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Curtiss-Wright Controls announces new board level products supporting Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGAs

Publication date on this website: 25/06/2009

Category: Industry News (Market)

Company: Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing

Summary:

<p>Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing has announced support for the new Xilinx® Virtex®-6 FPGAs and targeted design platforms via its family of high sampling rate, high bandwidth FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC/VITA 57) modules. These include the new ADC512, a 3GS/s 8-bit, dual channel analog-to-digital converter (ADC) card, and new quad channel ADC513, a 1.5 GS/s 8-bit, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) card, able to support up to 1,500MS/s data throughput per channel. These new FMC cards eliminate data bottlenecks by supporting bandwidths in excess of 6B/s with direct low latency connections to host FPGAs such as a Virtex-6. This helps system designers optimize and increase DSP subsystem performance.</p>

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<p>Curtiss-Wright Controls Announces New Board Level <br /> FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card) Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) Mezzanine Cards Support New Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGAs <br /> <br /> High Wycombe, UK – June 24, 2009 -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, VXS, and CompactPCI products for the aerospace and defense (A&D) market, today announced support for the new Xilinx® Virtex®-6 FPGAs and targeted design platforms via its family of high sampling rate, high bandwidth FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC/VITA 57) modules. These include the new ADC512, a 3GS/s 8-bit, dual channel analog-to-digital converter (ADC) card, and new quad channel ADC513, a 1.5 GS/s 8-bit, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) card, able to support up to 1,500MS/s data throughput per channel. These new FMC cards eliminate data bottlenecks by supporting bandwidths in excess of 6B/s with direct low latency connections to host FPGAs such as a Virtex-6. This helps system designers optimize and increase DSP subsystem performance.<br /> <br /> The Curtiss-Wright Controls FMC cards enable system designers to optimize the performance of Virtex-6-based digital signal processing (DSP) subsystems. The high-speed ADC I/O are routed directly to the Virtex-6 FPGAs on the host board via the FMC connector to eliminate data bottlenecks and increase performance. <br /> <br /> “Our new high-bandwidth ADC512 and ADC513 FMC modules deliver dedicated I/O for advanced FPGAs and enables system developers to take full advantage of Xilinx´s next generation Virtex-6 FPGAs and targeted design platforms,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Modular Solutions, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “Our growing family of FMC FPGA I/O mezzanine cards significantly speeds and simplifies the use of FPGAs in rugged deployed embedded applications.”<br /> <br /> “The integration of industry-standard FMC modules is a key element of Xilinx´s targeted design platform strategy, and allows us to go to market with a simplified offering of base boards and daughter-card extensions for our Virtex-6 base platform,” said Raj Seelam, senior marketing manager of Platform Solutions at Xilinx. “Curtiss-Wright Controls has fully embraced this approach, and their support of Virtex-6 FPGAs with the new ADC512 and ADC513 FMC modules ensures that our mutual customers can meet the performance requirements of the most demanding embedded and DSP applications.”<br /> <br /> Available in both air-cooled and conduction-cooled rugged versions, the ADC512 and ADC513 are designed for use in demanding reconfigurable computing applications, such as direct RF down-conversion, SigInt/Surveillance, Satellite communications and SDR. They speed and simplify the integration of FPGAs into rugged deployed embedded system designs. <br /> <br /> About FMC (VITA 57)<br /> FMC modules enable I/O devices that reside on an industry standard (VITA 57) mezzanine card to be attached to, and directly controlled by FPGAs that reside on a host board. About half the size of a PMC module, FMCs provide a small footprint, reduced I/O bottleneck, increased flexibility, and reduced cost through the elimination of redundant interfaces. To maximize data throughput and minimize latency, the FMC connector provides numerous I/O pins that support high-speed signals for moving data between the FMC and the FPGA.<br /> <br /> About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing <br /> Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is the industry´s most comprehensive and experienced single source for embedded solutions, ranging from Processing, Subsystems, Data Communication, DSP, and Video & Graphics to the most advanced board level components and fully integrated custom systems. The Embedded Computing group serves the defense, aerospace, commercial and industrial markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. For more information about Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing visit www.cwcembedded.com.<br /> <br /> About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. <br /> Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com. <br /> <br /> ### <br /> <br /> Note: All trademarks are property of their respective owners.</p>

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<p>For editorial information regarding Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing Multi Computing products or services, contact John Wranovics, Director of Public Relations, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Tel: (925) 640-6402; email:jwranovics@curtisswright.com. Web site: www.cwcembedded.com. <br /> <br /> Inquiries: Please forward all Sales and reader service inquiries to Jerri-Lynne Charbonneau, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Tel: (613) 254-5112; Fax: (613) 599-7777; e-mail: sales@cwcembedded.com.</p>