Xilinx Virtex 6 HXT x16PCIe Mantaro Development Platform

Mantaro HTG-V6HXT-x16PCIe is the first in class PCI Express Gen2 module to support x16 PCIe connectivity, thus, enabling 40Gbps throughput optical interface designs including 40Gbps Ethernet. This Mantaro module overcomes the inherent PCIe limitation of the current high end FPGA family from Xilinx, namely the Virtex-6 family.

The HTG-V6HXT-x16PCIe provides industry leading 64Gbps PCIe. The HTG-V6HXT-x16PCIe module includes a x16 capable Gen2 PCIe switch between the edge connector and the FPGA. The PCIe switch provides a x16 Gen2 PCIe edge connection for the module and connects to two x8 Gen2 PCIe endpoints on the Virtex-6 FPGA. This extends the Virtex-6 which natively supports x8 Gen2 PCIe endpoints that have a maximum throughput of a single endpoint of 32Gbps (8 * 5Gbps * 0.8 [8B/10B coding efficiency]).

This innovation along with dual 64-bit DDR3 memories, Dual 18-bit QDRII+, and Dual 11.3Gbps QSFP+ interfaces enables 40Gbps throughput designs including 40Gbps IEEE802.3ba compliant Ethernet. HTG-V6HXT-x16PCIe can be used as a highly configurable/customizable 40Gbps NIC and 40Gbps network analyzer.

Additionally, ten 11.18Gbps/link capable HXT links on the FMC connector allows the HTG-V6HXT-x16PCIe module to be used as an evaluation platform for the 100Gbps Ethernet/OTN solutions.

For 100G, 40G, 10G, and 1G Virtex 6 HXT x16 PCIe based Ethernet Solutions click on the link. We also offer a pre-developed Framework / BSP specifically targeted for this board that will save valuable time and money in any development using this board.

Key features of the HTG-V6HTX-x16PCIe module are:
• Single Xilinx Virtex6 HX380T or HX565T FPGA
• x16 PCI Express Edge Connector (Gen2 PCIe)
• 1 QSFP+ port with EDC support through two external PHY chips and interface to the on-board FPGA's GTH (10G) serial transceivers
• 1 QSFP+ port with direct interface to the on-board FPGA's GTH (10G) serial transceivers
• 2 SFP+ ports with direct interface to the on-board FPGA's GTH (10G) serial transceiver
• 2 64-bit DDR-3 SODIMM (up to 16GB) memory
• 2 18-bit QDR-II+ memory
• 1 SMA Port (10G)
• 2 FMC Connectors
• FMC #1: 40 LVDS IOs and 10 GTX (6.6 Gbps) Serial IOs
• FMC #2: 10 GTH (11.18 Gbps) Serial IOs
• Configuration through JTAG or CPLD
• USB to UART controller
• ATX and DC power supplies for PCI Express and stand alone operations