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MESA ANYTHING I/O FPGA CARDS

3X20 External PCIE Anything I/O daughtercard

The MESA 3X20 is a high I/O density external PCIE FPGA card. The 3X20 has 144 user I/O available on a tiny 2.5" x 3.25" card. The 3X20 connects to the host via a standard 1 lane PCIE cable or through its motherboard connector. All core and I/O power is regulated on card so only single external 3.3V power supply is required. I/O pins are divided into three banks with 48 I/O each. One bank has fixed 3.3V I/O, while the other 2 banks can select between 1.5V, 1.8V. 2.5V or 3.3V VIO on a per bank basis. The 3X20 uses a 1M,1.5M or 2M gate Spartan3 FPGA. The FPGA interfaces to PCIE via a PLX PCIE bridge. The PCIE bridge allows FPGA programming via the host and does not require any FPGA bootstrap, insuring recoverability. The PCIE bridge supports host data transfer rates of greater than 150 MB/sec. On card configuration storage is provided for stand-alone applications or where the 3X20 must emulate a specific PCI device at power up. The PCIE connection can be from the on card one lane cable connector or through daughtercard connector pins (-MB option). Cabled host interface cards are available for both PCI and PCIE hosts (the 5I71 and 6I71). Express card cabled PCIE adapters offered by other vendors allow the 3X20 to connect to laptop computers. 96 of the 144 I/O pins support differential signaling. All I/O and power are connected to the motherboard via two high speed board-board connectors. The I/O connector pinout is reversable, allowing PCIE cable exit options. Two simple breakout motherboard cards, the 6I68 (for 1 lane PCIE slot PC Motherboard use) and 7I68 (for external cabled use), are available for use with the 3X20.

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7I68 3X2X cabled PCIE motherboard

The MESA7I68 is a simple motherboard for 3X2X series FPGA daughtercards. The 7I68 provides a base and simplified I/O connections for the 3X2X series daughtercards. The 7I68 can be used for evaluation of 3X2X series cards or for final application. The 7I68 buffers all I/O pins with quickwitches for 5V tolerance on all I/O, and provides jumpers for setting the 3X2X's VIO levels and configuration options. The 7I68 distributes the 3X2X's 144 I/O signals to six 50 pin .1" headers with standard Anything I/O pinouts. All signal are routed as differential pairs, allowing high speed differential signaling if desired.The 7I68 also has an on card regulator so a single a single 5V power supply is all thats required

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6I68 3X2X 1X PCIE slot motherboard

The MESA 6I68 (shown here with 3X20 installed) is a simple motherboard for 3X2X series FPGA daughtercards that plugs into a standard one lane PCI-Express slot. The 6I68 provides a base and simplified I/O connections for the 3X2X series daughtercards. The 6I68 can be used for evaluation of 3X2X series cards or for final applications. The 6I68 buffers all I/O pins with quickwitches for 5V tolerance on all I/O, and provides jumpers for setting the 3X2X's VIO levels and configuration options. The 7I68 distributes the 3X2X's 144 I/O signals to six 50 pin .1" headers with standard Anything I/O pinouts. All signal are routed as differential pairs, allowing high speed differential signaling if desired.

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7I43 FPGA based USB/EPP Anything I/O card
The MESA 7I43 is a low cost, general purpose programmable I/O card that connects to the host computer via USB or PC parallel port. The 7I43 uses a 200K or 400K gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA is downloadable from the USB or Parallel port bus side, and also has the capability of local configuration storage in an on card EEPROM. Efficient switching regulators are used for FPGA core and 3.3V power, allowing the 7I43 to be USB bus powered. The 7I43 can also be powered by an external 5V source. A FTDI FT245R USB interface chip is used for the USB interface. Drivers are available for Windows and Linux. The drivers avaliable for the FT245R make the software interface a simple buffered byte stream. Parallel port bus interface uses EPP mode. A 50 MHz oscillator provides the FPGA clock. This clock can be multiplied or divided in the FPGA for other clock rates. The 7I43 has 48 I/O bits available on two 50 pin connectors. Both connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant, and have series and parallel termination options (DCI). The I/O connectors are compatible with our 7 series daughter cards for isolated I/O, motion control and other applications. Configurations are provided for simple GPIO, Smart Motion control (SoftDMC), host based motion control (HostMot2), and a waveform generator.

7I43H FPGA based High Speed USB Anything I/O card
The MESA 7I43H is a low cost, general purpose programmable I/O card that connects to the host computer via USB. The 7I43H uses a 400K gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA is downloadable from the USB, and also has the capability of local configuration storage in an on card EEPROM. Efficient switching regulators are used for FPGA core and 3.3V power, allowing the 7I43H to be USB bus powered. The 7I43H can also be powered by an external 5V source. A FTDI FT2232H high speed USB interface chip is used for the USB interface allowing transfer rates up to 25 MBytes per second. Drivers are available for Windows and Linux. The drivers avaliable for the FT2232H make the software interface a simple buffered byte stream. A 50 MHz oscillator provides the FPGA clock. This clock can be multiplied or divided in the FPGA for other clock rates. The 7I43H has 48 I/O bits available on two 50 pin connectors. Both connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant, and have series and parallel termination options (DCI). The I/O connectors are compatible with our 7 series daughter cards for isolated I/O, motion control and other applications. Configurations are provided for simple GPIO, Smart Motion control (SoftDMC), host based motion control (HostMot2), and a waveform generator.

The MESA 5I20 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PCI bus. The 5I20 uses a 200K gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA is downloadable from the PCI bus side, allowing creation of almost any kind of specialized I/O function, even including micro-controllers in the FPGA. Several pre-made functions are provided, including a 12 channel host based servo motor controller, a 4 or 8 channel micro-controller based servo motor controller (micro-controller CPU built into FPGA), and a 8 channel, 32 bit timer counter card capable of running at 100 MHz. VHDL source is provided for all examples. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. Pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc. The 5I20 has 72 I/O bits available on three 50 pin connectors, all connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts.

5I21 FPGA based PCI RS-422/RS-485 I/O card

The MESA 5I21 is a programmable serial interface card for the PCI bus. The 5I21 is designed for applications using RS-422 and RS-485 interfaces. The 5I21 can support up to 12 full duplex RS-422 or half duplex RS-485 serial links with baud rates up to 10 M baud. The 5I21 uses a 400K gate Spartan3 FPGA and a bus mastering PCI bridge for high performance. Since all serial logic is FPGA based, almost any RS-422/RS485 protocol can be supported. The I/O connector is a 68 pin high density type compatible with standard 100 ohm differential cables. On card serial line termination includes idle line pullups and pulldowns to guarantee a valid undriven input state. The 5I21 is suitable for high performance motion control systems, Industrial I/O, Custom real time distributed I/O, time code generation, supporting legacy hardware, and almost any high speed serial interface application that requires a flexible, high performance, universal serial interface card.

5I22 FPGA based PCI Anything I/O card

The MESA 5I22 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PCI bus. The 5I22 uses a 1 or 1.5M gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA is downloadable from the PCI bus side, allowing creation of almost any kind of specialized I/O function, including micro-controllers in the FPGA. Several pre-made functions are provided, including a 16 channel host based servo motor controller, a 4 or 8 channel micro-controller based servo motor controller (DSP built into FPGA), and a 8 channel, 32 bit timer counter card capable of running at 200 MHz. VHDL source is provided for all examples. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. One connector supports LVDS signaling on 10 pairs. Pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc. The 5I22 has 96 I/O bits available on four 50 pin connectors, all connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts.

5I23 FPGA based PCI Anything I/O card

The MESA 5I23 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PCI bus. The 5I23 uses a 400K gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA is downloadable from the PCI bus side, allowing creation of almost any kind of specialized I/O function, including micro-controllers in the FPGA. Several pre-made functions are provided, including a 12 channel host based servo motor controller, a 4 or 8 channel micro-controller based servo motor controller (DSP built into FPGA), and a 8 channel, 32 bit timer counter card capable of running at 100 MHz. VHDL source is provided for all examples. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. One connector supports LVDS signaling on 10 pairs. Pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc. The 5I23 has 72 I/O bits available on three 50 pin connectors, all connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts.

The 7I60 is a standalone (no bus) version of the FPGA based Anything I/O card series. It provides 96 I/O bits and 4 serial ports. There are 2 RS-232 ports and 2 RS- 485 ports. One of the RS-232 serial ports is used for downloading initial configurations to the on-card Flash EEPROM for FPGA configuration, the other ports can be used for any purpose. The 96 I/O bits are available on four 50 pin connectors, 24 bits per connector. The 50 pin connectors have I/O module rack compatible pinouts. The connector pinout uses interleaved grounds for lower crosstalk and controlled impedance. Socketed pull-up resistor networks (or optional termination networks) are provided for all I/O bits. PwrGood, Done, Init and status LEDs are provided for debugging puposes as are 8 FPGA driven LEDs and a FPGA driven beeper. Several I/O interface daughter cards are available for the 7I60. These cards include a 4 axis 3A Hbridge, a 2 Axis 3A stepper motor driver, an analog servo amp. interface, an RS-422/485 interface, and a debug LED card. 2 daughter cards can plug directly onto the 7I60. Many IO configuration files are provided with the 7I60 including simple remote I/O, smart remote I/O, 4 and 8 axis servo motion control, 4 and 8 axis microstepping stepper motor control, multiple channel PWM generator, quadrature counters and more. VHDL source is provided for all configurations. 2 FPGA system clocks are provided: a 50MHZ Crystal and a 25, 33, 50, 66, 80 MHz PLL. The 7I60 uses a 200K gate Xilinx SpartanII FPGA. Free development tools for The SpartanII are available (Xilinx WebPack) from Xilinx s web site.

The MESA 4I38 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PC/104 bus. The 4I38 uses a 1M or 1.5M gate Xilinx Spartan 3 FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA can be configured from the PC/104 side or can be configured automatically at power up via the on card serial flash EEPROM. All PC/104 lines are connected to the FPGA, allowing the 4I38 to be used a a PC/104 bus master or for testing PC/104 cards. 48 I/O lines are provided via two 50 pin connectors with I/O module rack compatible pinouts and interleaved grounds. A full Duplex RS-422 port is also provided for remote communication.

The MESA 4I39 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PC/104 bus. The 4I39 uses a 200K gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The 4I39 is designed for RS-422 applications and provides 8 full duplex isolated RS-422 interfaces. Each interface is capable of 10 Mb per second communication. The FPGA configuration is downloaded from the PC/104 bus interface. In addition to the RS-422 I/O, 24 5V tolerant TTL I/O lines are provided via a 50 pin connector with I/O module rack compatible pinout. The 4I39 is useful for motion control systems, interfacing SSI type encoders, as a general purpose high speed serial interface card, interfacing legacy hardware and devices with proprietary protocols.

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The MESA 4I34 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PC/104 bus. The 4I34 uses a 100K or 200K gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA is downloadable from the PC/104 bus side, allowing creation of almost any kind of specialized I/O function, including micro-controllers in the FPGA. Several pre-made functions are provided, including a 64 channel event capture card, an 8 channel host based servo motor controller, a 4 channel micro-controller based servo motor controller (micro-controller CPU built into FPGA), and a 8 channel, 32 bit timer counter card capable of running at 100 MHz. VHDL source is provided for all examples. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. Pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc. The 4I34 is available in 2 versions, the 4I34 with 64 I/O bits and the 4I34M with 48 I/O bits. The 4I34 uses two 40 pin connectors with proprietary pinouts, while the 4I34M uses two 50 pin connectors with I/O module rack compatible pinouts and interleaved grounds

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The MESA 4I65 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PC/104-PLUS bus. The 4I65 uses a 200K gate Xilinx FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA is downloadable from the PC/104-PLUS bus side, allowing creation of almost any kind of specialized I/O function, even including micro-controllers in the FPGA. Several pre-made functions are provided, including a 12 channel host based servo motor controller, a 4 or 8 channel micro-controller based servo motor controller (SoftDMC), and a 8 channel, 32 bit timer counter card capable of running at 100 MHz. VHDL source is provided for all examples. All I/O bits are 5V tolerant and can sink 24 mA. Pullup resistors are provided for all pins so that they may be connected directly to opto-isolators, contacts etc. The 4I65 has 72 I/O bits available on three 50 pin connectors, all connectors use I/O module rack compatible pinouts. Several I/O interface daughter cards are available for the 4I65. These cards include a 4 axis 3A Hbridge, a 2 Axis 3A stepper motor driver, an analog servo amp. interface, an RS-422/485 interface, and a debug LED card.

The MESA 4I68 is a general purpose programmable I/O card for the PCI bus. The 4I68 uses a 400K gate Xilinx Spartan3 FPGA for all logic, so it is truly an Anything I/O card. The FPGA configuration is downloadable from the PCI bus side, allowing creation of almost any kind of specialized I/O function. The 4I68 uses a bus mastering PCI bridge to give the card the ability to work with both 5V and 3.3V PCI buses and support high FPGA/PCI bus transfer rates. Several pre-made functions are provided, including a 12 axis host based servo motor controller, a 24 channel quadrature counter, an 8 axis micro-controller based servo motor controller (SoftDMC), a simple 72 bit parallel I/O port, and a 12 channel, 32 bit timer counter card capable of running at 100 MHz. VHDL source is provided for all functions.
The 4I68 uses three 50 pin connectors with I/O module rack compatible pin-outs and interleaved grounds. Two of the connectors support single ended 3.3V signals. One connector supports 3.3V or 2.5V signals and LVDS. DCI termination is supported on all I/O pins. Each connector provides 24 I/O bits for a total of 72 programmable I/O bits. A 50 Mhz crystal oscillator provides a reference clock which can be multiplied by the FPGAs DLLs for higher clock speeds. Several I/O interface daughter cards are available for the 4I68. These cards include a 4 axis 3A Hbridge, a 2 Axis 3A stepper motor driver, an analog servo amp. interface, an RS-422/485 interface, and a debug LED card.