EXOSTIV for Xilinx FPGA – Technical Specifications

Devices & Platforms

Supported FPGA devices*	Xilinx Artix-7, Kintex-7, Virtex-7, Zynq, Ultrascale, Ultrascale+ devices	Xilinx Vivado version from 2015.4 to 2017.4 is required. 2017.3 and 2017.4 are supported from Exostiv Dashboard 1.8.4
EXOSTIV™ probe connectivity	HDMI (custom pinout) and SFP/SFP+ connector types	FMC connector type with adapter
PC connectivity	USB 2.0 and above	USB 3.0 recommended
PC requirements	min. 1 GB RAM available
OS Support	Windows, Linux and MacOS	Win32/64* version 7, 8.x, 10. Linux version: CentOS 6.x, RHEL 6.x, CentOS 7.x, RHEL 7.x, Ubuntu from 16.04, Debian 8, MacOS*
* Other FPGA devices: contact us for roadmap. EXOSTIV Dashboard Core Inserter only. * EXOSTIV Dashboard Core Inserter and Analyzer.

Device family	Supported	Beta	In roadmap
Virtex-7	GTX / GTH	–	–
Kintex-7	GTX	–	–
Artix-7	GTP	–	–
Zynq-7000	GTX	–	–
Virtex Ultrascale	GTH / GTY	–	–
Kintex Ultrascale	GTH	–	–
Virtex Ultrascale+	GTH / GTY	–	–
Kintex Ultrascale+	GTH / GTY	–	–
Zynq Ultrascale+	GTH / GTY	–	–

Probe memory	8 GB
Connectivity	HDMI and SFP/SFP+ on all probes
Number of Gigabit Transceiver channels	1, 2 or 4
Max. data rate per channel	6.6 or 12.5 Gbps
Max. sampling speed in FPGA	Only limited by target FPGA
Max. number of observable FPGA nodes	32,768
Max. number of capture units	16
Max. number of FPGA nodes per capture unit	2,048
Min. FPGA memory per capture unit	1 block RAM
Data groups multiplexing	Up to 16 groups per capture unit
Triggering capabilities	Level or transition AND, OR, range conditions Data qualification (data filtering) Sequential triggers in roadmap Concurrent triggering of 1 to 16 capture units Cross-clock domain triggering Transitional storage Trigger positioning
Capture modes	Stream or burst to probe
Synthesis / Implementation of IP	Requires Xilinx Vivado version 2015.4 to 2017.4.
IP insertion level	After synthesis (at netlist level) Manual RTL insertion
Data visualization	With MYRIAD™ waveform viewer
Data export	vcd, csv and binary formats