Benefits
- Accelerates research by providing
- A feature-rich platform for implementing and validating embedded system architectures and algorithms
- An automated design flow from MATLAB/Simulink, reducing development effort and enabling platform use by application/domain experts
- Addresses specific research needs through a hardware/software programmable system, in particular:
- Multi-core SOC design and emulation
- High-performance Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
- Hardware-based application acceleration
- Enables a faster path to commercialization by sourcing commercial-grade components and through compliance with commercial standards and interfaces (e.g., PCI-express, Ethernet).
Features
- 4 large-capacity Xilinx Virtex-6 (LX550T) FPGAs with high-bandwidth inter-FPGA I/O
- Up to 128 GB DDR3 DRAM
- 4 x Gigabit Ethernet ports (1 per FPGA)
- Integrated Atom PC module (host processor, remote access)
- FMC expansion slots (1 per FPGA), supporting BEEcube and 3rd-party expansion cards (including high-speed analog I/O, video)
- BEEcube Platform Studio (BPS) software in MATLAB/Simulink automates FPGA flow from system-level
- Support for Xilinx-based HDL flow
- Reference designs and tutorials demonstrate use of inter-FPGA communications, Ethernet