Unitronix, Curtiss Wright Controls' distributer within Australia and New Zealand, introduce a new rugged FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC/VITA 57) module, the FMC-516 is a quad channel 250 MSPS 16-bit analogue input card that enables I/O devices to be directly coupled to a host FPGA. By providing direct ADC connection to the host FPGA, this compact card ensures maximum throughput and enables multiple channels and boards to be synchronised. The FMC-516 speeds and simplifies the integration of FPGAs into embedded system designs. The low latency, high-bandwidth module eliminates data bottlenecks. The card is designed for use in demanding military applications such as Signal Intelligence (SIGINT), Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) and RADAR that require high-speed ADC components as part of a digital receiver.

The FMC format is supported on a wide range of CWCEC FPGA-based host boards, which are designed to process the FMC-516’s I/O data with high bandwidth, low latency paths. The FMC-516’s four (4) ADC devices connect through the module’s high bandwidth FMC connector to an FPGA-based host board to maximise data throughput and minimise latency. The FMC-516 supports an onboard programmable sample clock generator as well as an external reference input. Multiple FMC-516 boards can be synchronised to increase the number of input channels through the use of trigger input/output signals directly under the control of the FPGA.