AMC FMC Carrier Kintex Ultrascale – AFCKU
AFCKU is a carrier board partially based on the SPEC design (power supply and White Rabbit clocking), developed to support 16-bit ADC FMC modules in BPM systems.
It features a flexible clock distribution architecture enabling connection to virtually any timing source — including telecom, FMC, and FPGA clock domains.
Mechanically and architecturally, AFCKU is similar to the AFC platform but is built around a higher-performance FPGA from the Xilinx Kintex UltraScale family — the XCKU035.
The board includes: 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM, LPC1768 MMC, 2× FMC HPC connectors, RTM connector with 8× MGT, Micro-USB interface
The clocking subsystem is fully compatible with White Rabbit and ARTIQ.
The integrated monitoring system provides voltage, current, and temperature supervision of critical components.
Technical Specifications
Programmable Resources
• Xilinx Kintex UltraScale XCKU035 FPGA (XCKU035-1FFVA1156C)
• MMC: LPC1768
Memory
• 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM (32-bit interface), 800 MHz clock
• SPI Flash for FPGA configuration
• EEPROM with MAC address and unique ID
Connectors
• 2× FMC HPC connectors (supporting two single-width FMC modules or one double-width FMC module)
• Micro-USB connected to MMC and FPGA
• MGT connected to: FMC1, FMC2, Fat Pipe 1, Fat Pipe 2, Port0, Port1, Port2, Port3, RTM
• RTM connector with 8× MGT (compatible with RTM-4SFP-3QSFP module)
Power
• FPGA, memory, FMC power — VADJ 1.8 V
• Voltage and current monitoring on all FMC rails
Clocking
• Clock distribution circuit compatible with White Rabbit and ARTIQ
Monitoring
• Voltage and current monitoring on critical power rails
• Temperature monitoring: FMC1, FMC2, power section, FPGA core, DDR memory
Debug / JTAG
• JTAG multiplexer providing access to FMC and RTM
Applications
• MTCA-based systems for demanding research infrastructures and industrial applications
• Advanced real-time systems featuring multi-channel data processing and ultra-precise White Rabbit synchronization
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