FPGA Manager USB 3.0

Stream Data FPGA to USB IP Core

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Overview

Enclustra’s FPGA Manager USB 3.0 solution is optimized for Intel (Altera) and Xilinx FPGAs and allows for easy and efficient data transfer between a host and a FPGA over a USB 3.0 interface.

The solution includes a host software library (DLL), firmware for the Cypress EZ-USB® FX3™ USB 3.0 device controller and a suitable IP core for the FPGA. The user host application can communicate with the FPGA through a simple API consisting of simple read/write data commands hiding the complexity of the underlying protocols. Streaming and memory-mapped accesses are supported.

Highlights

  • High throughput, plug & play USB 3.0 interface
  • 300+MBytes/sec data transfer rate
  • Runs on Windows
  • Supports C, C++, C#/.NET and MATLAB® user applications
  • Uses Cypress EZ-USB FX3 device controller

Benefits

  • Complete and easy to use solution for communication between FPGA and host
  • No need for dealing with complexity of underlying protocols
  • Enclustra Mercury PE1 evaluation kits and reference design available

Features

  • Streaming data transfer between FPGA and host
  • Memory-mapped access to FPGA AXI bus
  • Direct FPGA bitstream download
  • Easy firmware Flash update capability

Deliverables

  • FPGA Manager USB 3.0 IP Core
    • VHDL source files (plain or encrypted, depending on product options)
    • Reference design
    • User manual
  • FPGA Manager USB 3.0 DLL
    • Binary DLL
    • API header files
    • API User Manual
  • FPGA Manager USB 3.0 FX3 Firmware
    • Binary File
  • FPGA Manager USB 3.0 Reference Design
    • Reference design top-level VHDL file (plain VHDL)
    • UCF / XDC / SDC constraint files (depending on product options)
    • Xilinx® ISE / Xilinx Vivado™ / Intel® Quartus® project files (depending on product options)
    • Top-level simulation test bench file (plain VHDL)
    • Top-level simulation ModelSim project file
    • Documentation

Site License Model

  • The license is granted to an “authorized site”, meaning a single geographical location with radius < 5 km in which the licensee conducts business.
  • The licensed material can be used for unlimited projects and/or end products developed at the authorized site.
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FPGA Manager Evaluation Kit

FPGA Manager Kit

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The FPGA Manager Evaluation Kit provides a full featured design platform to build communication centric applications for PCIe, Ethernet and USB 3.0. The kit provides an out-of-the box hardware platform with reference design to both speed your development time and enhance your productivity. It contains following components:
  • FPGA Manager IP Solution, Evaluation License
    • Runs on Windows
    • Supports up to 2 streams
    • Supports PCIe, Ethernet and USB 3.0
    • Encrypted VHDL
    • 1 hour time bomb
  • Reference design
  • Xilinx Kintex-7 based Mercury KX1 FPGA module (ME-KX1-160-1C-D10)
  • Mercury+ PE1-200 (ME-PE1-200-C) base board
  • Power supply
  • 2 hours support included1

1: Included only once per Site and Year.

Product Selection Matrix

Product Code

Description
EN-MGR-BASE1

Base license, 2 streaming channels, DMA
EN-MGR-OPT-XIL

Xilinx FPGA support
EN-MGR-OPT-ALT

Intel FPGA support
EN-MGR-OPT-USB3CY

USB 3.0 Cypress FX3 support
EN-MGR-OPT-WIN

Windows Support (C/C++/.NET) (PCIe/Ethernet/USB)
EN-MGR-OPT-LIN

Linux Support (C/C++) (PCIe/Ethernet)
EN-MGR-OPT-ADV

Advanced features: 16 channels, multi-width and more
EN-MGR-OPT-HLL

Higher-level language support: MATLAB (others upon customer request)

Target Applications

  • Test & Measurement
  • Image Processing
  • Smart Cameras
  • Software Defined Radio

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