FPGA Overview

Xilinx Virtex-5
Xilinx Virtex-4
Xilinx Virtex-II Pro
Xilinx Virtex-II
Xilinx Virtex-E

As FPGAs acquired DSP capabilities with hardware multipliers, Pentek was among the first to offer board-level FPGA design kits so customers could easily add their own IP algorithms.

Pushing the envelope of FPGA resources, in 2003 Pentek announced a series of extremely high-performance FPGA cores for FFT, DDC and pulse compression algorithms and now offer these as factory-installed IP cores on Pentek products.

GateFlow is Pentek's flagship collection of FPGA Design Resources that utilize the Xilinx Virtex FPGA parts. GateFlow is available in two offerings:

GateFlow FPGA Design Kit: This kit includes design information and software files to deploy unused FPGA resources to implement custom, user-defined algorithms.
GateFlow Installed IP Cores: These high-performance, off-the-shelf signal processing functions are delivered preinstalled in specific Pentek FPGA-based products and are fully supported with Pentek ReadyFlow Board Support Packages. By listening carefully to its customers, Pentek has equipped each FPGA installed core product with proprietary signal processing techniques providing features such as 200 MHz sampling rate DDCs, 256 DDC channels, channel summation and power meters with threshold detectors. Purchasing these popular factory-installed cores saves customers the time and costs of acquiring FPGA tools and developing custom FPGA code.

Putting FPGAs to Work for Software Radio Handbook
Written by Rodger Hosking, Vice President and Co-founder of Pentek

FPGAs are becoming an increasingly important resource for software radio systems. This handbook introduces the basics of software radio followed by a brief review of the evolution of programmable logic technology which now offers significant advantages for implementing software radio functions.

An overview of Pentek’s GateFlow FPGA Design Resources is followed by product descriptions and finally by some software radio system examples that utilize FPGA technology.

Putting FPGAs to Work for Software Radio Handbook

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Xilinx Virtex-5

Pentek's Virtex-5 product offering consists of A/D and DDC modules and are available in PMC, XMC, cPCI, PCI and PCIe formats.The Virtex-5 FPGAs offer integrated system-level capabilities that shrink design cycles and reduce system costs.

Pentek Virtex-5 Products - ( top )

Model	Description
Model 7652	Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 32 Channel DDC - PCI
Model 7651	Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 256 Channel DDC - PCI
Model 7650	Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D w/Virtex-5 FPGAs PCI
Model 7352	Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 32 Channel DDC - 3U cPCI
Model 7351	Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 256 Channel DDC - 3U cPCI
Model 7252D	Octal 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 64 Channel DDC - 6U cPCI
Model 7252	Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 32 Channel DDC - 6U cPCI
Model 7251D	Octal 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 512 Channel DDC 6U cPCI
Model 7251	Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 256 Channel DDC - 6U cPCI
Model 7250D	Octal 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D w/Virtex-5 FPGAs 6U cPCI
Model 7250	Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D w/Virtex-5 FPGAs 6U cPCI
Model 7153	Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 2-4 Channel DDC - PMC
Model 7152	Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 32 Channel DDC - PMC
Model 7151	Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D, 256 Channel DDC - PMC
Model 7150	Quad 200 MHz, 16-bit A/D with Virtex-5 FPGAs PMC/XMC
Model 4953	GateFlow FPGA Design Kit for Pentek Modules

Xilinx Virtex-4

Pentek's Virtex-4 product offering consists of A/D, D/A and DDC modules and are available in PMC, XMC, cPCI, PCI and PCIe formats. The Xilinx Virtex-4 devices incorporate up to 200,000 logic cells, 500 MHz performance and unrivaled system features to deliver twice the density, twice the performance, and half the power consumption of previous-generation FPGAs.

Pentek Virtex-4 Products - ( top )

Model	Description
Model 7642-428	GateFlow Transceiver with Multiband DDC & Interpolation Filter PMC/XMC
Model 7642	4-Ch A/D, 1-Ch D/A w/ Virtex-4 FPGAs PCI
Model 7342-428	GateFlow Transceiver with Multiband DDC & Interpolation Filter PMC/XMC
Model 7342	4-Ch A/D, 1-Ch D/A w/Virtex-4 FPGAs 3U CPCI
Model 7242D-428	GateFlow Transceiver with Multiband DDC & Interpolation Filter PMC/XMC
Model 7242-428	GateFlow Transceiver with Multiband DDC & Interpolation Filter PMC/XMC
Model 7242	4-Ch A/D, 1-Ch D/A w/Virtex-4 FPGAs 6U CPCI
Model 7142-428	GateFlow Transceiver with Multiband DDC & Interpolation Filter PMC/XMC
Model 7142	4-Ch A/D, 1-Ch D/A w/ Virtex-4 FPGAs PMC/XMC
Model 4953	GateFlow FPGA Design Kit for Pentek Modules
Model 4207	MPC8641D PowerPC & Virtex-4 FPGA I/O Proc - VME/VXS

Xilinx Virtex-II Pro

Pentek's Virtex-II Pro product offering consists of A/D, upconverter, downconverter, transceiver modules and are available in VME, PMC, XMC, cPCI, PCI and ruggedized formats. The Virtex-II Pro FPGAs incorporates embedded PowerPC processors and 3.125 Gbps RocketIO serial transceivers. The Xilinx Virtex-II Pro family of FPGAs was chosen for their generous mix of block memory, system gates and hardware multipliers.

Pentek Virtex-II Pro Products - ( top )

Model	Description
Model 7641-430	GateFlow Transceiver with 256-Ch NB DDC - PCI
Model 7641	Dual Digital Up/Downconverter PCI with FPGA
Model 7640-430	GateFlow Transceiver w/256-Ch NB DDC - PCI
Model 7640-421	GateFlow Transceiver w/Wideband DDC - PCI
Model 7640-420	GateFlow Transceiver WB DDC & Interpolation - PCI
Model 7640	Dual Digital Up/Downconverter PCI with FPGA
Model 7341-430	GateFlow Transceiver with 256-Ch NB DDC - cPCI
Model 7341-420	GateFlow Transceiver w/WB DDC & Interpolation - 3U cPCI
Model 7341	Dual Digital Up/Downconverter 3U cPCI with FPGA
Model 7340-430	GateFlow Transceiver w/256-Ch NB DDC - 3U cPCI
Model 7340-421	GateFlow Transceiver w/Wideband DDC - 3U cPCI
Model 7340-420	GateFlow Transceiver w/WB DDC & Interpolation - 3U cPCI
Model 7340	Dual Digital Up/Downconverter 3U cPCI with FPGA
Model 7241D-430	GateFlow Transceiver with 256-Ch NB DDC - cPCI
Model 7241D-420	GateFlow Transceiver w/WB DDC & Interpolation - 6U cPCI
Model 7241D	Quad Digital Up/Downconverter 6U cPCI with FPGA
Model 7241-430	GateFlow Transceiver with 256-Ch NB DDC - cPCI
Model 7241-420	GateFlow Transceiver w/WB DDC & Interpolation - 6U cPCI
Model 7241	Dual Digital Up/Downconverter 6U cPCI with FPGA
Model 7240D-430	GateFlow Transceiver w/256-Ch NB DDC - 6U cPCI
Model 7240D-420	GateFlow Transceiver w/WB DDC & Interpolation - 6U cPCI
Model 7240D	Quad Digital Up/Downconverter 6U cPCI with FPGA
Model 7240-430	GateFlow Transceiver w/256-Ch NB DDC - 6U cPCI
Model 7240-421	GateFlow Transceiver w/Wideband DDC - 6U cPCI
Model 7240-420	GateFlow Transceiver w/WB DDC & Interpolation - 6U cPCI
Model 7240	Dual Digital Up/Downconverter 6U cPCI with FPGA
Model 7141-703	Dual Digital Up/Downconverter Ruggedized PMC/XMC with FPGA
Model 7141-430	GateFlow Transceiver with 256-Ch NB DDC - PMC/XMC
Model 7141-420	GateFlow Transceiver with WB DDC & Intpolation Filter PMC/XMC
Model 7141	Dual Digital Up/Downconverter PMC/XMC with FPGA
Model 7140-430	GateFlow Transceiver with 256-Ch NB DDC - PMC/XMC
Model 7140-421	GateFlow Transceiver with Wideband DDC - PMC/XMC
Model 7140-420	GateFlow Transceiver WB DDC & Interpolation - PMC/XMC
Model 7140	Dual Digital Up/Downconverter PMC/XMC with FPGA
Model 6826	Dual 2 GHz, 10-bit A/D VME Board w/Virtex-II Pro
Model 6822	Dual 215 MHz A/D Converter VME Board w/FPDP Output
Model 6821-422	215 MHz A/D and Digital Receiver Installed Core
Model 6821	215 MHz A/D Converter VME Board w/FPDP Output
Model 6256	Dual/Quad 105 MHz A/D w/Virtex-II Pro FPGA VIM-2
Model 6251	Configurable Logic & I/O Virtex-II Pro FPGA VIM-2
Model 4953	GateFlow FPGA Design Kit for Pentek Modules
Model 2504	Multiband Transceiver with FPGA Record/Playback System

Xilinx Virtex-II

Pentek's Virtex-II product offering consists of A/D, D/A, wideband and multiband digital receiver modules and real-time system-level products. These products are available in VME, PMC, cPCI, PCI and ruggedized formats. Xilinx Virtex-II FPGAs enhances the complete design process by providing world class verification tools and information resources.

Pentek Virtex-II Products - ( top )

Model	Description
Model 7631A	16-Ch. Multiband Receiver w/A/D & FPGA PCI Board
Model 7631	16-Ch. Dig. Receiver w/A/D & FPGA PCI Board
Model 7331	16-Ch Multiband Digital Receiver & A/D 3U cPCI Board
Model 7231	16-Ch Multiband Digital Receiver & A/D 6U cPCI Board
Model 7131-702	Rugged 16-Ch Multiband Digital Receiver & A/D PMC
Model 7131	16-Ch Multiband Digital Receiver & A/D PMC Module
Model 6251	Configurable Logic & I/O Virtex-II Pro FPGA VIM-2
Model 6250-404	Configurable Logic FPGA VIM-2 w/4K FFT & FPDP I/O
Model 6250	Configurable Logic FPGA VIM-2 Module with FPDP I/O
Model 6236-421	14-Bit A/D with Wideband Receiver Installed Core
Model 6236	14-Bit A/D & FPGA VIM-2 w/Opt. Digital Receivers
Model 6235-421	12-Bit A/D with Wideband Receiver Installed Core
Model 6235-404	Dual Wideband 4k FFT Receiver VIM-2 Module
Model 6235-401	Dual Wideband 1k FFT Receiver VIM-2 Module
Model 6235	2-Ch. Wideband Dig. Receiver + A/D VIM-2 w/FPGA
Model 6228	4-Ch. D/A, Digital Upconverter & FPGA VIM-2 Module
Model 4953	GateFlow FPGA Design Kit for Pentek Modules
Model 4205	VIM/PMC Carrier and MPC7457 PowerPC VME Board
Model 2504	Multiband Transceiver with FPGA Record/Playback System

Xilinx Virtex-E

Pentek's Virtex-E product offering consists of narrowband receiver modules and are available in VIM formats. The Xilinx Virtex-E family, at the time of market entry, set the standard for FPGA performance and density.

Pentek Virtex-E Products - ( top )

Model	Description
Model 6232	32-Ch. Narrowband Dig Receiver VIM-4 w/FPDP Inputs w/FPGA
Model 6231	16-Channel Narrowband Digital Receiver & A/D VIM-2 w/FPGA
Model 6230	32-Channel Narrowband Digital Receiver & A/D VIM-4 w/FPGA
Model 4953	GateFlow FPGA Design Kit for Pentek Modules