Overview
The Mercury CA1 module offers high-performance yet low cost Altera Cyclone IV FPGAs in conjunction with standard interfaces like USB 2.0 and Gigabit Ethernet.
With its powerful standard interfaces, the many LVDS capable I/Os, the large DDR2 SDRAM and the many hardware multipliers it is equally suited for digital signal processing, networking, high-speed I/O as well as SoPC applications utilizing the Altera Nios II soft processor.
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Highlights
- Features the latest Altera low-cost FPGA family
- FTDI-based USB 2.0 High-Speed interface
- Gigabit Ethernet PHY for high-bandwidth/low-latency networking
- Smaller than a credit-card
- Requires only a single supply voltage (5..16V)
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Benefits
- Vast parallel processing power for DSP applications (up to 200 multipliers at 260 MHz = 52 GMAC/s)
- High-bandwidth data I/O thanks to the large number of available LVDS pairs
- Simple and low-cost integration thanks to standard interfaces (USB, Gigabit Ethernet), single supply voltage and 2.5V / 3.3V power outputs
- Simplified carrier board design (typically 4 layers)
- Many IP cores are available from Altera, Enclustra and 3rd parties
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Features
- Altera Cyclone IV E FPGA
- Small form factor (56 x 54 mm, dual 168-pin Hirose FX10 connectors)
- 25 differential pairs and 98 single-ended user I/Os or 146 single-ended user I/Os (168 with custom configuration)
- Up to 16 MB SPI Flash
- Up to 256 MB DDR2 SDRAM
- FTDI USB 2.0 High-Speed interface
- Gigabit Ethernet PHY
- High-power 8A core power supply
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Module Architecture
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Product Selection Matrix
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Custom module configurations are available starting at 30 pcs order quantity. Please contact us.
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Pricing
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Reference Design
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The Mercury CA1 reference design consists of the following deliverables:
- Precompiled FPGA configuration bitstream containing Qsys system featuring the following functional blocks:
- Nios II CPU
- DDR2 SDRAM controller
- SPI and I2C masters, UART (FTDI), JTAG UART
- Gigabit Ethernet MAC
- Timer, GPIO
- Console-based demo applications (including source code and SDK workspace)
- DDR2 / SPI Flash memory tests
- Ethernet / I2C bus / UART access
- Documentation (also explaining how to customize and generate the Qsys system).
Please contact us via email for availability information.
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Target Applications
- Digital Signal Processing
- Video Processing
- Audio Processing
- Motion Control
- Software Defined Radio
- Communications
- Embedded Computing
- Networking
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Related Products
- Enclustra Mercury Starter Base Board more
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Ordering
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Support and Further Information
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