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GR-VPX-XCKU060 Carrier Board
GR-VPX-XCKU060
GR-VPX-XCKU060-DSUM
Mar 2022, Version 1.1
Features
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Xilinx XCKU060, in 1517 pin FCBGA package
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GR716B (initially with GR716A)
microcontroller
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SODIMM DDR3 up to 8 GiB
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SPI flash for FPGA configuration (512 Mbit),
for GR716 boot (256 Mbit), and for data
(256 Mbit)
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Power, Reset, Clock and Auxiliary circuits
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Three FMC Mezzanine expansion connectors
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Scrubbing interface for FPGA
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Backplane I/F: SpaceWire (control),
SpaceFibre (data), VPX utility management
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Frontplane I/F and drivers: 4x SpaceFibre,
2x SpaceWire, USB/FTDI UART/JTAG Links,
USB I/F to FMC
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OpenVPX compatible, 6U format, Payload
profile
Description
The GR-VPX-XCKU060 board features a Xilinx
Kintex Ultrascale XCKU060 FPGA and a
GR716 microcontroller acting as a supervisor
for the FPGA. The board is equipped with
three VITA 57.1 FMC connectors. It can be
operated without any Mezzanine board but is
specifically designed to be used with 1 to 3
GR-HPCB-FMC-M2 Mezzanine Boards
connected, each with a
Myriad™ 2 M2450
Processor. The GR-HPCB-FMC-M2 boards are
not included with the GR-VPX-XCKU060
board.
Specifications
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System frequency GR716 uC: 20MHz, FPGA
XCKU060: 50 MHz
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5 x SpaceFibre links rated @ 3.125 Gbps
and 2 x SpaceWire links @ 200 Mbps
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CIF and LCD data interfaces 16-bit
running at 150 MHz. 24-bit interface
tested allowing upper bound 1.44Gb/s
full-duplex data transfer
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Typical power consumption <10W (excluding
mezzanines)
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DC supply via OpenVPX backplane connector
or via +5V/12V DC header for stand-alone
use
Applications
The board is a commercial development board for
prototyping of high-performance application such as:
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Earth Observation optical and radar payload
processing
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Multi- and hyperspectral data compression
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Visual-Based Navigation acceleration
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Video processing
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AI/ML processing, such as:
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Image segmentation (e.g. cloud
screening and removal)
o
Object detection (e.g. fire detection)
o
Pose estimation
The applications can be allocated to the on-board
FPGA or shared with technology implemented in up
to three Mezzanine boards, configured either for
increased performance or for redundancy
applications. The control and supervision of the
FPGA and Mezzanine boards is handled by a rad-
hard microcontroller.
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