Altera FPGA-based I/O controller

Citation

(2005), "Altera FPGA-based I/O controller", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 77 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2005.12777cad.005

Altera FPGA-based I/O controller

Altera FPGA-based I/O controller

Keywords: Defence sector, Electronic engineering

SBS Technologies continued its role as an embedded defence electronics company by introducing a new member of its line of DSP-based I/O Interface boards for military and defence applications. The 6U DIO1- 6CP provides a highly versatile interface between a CompactPCI bus and DSP- based inputs and outputs. The 6U DIO1-6CP is available in commercial, conformal-coated and conduction- cooled versions.

This 6U CompactPCI DSP-based I/O interface board is based on Texas Instruments' TMS5402 DSP and Altera's 1K ACEX FPGA devices. The 6U CompactPCI DSP-based I/O interface board features two PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) interface slots for added versatility. Based on SBS core designs, the 6U DIO1-6CP has varying I/ O capabilities that can be added to or modified from an extensive array of previously designed and verified I/O circuits.

“SBS expands its integrated system solutions, we have found that customer- specific input and output requirements represent the greatest variability in offering off-the-shelf solutions. Our design engineering teams leveraged their experiences using DSP-based computing platforms into versatile product designs. This design approach offers our customers an entire portfolio of products that will meet the performance requirements of the end use application and operate in severe temperature, shock, and vibration environments”, said Frank Willis, VP Business Development for SBS Technologies.

These CompactPCI commercial and conduction-cooled DSP-based I/O boards can handle a wide variety of signals and perform on-the-fly signal processing, said to make them ideal for mission computers and other applications with harsh environmental demands.

DSP program code and FPGA configuration data can be downloaded and stored in flash memory via the host processor, allowing the 6U DIO1-6CP to combine the functionality of several specialty boards while saving precious backplane slots for other uses. Because this board design is based upon a programmable architecture, SBS can provide custom features such as engineering unit (EU) conversion and precise timing of signals and sample rates.

The DIO1-6CP DSP-based I/O board supports Wind River Systems' VxWorks, Green Hills Software's Integrity and Microsoft Windows operating systems and comes configured with built-in testing capability software.

Details available from: SBS Technologies. Tel: +49 821 50 34 171; Fax: +49 821 50 34 119.