Key Features

• Unified, industry standard, well debugged and documented high performance platforms minimizing total design time and final cost for end user PICMG® MicroTCA®, AdvancedTCA® and stand-alone/embedded applications
• Xilinx Zynq-7000 Kintex AP SoC FPGA (XC7Z035, XC7Z045, XC7Z100) with two ARM® cores (PS), high density logic (PL) and a pool of 12.5Gbps transceivers
• VITA57.1-2008 (R2010) FMC-site for user adopted I/O with FMC HPC/LPC submodule (160 I/O, 8x GBT 12.5Gbps) upon user application requirements (AD/DA, SFP+, QSFP+, RF, etc.)
• AMC Fabric-DEFG ports 4-7/8-11 for in-chassis AMC-to-AMC real-time data transfer using 10GbE, 10GBASE-BX4 (XAUI), 40GBASE-KX4, 4x Serial RapidIO (50Gbps), 4x/8x PCIe (32Gbps/64Gbps) protocols
• AMC Fabric-A 1GbE ports 0-1 from PS for remote device control and in-chassis AMC-to-AMC control communication
• DDR3 memory banks for PS and PL
• PS NOR FLASH memory for applications, data arrays and PL bitstreams
• Nonvolatile MRAM memory for critical PS application data
• Front panel MicroSD card slot for applications and data
• Front-panel PS and PL controlled LEDs
• PL 8-bit FPGA XGPIO port for optional connection to external devices and debugging
• A variety of activation modes for FMC-submodule
• MMC controller with proprietary TAMMC® high-speed MMC-kernel from MicroLAB Systems, monitoring of power/temperature, and status indication for reliable and safe device operation
• PS and MMC UART ports for remote control and management
• Complies PICMG® 3.0 Rev.3.0, MicroTCA.0 R1.0, AMC.0 R2.0, IPMI 1.5, VITA® 57.1-2008 (R2010) specifications
• Stand-alone operation from +12V power supply for user embedded applications
• Commercial and industrial operating temperature ranges

Development Tools

• Unified TASDK® tools for TORNADO AMC modules with high-level API for development of ARM applications, PL bitstreams and host PC Windows/Linux and Android® remote control applications
• Linux, FreeRTOS and "bare-metal" API for ARM applications
• TASDK/ThreadX toolkit with pre-certified Microsoft Azure ThreadX® RTOS for high-performance demanding applications
• Demo projects for device tests and user projects startup
• Xilinx Vivado tools, IP and JTAG emulator to compile and debug PS applications and PL bitstreams

Applications

• Telecommunication and telephony
• RF and digital radio
• General stand-alone and distributed DSP applications
• Image processing
• Radars and astrophysics
• Industrial, instrumentation and medical

** Notes

MicroLAB Systems can modify its products to meet special customer requirements. MOQ may apply. Contact MicroLAB Systems for more details.
 

Block diagram of TORNADO-AZ/FMC AdvancedMC (AMC) module
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TORNADO-MTCA® modular RF system including TORNADO-AZ/FMC AMC-module with FMC-submodule, TORNADO-A6678/FMC AMC-module with FMC-submodule, TORNADO-ARX1 RF AMC-module and T/AX-DSFPX AMC-module with 10GbE SFP+ ports all installed into MicroTCA® 1U chassis with 10GbE switching fabric
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TORNADO-mMTCA® modular DSP mini system including TORNADO-AZ/FMC AMC-module with FMC-submodule and T/AX-DSFPX AMC-module with 10GbE SFP+ ports all installed into dual-slot MicroTCA® mini chassis with passive backplane
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