Get Started Fast and Easy with a Zynq® UltraScale+ MPSoC FPGA Development Kit – Published in the February 1, 2022 eNewsletter
Get Started Fast and Easy with a Zynq® UltraScale+ MPSoC FPGA Development Kit – Published in the February 1, 2022 eNewsletter
Custom Embedded Computing with Re-Configurable FPGAs on Off-the-Shelf Mezzanine Modules Acromag offers you an easy, cost-effective package to start your FPGA development today. User-configurable FPGA I/O modules offer the ability to create custom I/O boards. Just download your own instruction sets into the I/O module’s FPGA. You can use your own application program to control…
See How to Display Flow Rate from a DP Transmitter in this Short Video – Published in the January 11, 2022 eNewsletter
See How to Display Flow Rate from a DP Transmitter in this Short Video A water treatment facility has differential pressure (DP) transmitters that they want to display the flow rate from. The output is a 4 to 20mA signal to their SCADA system. They also want to display the flow rate to the operators…
OpenVPX™ Boards are Rugged and Military Ready – Published in the January 4, 2022 eNewsletter
The AcroExpress® 3U and 6U SBC modules can support either one or two DDR4 ECC SODIMMs, for a total of up to 32GB. The SODIMMs are firmly attached to the module with screws and surrounded by heat sink material to provide a mechanically and thermally robust mechanism. Extended temperature models are available for operating in…
New 10-Gigabit Ethernet XMC Modules – Published in the December 13, 2021 eNewsletter
Rugged, rear I/O version of this 10GbE Network Interface Card (NIC) mezzanine module is available offering KX4 backplane connections to Intel’s XL710 Ethernet Controller. Acromag’s new XMC633 module offers two independent 10-gigabit Ethernet interface ports with 10GBASE-KX4 protocol. The XMC mezzanine card mounts on VME, VPX, PCIe and other embedded computing carrier boards. An industry-leading…
See How to Send Signals to Multiple Locations Simultaneously in this Short Video – Published in the December 7, 2021 eNewsletter
A satellite launch company needs to send a discrete abort signal to multiple locations at the same time if anything gets out of specification. The equipment to monitor and control the launch are in several different buildings but all on the same network. Timing is critical and all signals must be sent at the same…
New Ethernet I/O Offers Peer-to-Peer and Multicast Messaging – Published in the November 9, 2021 eNewsletter
Acromag’s NT Ethernet Series features i2o® peer-to-peer and multicast messaging technology. This provides the easiest way to link your inputs to your outputs without a PLC, PC or master CPU. Ethernet-based Configuration NTE Ethernet I/O modules have a built-in web server for convenient configuration without installing any software. Enhanced i2o Peer-to-peer input to output messaging…
How to Distribute Critical Signals to Multiple Locations at the Same Time
Acromag Solutions Application Note 8401069 The Problem: Sending an Abort Signal to Multiple Locations Simultaneously A satellite launch company needs to send a discrete abort signal to multiple locations at the same time if anything gets out of specification. The equipment to monitor and control the launch are in several different buildings but all on…
New XMC FPGA Modules with Write-Protected Configuration Memory for Enhanced Security – Published in the November 3, 2021 eNewsletter
The XMC-7AWP and XMC-7KWP modules, with a user-programmable Xilinx® Artix®-7 or Kintex® 7 FPGA, feature write-protected flash memory to secure the configuration files. High-speed interfaces are provided for PCIe, 10GbE, LVDS, serial, and other I/O signals. The XMC-7AWP can load and execute without having to power cycle enabling an application to change the logic executing…
New Single-Slot, ¾-Length, PCIe Carrier Card Interfaces XMC Mezzanine Modules – Published in the October 11, 2021 eNewsletter
Acromag’s new APCe8775 card provides power, PCIe bus signals, and cooling air to an XMC mezzanine module for high-performance signal processing in small embedded computer systems. Acromag’s APCe8775 carrier card offers a simple and cost-effective solution that allows a PC to communicate with an XMC mezzanine module over a PCI Express (PCIe) bus. System developers…
¾-Length, Single-Slot PCIe Carrier Card Interfaces XMC Mezzanine Module to PC-based Embedded Computer Systems
Acromag’s new APCe8775 card provides power, PCIe bus signals, and cooling air to an XMC mezzanine module for high-performance signal processing in small embedded computer systems. Wixom, MI: Acromag’s APCe8775 carrier card offers a simple and cost-effective solution that allows a PC to communicate with an XMC mezzanine module over a PCI Express (PCIe) bus….