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Opal Kelly, a leading producer of powerful Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) modules that provide essential device-to-computer interconnect, today announced the XEM8305 integration module, the latest in a line of FPGA development boards powered by the AMD UltraScale+™ family of FPGAs. The XEM8305 pairs the efficiency of the Artix™ AU15P with the versatility of Opal […]

Lead times on many electronic components continue to improve, but are still very long. Large customer orders placed now can expect to have a lead time of 6 to 10 months. AMD-Xilinx lead time volatility is still an ongoing concern. Click to view our current inventory status If you are using (or planning to use) […]

VHDL was introduced in 1981, followed by Verilog in 1984. Both were primarily introduced as a way to document and simulate the behavior of digital circuits. As the languages became standardized and more broadly adopted, tools became more affordable and capable, eventually leading to the use of these languages for circuit synthesis in the 1990’s […]

AMD-Xilinx’s 7-Series and UltraScale Memory Interface Generators (MIG) are complex gateware and primitive instantiation generators for DDR memory. They can be configured with seemingly endless parameters, and because it implements a physical interface outside the FPGA, your board vendor is the appropriate source for this configuration. It can be a grueling process to manually enter […]

One shortcoming of graphical or schematic hardware descriptions is that ripping signals or subset busses from a larger bus can be cumbersome. AMD-Xilinx’s Slice IP Core can only slice off one signal/bus per instantiation of the IP Core and this quickly becomes unruly as the number of control signals increase. We recommend a custom RTL […]

Lead times on many electronic components we use for our products continue to increase since our previous update in September. Large customer orders placed now can expect to have a lead time of 10 to 12 months. Click to view our current inventory status (2023-06-28). If you are using (or planning to use) Opal Kelly […]

Based on Xilinx Artix UltraScale+ FPGA Complements Opal Kelly’s XEM8320 Development Platform and Features Their FrontPanel SDK Press Release Portland, Oregon – April 12, 2022 Opal Kelly, a leading producer of powerful Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) modules that provide essential device-to-computer interconnect, today announced the XEM8310-AU25P development module for the Xilinx Artix® UltraScale+™ FPGA. […]

Based on Xilinx Artix UltraScale+ FPGA, XEM8320-AU25P Features Opal Kelly FrontPanel SDK, SYZYGY Connectivity Media Coverage Artix UltraScale+ (Xilinx) + XEM8320 (Opal Kelly) = SYZYGY’s Time to Shine — Max Maxfield, EE Journal Xilinx Artix UltraScale+ FPGA development platform released — Gina Ross, Electronic Products FPGA Module Incorporates Multiple Modular Peripheral Connections — Product of […]

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Lead times on many electronic components we use for our products continue to increase since our previous update in September. Large customer orders placed now can expect to have a lead time of 12 to 15 months. Click to view our current inventory status (2023-02-08). If you are using (or planning to use) Opal Kelly […]