XENIE programmable 10GBASE-T FPGA module

Description

The Xenie is a product family of highly integrated FPGA modules that includes the Xilinx® Kintex7® FPGA and 10Gbit Ethernet Marvell Alaska X 88X3310P PHY on a single board. The module is fully programmable to provide “Any to Ethernet” high performance connectivity. On the line side, the PHY supports the following protocols 10GBASE-T, 5GBASE-T, 2.5GBASE-T, 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX and 10BASE-Te. The PHY is compatible with the IEEE 802.3an, IEEE 802.3bz standards, NBASE-T™ Specification and supports IEEE802.1ae MACsec protocol and PTP functionality with IEEE 1588 v2. PTP time-stamp processing.

The FPGA's MGT lines support rates up to 12.5Gbit. The module is equipped with 1 GByte of DDR3L SDRAM and 32 MByte of Flash memory as a storage for configuration bitstream. Six GTX multi-gigabit transceivers and three full FPGA I/O banks (in total 150 single-ended I/O or up to 72 differential pairs) with configurable IO voltage are available via two high-speed, high-pin-count, board-to-board connectors. All other necessary supporting circuitry, like clock oscillators and voltage regulators are placed on module, requiring the user to attach literally only connectors and a single DC power supply.

Key Features

• Kintex 7 – XC7K160T-2FFG676C or XC7K70T-1FBG676C
• 1GB DDR3L memory (32b x 1600Mt/s)
• 6 x GTX Transceivers are available for custom applications
• 150 single-ended I/O or up to 72 diff. pairs
• 3.3V single voltage power supply
• 10Mbit to 10Gbit data rates on UTP copper line
• Compliant with NBASE-T spec. for 2.5G and 5G
• 100m reach on Cat5e for 2.5G and 5G modes
• 100m reach on Cat6a for 10G mode
• Small form factor 76 x 52 mm
• Flexible expansion via high-density board-toboard connectors

Applications

• Camera systems, Hyperspectral imaging
• PCI Express interface
• Protocol converters, bridges
• Security applications
• IP development
• Digital signal processing
• Cloud computing
• General-purpose prototyping platform
• DAC/ADC - JESD204B
• 12G, 6G, 3G-SDI, HD-SDI Video
• Video compression systems

• User Manual (PDF)
• Schematic (PDF)
• Schematic (Orcad Capture)
• Xenie PCB File (Allegro PCB)