FPGA Based Prototyping SolutionModular, Flexible and Scalable offering Highest System Performance

Highest System Performance

Biggest Capacity

Most Modular and Scalable Architecture

Highest I/O and Routing Flexibility

Extensive User Comfort

Support Xilinx and Altera FPGAs in one System

profpga - Speed meets Flexibility

Product SummaryThe proFPGA product family is an complete, scalable, and modu-lar multi FPGA solution, which fulfills highest needs in the area of FPGA based Prototyping. The proFPGA product series consists of two types of motherboards, different kind of FPGA Modules, a set of interconnection boards/cables, and various daughter boards (e.g. DDR3 memory boards, high speed interface boards (e.g. PCIe, USB 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet, etc.). It addresses customers who need an scalable and most flexible high performance ASIC Prototyping solu-tion for early software development and real time system verification.The innovative system concept and technologies offer highest flexi-bility and reuseability for several projects, which guarantees the best return on invest.

quad Motherboard duo Motherboard

Interconnection Cable

FPGA Modules

Highest FlexibilityThe system architecture is based on an modular and scalable system concept. The FPGAs are assembled on dedicated FPGA modules, which will be plugged on the proFPGA motherboard. This offers the user highest flexibility to use for example different FPGA types (Xilinx and Altera) in one system or to scale his system in increments of one FPGA. Besides the user has nearly 100% access to all available I/Os of the FPGA, which gives him maximum freedom regarding the FPGA interconnection structure. This way, he can adjust the prototyping system in the best way to his design. Furthermore, the system offers numerous extension sites (e.g. 32 per quad system) on the top and bottom site for standard proFPGA or user specific daughter boards like DDR-3 memory, high performance interface, or interconnection boards. This system can be scaled horizontal and vertical, by connecting boards side by side or stacking several boards together.

Interconnection Board Daughter Boardquad Base Plate Riser BoardFPGA Modulequad Motherboard

profpga - highest flexibility through modular system architecture

Best in Class ExpandabilityThe modular concept allows easy expansion the system capacity by adding additional FPGA modules. Besides users can create pro-ject specific prototypes in the quickest and easiest way. Interface, memory, or customer specific application boards can simply be plugged as daughter cards s on the extension sites of the proFPGA system.

Maximum Routing FlexibilityThe open system architecture makes nearly all FPGA I/Os available and enables highest interconnection flexibility between all FPGAs and extension sites. It assists in adjusting the connection architec-ture to the design in the best way.

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Biggest CapacityEquipped with up to 4 Xilinx Virtex 7 XCV2000T FPGA modules, the proFPGA quad system can handle up to 48 M ASIC gates alone on one board. As multiple proFPGA quad or duo systems can be stacked or connected together, there is unlimited scalability and no theoretical maximum in capacity.

Daughter BoardsInterconnection Boards

Maximum PerformanceThe well designed boards of the proFPGA system are optimized and trimmed to guarantee best signal integrity and to archive highest performance. The combination of high speed boards and the spe-cific high speed connectors allow an maximum point to point speed of up to 1.8 Gbps over the standard FPGA I/O and up to 14.1 Gbps over the high speed transceivers of the FPGA. This fast performance combined with the high interconnection flexibility, which reduces the need of I/O multiplexing, offer the designer an maximum speed of his design running in the proFPGA system.

Advanced Clock ManagementThe proFPGA system uses an innovative dual-stage clock generator architecture. Each proFPGA mother board is capable of distributing up to 8 true asynchronous master beats. Each master beat may be used to derive a virtually unlimited number of clock domains inside the FPGAs. With the unique proFPGA synchronization scheme, clock domains and associated reset signals can be generated fully phase-synchronous over all FPGAs on the motherboard and over multiple motherboards.

profpga Builder

The proFPGA Builder provides a powerful environment to create and run user FPGA designs. It is capable of automatically detecting phy-sical board assembly and generating the complete code framework for multi-FPGA HDL designs, including all scripts for simulation, syn-thesis, and running the design.

It offers easy-to-use visual help during pin resource planning. With the secure system launch mode, the proFPGA Builder automatically confirms compatibility between actual and intended physical board assembly. The natural 3D visualization helps locating physical ori-gins of system information and check results.

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Extensive User ComfortThe proFPGA prototyping system provides an extensive set of features and tools like remote system configuration, integrated self and per-formance test, automatic board detection, automatic I/O voltage programming, system scan, and safety mechanism, which extraordinarily simplifies the usage of the FPGA based system. This various features are implemented in the proFPGA Builder and proFPGA Messenger software.

Signal TypesIO MGT (tx/rx)IO/Clock

A4 Top/Bottom

FPGA 1

Xilinx Virtex 7XC7V2000T

2x8 134134 2x8 2x8 134134 2x8

A3 Top/Bottom

B4 Top/Bottom B3 Top/Bottom

2x8 13442 2x4 2x8 134134 2x8 8/8 8/8

Top A4 Bottom A4 Bottom A3 Top A3

Top B4 Bottom B4 Bottom B3 Top A3

A2 Top/Bottom

FPGA 2

Xilinx Virtex 7XC7V2000T

2x8 134134 2x8 2x8 134134 2x8

A1 Top/Bottom

B2 Top/Bottom B1 Top/Bottom

2x8 13442 2x4 2x8 134134 2x8 8/8 8/8

Top A2 Bottom A2 Bottom A1 Top A1

Top B2 Bottom B2 Bottom B1 Top B1

C4 Top/Bottom

FPGA 3

Xilinx Virtex 7XC7V2000T

2x8 134134 2x8 2x8 134134 2x8

C3 Top/Bottom

D4 Top/Bottom D3 Top/Bottom

2x8 13442 2x4 2x8 134134 2x8 8/8 8/8

Top C4 Bottom C4 Bottom C3 Top C3

Top D4 Bottom D4 Bottom D3 Top D3

C2 Top/Bottom

FPGA 4

Xilinx Virtex 7XC7V2000T

2x8 134134 2x8 2x8 134134 2x8

C1 Top/Bottom

D2 Top/Bottom D1 Top/Bottom

2x8 13442 2x4 2x8 134134 2x8 8/8 8/8

Top C2 Bottom C2 Bottom C1 Top C1

Top D2 Bottom D2 Bottom D1 Top D1

Beat Mux8 master beats

(clock & sync)

Next Motherboard

Previous Motherboard

BeatGenerator

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4

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4

4

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Sample of I/O and Clock architecture (profpga quad V7)

profpga MessengerThe proFPGA Messenger is the gate to the proFPGA prototyping system. It supports various high-speed communication standard, e.g. PCIe Gen2 x4, Gigabit Ethernet, or USB2. With its simple script based system configuration and launch technique, it allows quick and reproducible test runs. Based on the powerful and flexible DMBI Communication System, the proFPGA Messenger offers high band-width low-latency integration of both, user software applications and user HDL designs. The proFPGA Messenger is shipped with a lar-ge toolbox for debugging and data exchange with user designs. It supports full integration into HDL simulators, making debugging of whole applications easy.

profpga SSTWith the proFPGA Smart Stacking Technology, all interconnection boards/cables, daughter boards and FPGA modules will be auto-matically detected by the system and the I/O voltages will be set automatically with the right value. In addition to this the system offers an conflict detection that the user only can boot up the system, when all boards are plugged correctly. Besides the technology offers the user an complete system scan, system self-test and an performance test, to check which maximum speed the system run. On top of this the SST provides an smart I/O resource management, that the user can stack several daughter boards without blocking or losing any I/O by an connector.

HeadquartersPRO DESIGN Electronic GmbHAlbert-Mayer-Str. 14-16D-83052 Bruckmühl / GermanyPhone: +49-8062 / 808-0profpga@prodesign-europe.com

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About PRO DESIGNThe privately held company was founded in 1981 and has around 85 employees, with various facilities for research, design and sales in Germany and France. PRO DESIGN has more than 30 years of experience as provider in the E²MS market and has built extensive knowledge in the areas of electrical engineering, PCB design, production, assembly, measuring and testing - decades of experience that customers can benefit from.

The company’s products and services include the proFPGA family of ASIC Prototyping and FPGA systems. The proFPGA system is an complete, scalable and modular multi FPGA solution, which fulfills highest needs in the area of FPGA based Prototyping. It addresses customers who need an scalable and most flexible high performance ASIC Prototyping solution for early software development and real time system verification.

profpga - Speed meets Flexibility

Highest System Performance up to 1.8 Gbps/14.1 Gbps speed (standard I/O/High Speed I/O)

Biggest Capacity up to 48 M ASIC gates alone on one quad board

Most Modular and Scalable Architecture unlimited scalability in increments in one FPGA

Highest I/O and Routing Flexibility availability of nearly all FPGA I/Os for routing

Extensive User Comfort remote access, automatic board detection, self test, etc.

proFPGA FPGA Mixing Technology (FMT) support of Xilinx and Altera FPGA in one system

Key Features and Benefits

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Innovative Technologies

Easy plugging and unplugging of FPGA modules on motherboards

Various FPGAs from different vendors can be mixed

Automatic scanning and detection of FPGA modules, when plugged

Different FPGA configurations are handled and controlled by profpga Messenger

FPGA Mixing Technology Smart Stacking Technology

High speed, low latency data exchange system

Enables various use modes like remote system configuration and monitoring, debugging, application level programming, debugging and co-simulation

Up to 4 Gbps data transfer rate

Runs over USB, Ethernet or PCIe

Device Message Box Interface

Automatic Board detection when boards are plugged

Automatic and right I/O voltage setting and programming with conflict detection

Integrated interconnection self and performance test

Smart I/O resource management. No I/O resources get lost or get blocked by connectors