6U OpenVPX fiber optic I/O board for ISR sensor processing introduced by Mercury
Oct. 16, 2012
CHELMSFORD, Mass., 16 Oct. 2012. Mercury Computer Systems Inc. in Chelmsford, Mass., is introducing the Echotek series SCFE-V6-4QSFP-OVPX 6U OpenVPX fiber I/O module for high-bandwidth digitized I/O military and commercial embedded computing applications that involve intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) sensors.
The module combines 16 channels of high-speed fiber with three of Xilinx Virtex-6 field programmable gate array (FPGA) processors, and has a maximum data transfer capacity of 80 gigabits per second.
Each of the 16 channels of fiber supports a duplex data rate as fast as 5 gigabits per second, while the three FPGAs enable on-board preprocessing of data streams. The fiber channels are supported on two Optical Interface FPGA Mezzanine Cards (FMCs); each FMC has two 4x QSFP connections supporting eight channels of 2.5 gigabit-per-second Serial FPDP or two channels of 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
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The FPGAs can be configured with intellectual property to enable signal processing algorithms and protocol implementations. A serial RapidIO backplane connection provides high-speed communication with other subsystem modules.
For more information contact Mercury online at www.mc.com.
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John Keller is editor-in-chief of Military & Aerospace Electronics magazine, which provides extensive coverage and analysis of enabling electronic and optoelectronic technologies in military, space, and commercial aviation applications. A member of the Military & Aerospace Electronics staff since the magazine's founding in 1989, Mr. Keller took over as chief editor in 1995.
