Supported TI Processors: DM646x, DM644x, DM643x, DM64x, DM355, OMAP35x, F283x, F282x, F281x, F280x, LF240x, C55x, C54x, C672x, C67x, C645x, C6414T/15T/16T, C642x, C6410/12/13/18, C62x, MSP430×1xx, MSP430×2xx, MSP430×3xx, MSP430×4xx

Xilinx® serial and parallel connectivity solutions meet the most demanding bandwidth, power, and cost requirements for interfacing Xilinx FPGA co-processors to Texas Instruments digital signal processors (DSPs) and the surrounding system. These end-to-end solutions are an integral component of Xilinx Targeted Design Platforms that enable designers to extend the range of available interface options to Texas Instruments DSPs.

Xilinx programmable IO solutions are based on Virtex® and Spartan® Series FPGAs to deliver the features, performance, and flexibility of a custom chip solution, while offering significantly lower development costs than an ASIC. The latest generation Virtex-6 and Spartan-6 devices provide the industry’s lowest power, highest speed serial transceivers with the widest protocol support, including PCI Express®, Gigabit Ethernet, XAUI, SONET/SDH, CPRI, OBSAI, Serial RapidIO, HD-SDI, and more. In addition, built-in PCI Express and tri-mode Ethernet MAC blocks save valuable logic resources and power, while enabling high performance connectivity at reduced cost.

Designs can be up and running right out-of-the-box – often in less than one hour – with Xilinx off-the-shelf protocol-based design solutions. These flexible, scalable development kits come complete with hardware, software tools, pre-verified IP cores, and comprehensive reference designs to immediately begin developing, integrating, and debugging system interfaces.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

• Industry’s lowest power transceivers with line rates in excess of 11Gbps
• Built-in, fully compliant PCI Express block supports x1, x2, x4 and x8 Gen1 (2.5Gbps) and Gen2 (5Gbps) interfaces
• Built-in tri-mode Ethernet MAC with four independent 10/100/1000 Mbps blocks
• Differential and single-ended I/O support for 1.25Gbps differential I/O, 800MHz single-ended I/O, and built-in active I/O termination
• Industry’s best signal integrity with eight programmable levels of Transmit Pre-emphasis and four programmable levels of Receive Equalization

TECHNICAL SPECS

• Virtex-6 FPGA Connectivity and ML623 MGT Characterization Kits
• Virtex-5 FPGA Development Kits for PCI Express and Gigabit Ethernet
• Spartan-6 FPGA Connectivity and SP623 MGT Characterization Kits
• Spartan-3 FPGA PCI Express Starter Kit

AVAILABILITY

All Virtex-5 and Spartan-3 FPGA Connectivity kits are available now.
For availability of new Virtex-6 and Spartan-6 FPGA kits, visit: www.xilinx.com/kits.

APPLICATION AREAS

Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Broadcast, Consumer Electronics, Wired and Wireless Communications, as well as Industrial, Scientific and Medical Instrumentation