The XpressFX design kit provides a complete hardware and software environment for FPGA designs targeting the Xilinx Virtex-4 FX FPGA. This development kit is built around a PCI-SIG-compliant PCI Express® form-factor card and targets the development of designs utilizing PCI Express® (Gen1) as their main communication interface.

• The kit comes with an unlimited and unrestricted Protocore license of our industry proven XpressLite2 PCIe 2.0 endpoint with DMA IP; implement the IP in any design targeted to the XpressFX board.
• The design environment allows for native Verilog and native VHDL design flows.
  
• PCI Express® Testbench in both Verilog and VHDL is provided to ease design verification.
• Software Design Kit (SDK) with a full-featured and license-free Windows and Linux PCI Express® device driver; The SDK also includes an API in C source code and multiple example GUI applications in C++ and Java source code.
• A portfolio of specialized daughtercards is available. Custom daughtercards can be designed and produced in very short turn times.
• Lifetime IP maintenance updates and technical support directly from PLDA's board and IP designers.
  

• XpressFX development board
• PCI Express® short form add-in board
  • PCI Express® Base Specification 2.0 compliant, tested at 2.5Ghz
  • PCI-SIG compliant
  • RoHS compliant
    
• Xilinx Virtex 4 FX (XC4VFX100FF1152)
  • ~80,000 (85%) equivalent Logic Cells available when using XpressLite2 IP (x8)
• Standard-based protocols supported
  • PCI Express® 2.0 in Gen1 mode (2.5 GT/sec) in x1, x4, x8 configurations
  • PCI Express® 1.1, x1 and x4 Cabling on daughtercard
  • Infiniband, Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel using SFP and HSSDC2 transceivers/connectors
• Memory
  • 256MB DDR2 SDRAM as 2 banks of 64M x 16bits
• I/O
  • 20 transmit and 20 receive LVDS pairs (also available as 80 LVCMOS25 signals)
  • 4 Gigabit high-speed transceiver pairs
  • 100 LVTTL or LVCMOS (2.5V or 3.3V) I/Os
  • 45 I/Os on prototyping matrix
• Power supply
  • Through PCI Express® edge connector
  • Through ATX HDD AMP connector
• Other
  • 2x oscillator input
  • 8x LED
  • 8x switch
  • 1x extended RS232
• XpressFX board design files
  • Schematics
• XpressLite2 PCI Express® 2.0 endpoint with DMA IP core package
  • Protocore license, for board use only
  • Downloadable from your customer account here
  • Learn more about the XpressLite2 IP
• (optional) Dedicated XpressLite PCI Express® x8 (Gen1) Root Port IP core package
  • For designs requiring Root Port only functionality (x8)
  • Requires RP_HSI daughtercard. Contact us for details
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Avalaible daughtercards

Product Name	Version	Short Description
SFP_HSI	1.1	Adds two SFP connectors for high-speed optical and copper connectivity
RP HSI	1.1	Adds Root Port x4 capability
PCIEC4_HSI	1.0	Adds PCI Express® Cable support (x1 and x4)
KLINK Base	1.0	Adds Base Camera Link support for vision applications
SW HSI	1.1	Adds PCI Express® Switch, Root Port,and Cabling (x1) capability




Avalaible documentation

Document Name	Version
Reference Manual	December 06, 2006
Product Brief	May 22, 2007