AMD Virtex 7 FPGA VC7215 Characterization Kit

by: AMD

The Virtex™ 7 FPGA VC7215 Characterization Kit provides the hardware environment for characterizing and evaluating 80 GTH (13.1Gbps) transceivers of the on-board Virtex 7 V690T FPGA.

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Overview

Product Description

The Virtex™ 7 FPGA VC7215 Characterization Kit provides the hardware environment for characterizing and evaluating 80 GTH (13.1Gbps) transceivers of the on-board Virtex 7 V690T FPGA. The VC7215 allows evaluation of the Integrated Bit Error Ratio Test (IBERT) demonstration using the Vivado design suite. Each GTH Quad and its associated reference clock are routed from the FPGA to a connector pad which is designed to interface with a Samtec BullsEye connector. A cable enabled with a BullsEye connector and 10 standard SMAs allows users to connect to a broad range of evaluation platforms, from backplanes and optical evaluation boards to high speed test equipment. Each BullsEye connector handles a full GTH Quad, four transmit/receive pairs as well as the two independent reference clocks, enabling the highest level of flexibility in testing custom applications.


Key Features & Benefits

  • Hardware environment for characterizing and evaluating 80 GTH (13.1Gbps) transceivers on the Virtex 7 V690T FPGAs
  • Hardware, design tools, IP, and pre-verified reference designs
  • Integrated Bit Error Ratio Test (IBERT) reference design
  • System ACE™ SD controller
  • Expand I/O with 3 FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) interface
  • BullsEye connector supporting a full GTH Quad, with four transmit/receive pairs
  • Twenty Samtec BullsEye connector pads for the GTH transceivers and reference clocks
  • Two pairs of differential MRCC inputs with SMA connectors

Featured AMD Devices

Featuring the ROHS compliant kit including the Virtex 7 XC7VX690T-3FFG1927E FPGA

Logic Cells  693,120
DSP Slices 3,600
Memory (Kb) 52,920
GTH 13.1 Gb/s Transceivers 80
I/0 Pins 1,000
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Product Information

Specifications

Board Features

Featuring the VC7215 Characterization  Board

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Expansion Connectors

  • Three VITA 57.1 FPGA mezzanine card (FMC) high pin count (HPC) connectors

Clocking

  • Fixed, 200 MHz 2.5V LVDS oscillator wired to multi-region clock capable (MRCC) inputs
  • SuperClock-2 module supporting multiple frequencies

Communication & Networking

  • Twenty Samtec BullsEye connector pads for the GTH transceivers and reference clocks
  • Two pairs of differential MRCC inputs with SMA connectors
  • USB-to-UART bridge

Display

  • Power status LEDs
  • General purpose DIP switches, LEDs, push buttons, and test I/O

Configuration

  • Digilent USB JTAG programming port

Memory

  • System ACE™ SD controller

Control & I/O

  • I2C Bus

Power

  • PMBus connectivity to on-board digital power supplies
What's Inside

What's Inside

VC7215 Evaluation Board

Featuring the Virtex 7 XC7VX690T-3FFG1927E FPGA

Full seat Vivado™ Design Suite: Design Edition

Node locked & Device-locked to the Virtex 7 XC7VX690T FPGA, with 1 year of updates

Samtec Bullseye Cable with 10 standard SMAs

BullsEye Cable for AMD FPGA Characterization kits

Superclock-2 Module

Supporting Multiple Frequencies

Cables & Power Supply

Supply for all necessary voltages and power requirements

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Tools & IP

Design Tools

Name Description License Type
Vivado Design Suite Design Edition The AMD Vivado™ Design Suite is a revolutionary IP and System Centric design environment built from the ground up to accelerate the design for FPGAs and SoCs. Node locked & Device-locked to the Virtex 7 XC7VX690T FPGA, with 1 year of updates
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