Trenz Electronic GigaBee XC6SLX series are industrial-grade FPGA micromodules integrating a leading-edge Xilinx Spartan-6 LX FPGA, gigabit Ethernet transceiver (physical layer), two independent banks of 16-bit-wide 128 MByte DDR3 SDRAM, 8 Mbyte SPI Flash memory for configuration and operation, and powerful switch-mode power supplies for all on-board voltages. A large number of configurable I/Os is provided via robust board-to-board (B2B) connectors.

All this on a tiny footprint, smaller than a credit card, at the most competitive price. Hardware and software development environment as well as reference designs are available free of charge.

Key Features

• Industrial-grade Xilinx Spartan-6 LX FPGA micromodule (LX45 / LX100 / LX150)
• 10/100/1000 gigabit Ethernet transceiver (PHY)
• 2 × 16-bit-wide 1 Gb (128 MB) DDR3 SDRAM
• 64 Mbit (8 MB) SPI Flash memory (for configuration and operation) accessible through:

  • B2B connector (SPI direct)
  • FPGA
  • JTAG port (SPI indirect)
  • gigabit Ethernet transceiver

• FPGA configuration through:

  • B2B connector
  • JTAG port
  • SPI Flash memory

• Plug-on module with 2 × 100-pin high-speed hermaphroditic strips
• Up to 52 differential, up to 109 single-ended (+ 1 dual-purpose) FPGA I/O pins available on B2B strips
• 3.0 A x 1.2 V power rail
• 1.0 A x 1.5 V power rail
• 125 MHz reference clock signal
• Single-ended custom oscillator (option)
• eFUSE bit-stream encryption (LX100 or larger)
• 1 user LED
• Evenly-spread supply pins for good signal integrity
• Other assembly options for cost or performance optimization available upon request

Specifications

• Xilinx Spartan-6 LX FPGA:

  • XC6SLX45-2FGG484C = 43 k logic cells, commercial grade
    XC6SLX45-2FGG484I = 43 k logic cells, industrial grade
  • XC6SLX100-2FGG484C = 101 k logic cells, commercial grade
    XC6SLX100-2FGG484I = 101 k logic cells, industrial grade
  • XC6SLX150-2FGG484C = 147 k logic cells, commercial grade
    XC6SLX150-2FGG484I = 147 k logic cells, industrial grade
  • XC6SLX150-3FGG484C = 147 k logic cells, commercial grade
    XC6SLX150-3FGG484I = 147 k logic cells, industrial grade

• 10/100/1000 gigabit Ethernet transceiver (physical layer)
  Marvell Semiconductor 88E1111
• 2 × independent 16-bit-wide (data-bus) 1 gigabit (128 megabyte) DDR3 SDRAM
  Micron Technology MT41J64M16 (MT41J64M16LA-187E:B)
• 64 megabit (8 megabyte) serial Flash memory with dual/quad SPI interface
• 48-bit node address chip
  Maxim Integrated Products DS2502-E48
• 2 x fine-pitch (0.5 mm) 100-pin high-speed (up to 10.0 GHz / 20 Gbps) hermaphroditic strips
  LSHM-150-04.0-L-DV-A-S-K-TR
• Up to 52 differential FPGA input/output pins available on B2B strips
• Up to 109 single-ended (+ 1 dual-purpose) FPGA input/output pins available on B2B strips
• Ethernet (PHY), JTAG and SPI pins available on B2B strips
• 3.0 A high-efficiency DC-DC switching regulator for power rail 1.2 V
• 1.0 A high-efficiency DC-DC switching regulator for power rail 1.5 V
• 800 mA DC-DC linear regulator for power rails 2.5 V and VCCAUX
• Processor supervisory circuits with power-fail and watchdog
  Texas Instruments TPS3705-33
• 125 MHz clock signal (system + user)
• Footprint for custom single-ended oscillator (option)
• 1 x LED (user)
• Power supply voltage: 3.3 V
• Power supply source: board-to-board interconnect (e.g. carrier board)
• Dimensions: 50 mm × 40 mm (20 cm²)
• Minimum height: 8 mm (without connectors)
• Minimum height on carrier board: 16 mm
• Weight: 16.0 to 16.5 g
• Temperature grades:

  • commercial (C-type FPGA device)
  • industrial (I-type FPGA device)

Recommended Hardware

• GigaBee XC6SLX carrier board with external power supply
• Digilent XUP USB-JTAG Programming Cable (XUP-USB-JTAG)
  or
  Xilinx Platform Cable USB II (HW-USB-II-G)

Recommended Software

• Trenz Electronic GigaBee LX45: Xilinx ISE WebPACK (free license)
• Trenz Electronic GigaBee LX100: Xilinx ISE Design Suite (you need to buy a license)
• Trenz Electronic GigaBee LX150: Xilinx ISE Design Suite (you need to buy a license)
• To use Trenz Electronic reference designs, you need one of the following Xilinx software licenses:

  • Xilinx WebPACK + EDK (Embedded Development Kit) stand-alone (GigaBee XC6SLX45 only)
  • Xilinx ISE Design Suite - Embedded Edition
  • Xilinx ISE Design Suite - System Edition

You can find all Xilinx ISE versions here.

References

• manufacturer name: Trenz Electronic GmbH
• manufacturer part name(s) = manufacturer part code(s)

  • GigaBee XC6SLX45-2FGG484C = TE0600-01
  • GigaBee XC6SLX45-2FGG484I = TE0600-01I
  • GigaBee XC6SLX100-2FGG484C = TE0600-01B
  • GigaBee XC6SLX150-2FGG484C = TE0600-01V
  • GigaBee XC6SLX150-3FGG484C = TE0600-01VF

• manufacturer part page: this page
• documentation archive