VME and VXS get into gear with the high-speed A/D Pallene-V6, from TEK Microsystems. The Pallene-V6 combines three Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGAs with Texas Instruments ADS54RF63 12-bit A/D converters, supporting eight channels at up to 550 MSps with sample accurate synchronization across multiple boards.
With three highly connected FPGA sites, the two front-end FPGAs are attached directly to the A/D converters, providing a simple and direct high-speed connection from the ADCs to the FPGA. The third FPGA can be used to support additional processing and provides any required protocol support for either front-panel or backplane interfaces.
The Pallene-V6 supports 12 full-duplex, high-speed fiber optic connections through the front panel, along with 8 to 12 full-duplex, high-speed fabric connections through the VXS P0 connector. When all links are utilized, the Pallene-V6 supports total aggregate bandwidth of 37 GBps (18.5 GBps in each direction) to other off-board processing resources.
