Mercury+ SA2 prototypes have arrived

The first Mercury+ SA2 prototypes have arrived - and they look rather good. It's our first module in the new Mercury+ form-factor, which adds a third 168-pin Hirose FX10 connector to the standard two found on Mercury modules. This doesn't come at the cost of increased size, though - the module is still a petite 74 × 54 mm. In terms of on-board computing power, the SA2 is equipped with an Altera® Cyclone® V SoC, with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor and FPGA fabric; to interface with these there are 258 I/Os, as well as 9 MGTs. Up to 2 GBytes of DDR3L SDRAM, 64 MBytes of quad SPI flash cater for memory needs, while interfaces on offer are PCIe® Gen1/Gen2 ×4, Gigabit Ethernet, 2 × Fast Ethernet, USB 3.0 and USB 2.0. In short: there's a lot on there.

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Presentation: With FPGA modules from development to series production

Also this year Enclustra held a presentation at the ALL PROGRAMMABLE PLC2 Days in Stuttgart. Martin Heimlicher, CEO and founder, showed how easy and fast today FPGA projects can be realized thanks to off-the-shelf FPGA and SoC Modules. Did you miss the event? Download the Enclustra presentation here: With FPGA modules from development to series production

Meet us at ESC Silicon Valley

We're excited to announce that we're showcasing our latest FPGA Modules, FPGA-optimized IP cores and development services at the Embedded Systems Conference '15 in Santa Clara, CA from the 21^th to the 22^nd of July in the Demo Hall. The Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) is the industry's largest, most comprehensive technical conference for embedded systems professionals in the U.S.; join over 2,500 technical professionals and embedded systems hardware, software, and firmware developers to learn about the latest techniques and technology for reducing time, cost, and complexity in the embedded development process.

Drop by to see new embedded tricks, enthralling feats of coding, and learn what the embedded masters have up their sleeve in the Demo Hall. Gather new methods and techniques from the experts in the Demo Hall during their free education workshops.

Send us an email if you'd like to join us as a VIP guest, and enjoy 15% off the Conference Pass, as well as a complimentary Demo Pass, a saving of $75.

We look forward to welcoming you in Santa Clara.

Now rolling off the production line: the Mercury™ ZX1

The new Mercury ZX1 is the most powerful Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC-based module in our pack, and it's starting to gather a bit of a following due to its computational muscle. With Kintex-technology FPGAs in the 7030, 7035 and 7045 sizes combined with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, the ZX1 packs enough punch to handle the most very demanding of applications. A new production run is currently purring along.

Have a look here: Mercury ZX1

Mercury + even more I/Os = Mercury+ SA2

The new Mercury+ SA2 is for when you really need a lot of I/Os. It's our first module in the new Mercury+ form-factor, which adds a third 168-pin Hirose FX10 connector to the standard two found on Mercury modules. This doesn't come at the cost of increased size, though - the module is still a petite 74 × 54 mm. In terms of on-board computing power, the SA2 is equipped with an Altera® Cyclone® V SoC, with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor and FPGA fabric; to interface with these there are 258 I/Os, as well as 9 MGTs. Up to 2 GBytes of DDR3L SDRAM, 64 MBytes of quad SPI flash cater for memory needs, while interfaces on offer are PCIe® Gen1/Gen2 ×4, Gigabit Ethernet, 2 × Fast Ethernet, USB 3.0 and USB 2.0. In short: there's a lot on there.

Have a look here: Mercury+ SA2