4. Nysa Boards

Practically any FPGA board can support Nysa. The only requirement is a means to communicate with a host. This host can be a desktop computer, an embedded platform or even a microcontroller such as Arduino.

The following boards were designed with Nysa in mind.

4.1. Dionysus

A Spartan 6 LX9 attached to a host computer through a USB 2.0 FIFO capable of data throughput of up to 25MBs

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Features:

  • Spartan 6 LX8
  • 8MB SDRAM
  • Arduino shield compatible (3.3V Shields only)
  • 2 X PMOD Connectors
  • 50MHz onboard oscillator

4.2. Nyx

A Spartan 6 LX25 attached to an Intel Edison through SDIO with throughput rates of 50MBs.

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Features:

  • Spartan 6 LX25

  • 64MB SDRAM

  • Arduino shield compatible (3.3V Shields only)

  • 8 X PMOD Connectors
    • 4 X PMOD with board selectable voltages (1.2V, 1.8V, 2.5V and 3.3V)
  • 8 X Differential signals brought out through industry standard SATA connectors

  • 100MHz onboard oscillator

4.3. Artemis

A Spartan 6 LX45T designed so the user can create their own host interface using up to 23 differential signals (46 single ended) and a pair of gigabit transceivers openning up PCI Express. One of the most inexpensive ways to use PCI Express or SATA on your next project.

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Features:

  • Spartan 6 LX45T

  • 128MB DDR3

  • Arduino shield compatible (3.3V Shields only)

  • 2 X PMOD Connectors

  • High speed low cost expansion connector. The connector can be soldered by hand or through a reflow oven enabling users to develop boards that can interface with DSI/CSI PCI Express and SATA to name a few.
    • 46 X Differential signals
    • 2 X Gigabit transceivers
    • 2 X Gigabit transceiver clock interfaces
    • Board level selectable voltage (1.2V, 1.8V, 2.5V, 3.3V)
  • High speed low cost host connector. The connector can also be soldered by hand or through a reflow oven enabling users to develop high speed interface with desktop computers, single board computers or even microcontrollers.
    • 46 X Differential signals
    • 2 X Gigabit transceivers
    • 1 X Gigabit transceiver clock interfaces
    • Host board level voltage selectable. The host board dictates the voltage on the bank allowing users to interface with the FPGA through 1.2V, 1.8V, 2.5V or 3.3V signals
  • 100MHz onboard oscillator

  • 100MHz low jitter on board oscillator for gigabit transceiver applications

4.4. Prometheus

A higher end FPGA development board with support for standard DDR3 SODIMMs, 4 X SATA hard drives, industry standart HPC FMC and communication with the host computer using USB3.0 enabling data rates of up to 400MBs

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Features:

  • Artix 7

  • 400MBs interface with host computer using a standard USB 3.0

  • Support for up to 4GB of DDR3 Memory

  • Support for up to 4 X SATA hard drives or generic gigabit transciever through SATA cables

  • Arduino shield compatible (3.3V Shields only)

  • 2 X PMOD Connectors

  • Industry standard FMC HPC
    • 4X Gigabit Transcievers
    • 2X Gigabit transceiver clock interfaces
    • Board level selectable voltage (1.2V, 1.8V, 2.5V, 3.3V)
  • 100MHz onboard oscillator