Product Brief
Mercury KX1 FPGA Module
Mercury KX1 FPGA Module
A vast amount of processing power in a package smaller than a credit
card, featuring a high-performance FPGA and high-speed standard
interfaces.
Key Features:
• Features the latest best performance-per-price
Xilinx® Kintex™-7 FPGA family
• Offers USB 3.0 device, PCIe 2.0 x4 and dual
Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
• Available in industrial-grade temperature range
• Smaller than a credit card
Target Applications: Digital signal processing, video processing, softwaredefined radio, communications.
Mercury KX1 Module Architecture
168-pin Hirose FX10 Connector
4 MGTs
DDR3L
SDRAM
92 FPGA I/Os
2 x RGMII
32-bit
Mercury KX1
DDR3L
SDRAM
Gigabit
Ethernet PHYs
Real-time
Clock
8-bit
4 LEDs
200 MHz
Oscillator
5-15V
Power
Supply
32-bit
1.8V
3.3V
2.5V
Config /
I2C / JTAG
66 FPGA I/Os
168-pin Hirose FX10 Connector
Cypress FX3
USB 3.0
Quad SPI
Flash
Features and Benefits
Mercury KX1 Technical Specifications
• B
uilt around the Xilinx Kintex-7 The Kintex-7 provides a
huge amount of raw processing power; up to 1540 DSP
slices at 741 MHz gives up to 1.14 TMAC/sec
• High-bandwidth data transfer PCIe Gen2 x4 interface,
and a high number of available LVDS pairs provide highspeed data I/O at low integration cost
• Simple integration The on-board USB 3.0 device
interface allows for quick and easy data transfer, FPGA
configuration and flash writing
• Efficiency Lowest power consumption due to highefficiency DC-DC converters, with a high-power 20 A core
power supply
• Small form factor 72 x 54 mm with dual 168-pin Hirose
FX10 connectors has minimal footprint
• Minimal development time Many IP cores are available
from Enclustra and other third parties
Form Factor
72 x 54 mm
Connectors
2 x 168-pin Hirose FX10
FPGA
Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA in the 676-pin FBG or
high-performance FFG package
Memory
• U
p to 2048 + 512 MBytes DDR3L
SDRAM
• Up to 128 MBytes Quad SPI Flash
User I/O
• 1 58 FPGA I/Os, single-ended or
differential
• 4 × 6.6/10.3125 Gbps MGTs
Interfaces
• PCIe Gen2 x4
• 2 × Gigabit Ethernet
• Cypress EZ-USB® FX3™-based USB 3.0
device interface
Supply Voltage
5 to 15 V
Mercury KX1 Product Selection Matrix
Product Number
FPGA
DDR3 SDRAM
Quad SPI Flash
Temperature Range
ME-KX1-160-1C-D10
XC7K160T-1FBG676C
1024 + 256 MByte
32 MByte
0..+70°C
ME-KX1-325-2I-D11-P
XC7K325T-2FFG676I
2048 + 512 MByte
32 MByte
-40..+85°C
For a full list of module variants and custom configuration information, please visit www.enclustra.com.
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We speak FPGA.
For more information on Enclustra products and services, visit www.enclustra.com
Enclustra GmbH
FPGA Solutions
Technoparkstrasse 1
8005 Zürich
Switzerland
Tel: +41 43 343 39 43
Fax: +41 43 343 39 44
www.enclustra.com
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