KU040-120
Description
Product Overview
This board is built around the XCKU040-2FFVA1156I FPGA paired with the NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX. The FPGA provides high-speed radar signal acquisition and preprocessing through its ample memory and multiple interfaces, while the Xavier NX’s powerful computing ensures efficient execution of control commands. With various external interfaces included, this solution delivers a stable and reliable platform for signal processing and control in active phased-array radar systems.
Key Features
1. Domain-Specific Adaptation:
- Specifically engineered for active phased-array radars, focusing on digital intermediate-frequency (IF) signal processing and radar control to precisely meet industry needs.
2. Robust Architecture & Storage:
- Utilizing a dual-core architecture with the XCKU040 FPGA and NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX, and equipped with 256Mb QSPI Flash and 4×1GB DDR4 SDRAM, providing a solid foundation for data processing and command execution.
3. High-Speed Data Transfer & Processing:
- A wealth of communication interfaces (multiple RS422, 3×QSFP+, etc.) ensure high-speed acquisition and preprocessing of complex radar signals. Meanwhile, interfaces such as PCIe 3.0×4, 2×UART, and 3×GPIO enable the Jetson Xavier NX to efficiently execute radar control commands.
4. Flexible System Integration:
- Equipped with diverse external interfaces including USB 2.0/3.0, mSATA, and Gigabit Ethernet, facilitating easy integration into larger systems and expansion of functionality.
5. Proven Reliability & Market Validation:
- Optimized over years with thoroughly verified performance and stability, the board has already served multiple international clients. It offers strong competitiveness and broad application prospects in the active phased-array radar domain.
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Technical Specifications
| KU040-120 | |||||
| ITEM | DESCRIPTION | ||||
| FPGA | XCKU040-2FFVA1156I | ||||
| Logic Cells: 530250 | |||||
| Flip-Flops: 484800 | |||||
| LUTs: 242400 | |||||
| Distributed RAM: 7.0Mb | |||||
| Block RAM Blocks: 600 | |||||
| Block RAM: 21.1Mb | |||||
| CMTs: 10 | |||||
| I/O DLLs: 40 | |||||
| DSP Slices: 1920 | |||||
| RAM: 2GByte DDR4 | |||||
| Nor Flash: 256M bit | |||||
| INTERFACE | 1xUSB2.0(XAVIER NX) | ||||
| 1xUSB3.0(XAVIER NX) | |||||
| 1xMSATA(XAVIER NX) | |||||
| 1xGBE(XAVIER NX) | |||||
| 1xSODIMM DDR4(XAVIER NX) | |||||
| 1xHDMI(XAVIER NX) | |||||
| SYNC SIG(SSMC; FPGA) | |||||
| 4xRS422 RX; 2xRS422 TX(Isolation; J30J-15TJW; FPGA) | |||||
| 2xRS422 RX; 7xRS422 TX(Isolation; J30J-21ZKW; FPGA) | |||||
| 2xRS422 RX; 10xRS422 TX(Isolation; J30J-31ZKW; FPGA) | |||||
| 1xRS422 RX; 3xDI; 16DO(Isolation; J30J-31TJW; FPGA) | |||||
| 3xADC(SSMC; AD9467 16bit 250MSPS; FPGA) | |||||
| 1xDAC(SSMC; AD9910 14bit 1GSPS; FPGA) | |||||
| 3xQSFP+(40Gbps; FPGA) | |||||
| 1xREF_CLK(SSMC; AD9516) | |||||
| 1xREF_CLK(SSMC; AD9910) | |||||
| LED | 2x | ||||
| POWER | 5V±5% | ||||
| SIZE | 240*144mm | ||||
System Block Diagram
Application Scenarios
Military fields
1. Military & Aviation: Fighter jet fire-control radars (target detection/tracking + electronic warfare), airborne early warning radars (long-range detection of stealth/low-altitude targets), UAV reconnaissance radars (situational awareness in complex environments).
2. Maritime: Shipborne multifunction radars (air defense/anti-missile/sea search), submarine periscope radars (short-duration detection to minimize exposure).
3. Air Defense & Reconnaissance: Air defense/missile defense radars (intercepting missiles/stealth aircraft), battlefield reconnaissance radars (ground target detection + penetrating vegetation).
4. Space & Strategic: Anti-satellite radars (tracking satellites/space debris), strategic early-warning radars (detecting ICBMs + providing early alerts).
Civilian fields
1. Civil & Meteorological: Next-generation weather radars (precise precipitation measurement + rapid extreme weather alerts).
2. Air Traffic Control: Airport surface surveillance radars (monitoring runway targets + operating in low-visibility conditions), long-range ATC radars (tracking civil aircraft + ensuring flight safety).
3. Marine & Maritime: Maritime surveillance radars (monitoring vessels + mitigating wave interference), port traffic radars (guiding vessels during berthing).
4. Medical & Industrial: Medical imaging (breast cancer detection + radiation-free), industrial inspection (non-destructive testing + reduced maintenance costs).
Technical Relevance
Signal Processing: The XCKU040 FPGA, paired with RS422 and QSFP+ interfaces, enables high-speed radar signal acquisition. Working with onboard memory components, it performs filtering and denoising preprocessing to meet complex radar signal processing requirements.
Control Functions: The Jetson Xavier NX, with its powerful computing capability, works in concert with the XCKU040 via PCIe 3.0×4 and issues commands through UART/GPIO interfaces, ensuring efficient execution of radar beam steering, target tracking, and other control functions.
Architecture Design: A heterogeneous architecture combining the XCKU040 (for parallel FPGA processing) and the Jetson Xavier NX (for general-purpose computing) is used. This division of labor suits real-time radar signal processing and control command computation, improving overall efficiency.
Why Choose Us？
Provide one-stop R&D services from schematic design to hardware delivery: based on Xilinx FPGA, Rockchip ARM, TI DSP and other platforms, focusing on high-speed digital circuit research and development and complex architecture design for 10 years; Support 2-20 layers of PCB and blind buried hole technology, with daily delivery of 400PIN; Integrate material procurement, precision welding, and debugging, with a rapid response time of 72 hours. With industrial grade high reliability standards (defect rate ≤ 0.1%), we assist customers in industrial control, new energy, intelligent equipment and other fields to accelerate product implementation.
