Re: [casper] low cost academic xilinx RFSOC board - feb 28 tutorial 8am pacific

2021-02-10 Thread Dan Werthimer
hi dave, for more ethernet I/O from xilinx's RFSOC 2x2 board, you might be able plug in this $80 dual SFP+ SYZYGY board: https://opalkelly.com/products/szg-dualsfp/ but i don't know if xilinx connected the appropriate syzygy pins to FPGA high speed serdes lines. dan On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at

Re: [casper] low cost academic xilinx RFSOC board - feb 28 tutorial 8am pacific

2021-02-10 Thread Dan Werthimer
hi dave, i think the $1900 two input RFSOC 2x2 board only has 1 Gbe. if you need higher I/O rates, they have a syzygy parallel I/O connector: >>> The GEM is connected to the ARM PS of the RFSOC >>> The Syzygy interface is the primary PL offload connector, Dan >>> 28 single-ended signals

Re: [casper] low cost academic xilinx RFSOC board - feb 28 tutorial 8am pacific

2021-02-10 Thread Hien Vo Bich
Thanks Dan for the information. On Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 05:08 Dan Werthimer wrote: > > > a slide from a few months ago said $1899. academic price. > > dan > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 2:05 PM Hien Vo Bich wrote: > >> Any idea on what it means by low cost ? >> >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 02:29 Glen

Re: [casper] low cost academic xilinx RFSOC board - feb 28 tutorial 8am pacific

2021-02-10 Thread David MacMahon
The RFSoC 2x2 sounds intriguing. It will be interesting to see all its capabilities (e.g. will it have high speed networking or other digital I/O?). I enjoyed the web site's positive spin on the conference's virtual nature: "Breakfast is available daily in the kitchen. Menu may vary by

Re: [casper] low cost academic xilinx RFSOC board - feb 28 tutorial 8am pacific

2021-02-10 Thread Dan Werthimer
a slide from a few months ago said $1899. academic price. dan On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 2:05 PM Hien Vo Bich wrote: > Any idea on what it means by low cost ? > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 02:29 Glen Langston > wrote: > >> Thanks Dan, >> >> Can’t attend at that time, but will be looking forward to

Re: [casper] low cost academic xilinx RFSOC board - feb 28 tutorial 8am pacific

2021-02-10 Thread Hien Vo Bich
Any idea on what it means by low cost ? On Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 02:29 Glen Langston wrote: > Thanks Dan, > > Can’t attend at that time, but will be looking forward to hearing > more about the board. Hopefully the presentation will be > recorded. > > Cheers > > Glen > > > > On Feb 10, 2021, at

Re: [casper] low cost academic xilinx RFSOC board - feb 28 tutorial 8am pacific

2021-02-10 Thread Glen Langston
Thanks Dan, Can’t attend at that time, but will be looking forward to hearing more about the board. Hopefully the presentation will be recorded. Cheers Glen > On Feb 10, 2021, at 2:00 PM, Dan Werthimer wrote: > > > > dear casper community, > > please see email below from xilinx's

[casper] low cost academic xilinx RFSOC board - feb 28 tutorial 8am pacific

2021-02-10 Thread Dan Werthimer
dear casper community, please see email below from xilinx's patrick lysaght, about their new low cost RFSOC board for academia, and the february 28 tutorial about this board. best wishes, dan -- Forwarded message - Date: Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 10:00 AM Subject: Emailing: