EXOSTIV for Xilinx FPGA – Technical Specifications

    Devices & Platforms

    Supported FPGA devices*

    Xilinx Artix-7, Kintex-7, Virtex-7, Zynq, Ultrascale, UIltrascale+ devices

    Exostiv Probe connectivity

    SFP/SFP+ and custom pinout (HDMI)

    FMC, FMC+ and others with adapter

    PC connectivity

    USB 2.0 and 3.0

    PC requirements

    min. 8GB RAM available

    OS Support

    Windows, Linux and MacOS

    Win 64 versions 7, 8.x, 10 and 11.

    CentOS & RHEL 7.2 & 7.6

    Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04 & 20.04

    Debian 8, 9 & 10
    Rocky 8

    MacOS

    * Other FPGA devices: contact us for roadmap.

    Transceivers

    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

    Features

    Probe memory

    8 GB

    Connectivity

    SFP / SFP+, custom pinout (HDMI connector)

    Number of transceivers

    1 to 4

    Max. data rate per channel

    12.5 Gbps

    Max. sampling rate in FPGA

    390 MHz

    Max. nr of observable nodes

    32,768

    Max. nr of capture units / clock domains

    16

    Max. nr 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

    Concurrent triggering of 1 to 16 capture units.
    Cross clock domain triggering
    Trigger positioning
    Trigger counter

    Capture modes

    Stream to probe or burst to probe

    Synthesis / Implementation

    Requires Xilinx Vivado 2015.4 to 2022.1


    After synthesis (netlist level) or
    Manual RTL insertion

    Data visualization

    With MYRIAD waveform viewer

    Data export

    .vcd, .csv (text) and binary formats