Project description
Actually this is not a hardware project, but is there to help you find your way in the VITA 57.1 FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) standard. It alsoshows you which FMC Mezzanines and Carriers are developed in the context of the Open Hardware project. Furthermore it gives practical info that can help you in designing FMC modules.
- FMC cards developed as Open Hardware
- FMC product directories (non Open Hardware developments)
- FMC standard info
- FMC components and design notes
FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) standard info
FMC standard
- ANSI/VITA 57.1-2008 FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) Standard
The FMC standard refers to other standards for the EEPROM data:
- Intelligent Platform Management Interface (Intel)
- Base IPMI commands defined in the PICMG 2.9 specification (CompactPCI System Management)
FMC components
- Front-panels - XTech, Part no. XFM85-0001 (10mm height)
- Spacers
- CERN Stores: 06.61.91.313.1 (10 mm)
- Schroff: 60897-278
- Screws 2.5mm x 6mm (diameter x length)
- CERN Stores (Bossard): 1243896
- FMC connectors - Samtech
Connectors usable with 10mm FMC front-panel
- SMC high-frequency front-panel mount connectors (low enough for 10mm FMC cards)
- Survey of SMA, SMC and MMCX connectors for the use on FMC cards (in French)
- Example order - CERN only
- Multi-pin connector
PCIe front-panel with FMC cutout
The PCI express boards designed as part of the OHR project need a specific front-panel with a cutout for the FMC carrier's front panel.
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Purcell Brackets
- Example order - CERN only - One-piece design
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Gompf Brackets
- Example order - CERN only - Three-piece design
- Screws 3mm x 5mm (diameter x length)
- CERN Stores (Bossard): 1244051
FMC Usage notes
Product directories (non OHR developments)
Non-commercial carriers (non OHR developments)
- DESY
- DesyAMC 2 - AMC carrier (page 17)
Commercial FMC mezzanines (non OHR developments)
- Creotech
- Curtis Wright - A/D and D/A converters
- Dallas Logic - A/D converters
- Integre Technologies - Camera link and custom designs
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Lyrtech
- FMC DSP board with 2 or 4 TI 6-core DSPs used for calculation boosting, equipped with PCIe Gen2 interface. Conceptual stage (15/11/2010)
- FMC 2x 500MHz ADC, 12 bits for EAGLE experiment at Warsaw Laboratory of Heavy Ions - readout of germanium detectors.Conceptual stage (15/11/2010)
- 16 channel ADC, 10 bit, 130Mhz with 4 channel slow DAC. The FMC is up and running, code being written (15/11/2010)
- Xilinx FMC boards and kits
Commercial FMC carriers (non OHR developments)
- Curtis-Wright
- Lyrtech
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Creotech
- FMC carrier for 18 or 36 FMC boards in a form of 2U/4U 19" rack. The schematics are almost finished (15/11/2010). We expect to have first prototypes in March. This will be used for 512 channel GEM spectrometer. Design prototype
- Single FMC carrier with Virtex 4 with PowerPC and Gbit Ethernet interface to hold 2x500MHz card. Conceptual stage (15/11/2010)
Other links
- FMC Alliance - refers to these OHR pages
- Adopting VITA 57 (FMC): Reducing FPGA I/O headaches
- A Brief History of FMC (VITA-57), fun background
Erik van der Bij - 18 January 2011