XEM5010

FPGA Development Board with AMD-Xilinx Virtex 5

	1 PC
XEM5010-50M256 XC5VLX50, 256-MiB, 32-Mb Serial Flash	$1,399.95
XEM5010-50M256-I XC5VLX50, 256-MiB, 32-Mb Serial Flash (industrial temp)	$2,399.95
BRK5010 Breakout Board	$49.95

The Opal Kelly XEM5010 is an FPGA development board based on a XC5VLX50 Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA. In addition to a high gate-count, high-performance FPGA, the XEM5010 utilizes the high transfer rate of USB 2.0 for configuration downloads, enabling an almost instant reprogramming of the FPGA.

FrontPanel™ SDK

Opal Kelly’s FrontPanel SDK is an easy-to-use, robust API for communication, configuration, and interfacing to your PC, Mac or Linux hardware. FrontPanel handles all the interaction between your software and the FPGA internals, dramatically reducing the time and effort required to interface to a design.

Prototyping and OEM Integration

Opal Kelly FPGA integration modules are designed to be the ideal turnkey solution for prototypes and OEM product integration. With the complete FrontPanel SDK, there’s simply no faster, more reliable, production-ready way to jump start your FPGA design.

Block diagram

Features

256 MiB DDR2

Two completely independent 128-MByte DDR2 SDRAMs are great for high-performance applications where separate memory busses are required. Total memory bandwidth is 2.128-GB/s or 17.024-Gb/s.

36 Mb SYNCHRONOUS SRAM

A wide-bus (36-bit), 1Mx36 SSRAM is directly connected to the FPGA for high-speed, synchronous, static storage.

32 Mb SPI SERIAL FLASH

An 32-Mbit SPI Serial Flash device is included for non-volatile storage of both FPGA configuration and post-configuration data.

HIGH-EFFICIENCY POWER

The XEM5010 includes high-efficiency switching power supplies for the FPGA and support devices, reducing your design burden and project timeline.

Customer Deployments

Bioinformatics co-processors
Radar system - test interface, system integration, field testing
Camera interface for IR and LIDAR 3D cameras
Equipment for analyzing satellite imagery
University research
Design of equipment for mineral exploration

Applications

Image or video capture / processing
Data acquisition
Digital communications
ASIC / hardware-based simulation and verification
Bioinformatics (DNA search and pattern matching)
High-speed USB/FPGA co-processor
Evaluation platform for your product
Custom test equipment
Cryptography
Data Security

Technical Specifications and Support

Features & Specifications

Xilinx Virtex-5 (XC5VLX50-1FFG676C)
256-MByte DDR2 SDRAM (2x Micron MT47H64M16)
32-Mbit Serial Flash (ST Microelectronics M25P32)
36-Mbit SSRAM (1Mx36)
Small form-factor -- 85mm x 61mm x 17.6mm (3.35" x 2.40" x 0.69")
High-speed USB 2.0 interface (Cypress FX2LP - CY68013A) for downloading and control
Self-powered by external DC source
Very low jitter 100 MHz LVDS clock oscillator
Four LEDs
Two 120-pin 0.8mm Samtec high-performance board-to-board connectors (QSE-060)
Up to 200 user I/O (100 differential pairs)
Independent access to VCCO bank voltages
JTAG pins available through expansion connectors
Full FrontPanel virtual control panel support
Complete Application Programmer's Interface (API) in C, C++, C#, Ruby, Python, and Java