-condensing)
Price	JPY 89,800.-

Application

Example 1

High-speed data transfer from desktop PC

Stable high-speed communication over long distances

Large volume data can be transferred from PC.
Over long distances that USB 3.0 cannot reach, PCI Express is able to transfer stable data to PCs and other various devices.
It is available to use on a slim desktop due to its low profile form.

Example 2

Data receiving from devices in remote locations

Error rate 0% achieved by loopback

It is appropriate to applications which collect device informations and send a large volume of data at a time.
Even in noisy environment, stable high-speed communication without noise on data by using optical high-speed transmission and reception.

Example 3

Customization

Designing and developing original boards

Customization to meet the required environment or requests of customers is available. Flexible support from design of schematic and printed circuit is one of ISX's strength.
When PCI Express is not used, it is possible to construct data sending/receiving system with the dedicated external I/O.

Various plans for customization:
- Increasing capacity or speed of memory
- PCIe Gen2 to Gen3
- PCIe x4 to x8
- SFP modules 2pcs to 4pcs
- Scale-up or shrink PCI board
- Developing a dedicated board
- Create various I/F according to customer's device
- Simplifying board without memory and SFP

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