FPGAs are great prototyping targets for developing new IP blocks, algorithms, and entire ASICs. S2C has justannounced its latest prototyping platform, the SingleE V7 Logic Module based on a Xilinx Virtex-7 2000T 3D FPGA. It measures a diminutive 260mm x 170mm and features:
- 960 I/Os on 8 high-speed connectors
- Access to a library of over 70 daughter cards for quickly building a prototype target
- On-board DDR3 SO-DIMM socket extending to 8Gbytes of memory running at 1600Mbytes/sec
- Remote control management through Ethernet and USB for programmable clock generations, design resets, virtual I/Os and switches, I/O voltage setting, and monitoring of voltage/current/temperature and hardware status
- Multiple SingleE V7 Logic Module management from one PC
The S2C SingleE V7 Logic Module can take on many hardware development tasks including:
- Running ESL simulations to evaluate model accuracy
- Validate SoC software on a target architecture
- Algorithm development using real hardware
- Create corner test cases in software and run exercises on a hardware prototype
- Run regression tests on FPGA prototype hardware using vectors stored in the host computer