Overview
For over two decades, BittWare, Inc. has been a leading designer and manufacturer of FPGA computing and hybrid commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) board-level solutions. These solutions are based on Altera's FPGA and industry-leading digital signal processing (DSP) technology. BittWare provides the essential building blocks required by OEMs for developing and deploying their innovative systems in defense, communications, instrumentation, and life science applications. BittWare's product offering addresses OEM needs from prototype to production and spans a variety of platforms, including VPX, VXS, AMC, CompactPCI, FMC (VITA 57), and XMC. For more information on BittWare and its innovative FPGA and DSP solutions, visit www.bittware.com.
Available Products
BittWare currently provides the products shown in Table 1.
| Table 1. Available BittWare Development Boards | |||
| Product | Description | Supported Altera Devices | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATLANTiS FrameWork | BittWare's ATLANTiSTM FrameWork (AFW) provides reconfigurable FPGA components and the necessary infrastructure to implement, simulate, synthesize, validate, and deploy a complete FPGA application on BittWare's Altera®-based FPGA products. AFW delivers fully validated physical interfaces for all board-level I/O communications, including high-speed serializer/deserializer (SERDES) and external memory access. To make the best use of these resources, the AFW also includes reconfigurable resource management components that provide features such as direct memory access (DMA) control and memory arbitration. AFW components use Altera's open-standard Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface to provide an addressed path to easily control and monitor ATLANTiS components using standard software. AFW also uses Altera's open-standard Avalon Streaming Interface for high-speed point-to-point data transport between ATLANTiS components, allowing the ATLANTiS components to be easily connected. A set of reconfigurable fabric components facilitates both memory-mapped and streaming data interconnect. These components, such as switches, decoders, FIFO buffers, and others, remove the burden of reinventing low-level intellectual property (IP) for the FPGA, thus freeing AFW users to focus on their unique value-added development. |
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| S4-3U-VPX | BittWare's S4-3U-VPX (S43X) is a commercial and rugged 3U VPX card based on the high-density, low-power Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA. The Stratix IV GX FPGA is designed specifically for serial I/O-based applications, creating a completely flexible, reconfigurable VPX board. BittWare's AFW and the FINe Host/Control Bridge greatly simplify application development and integration of this powerful board. The board provides a configurable 25-port SERDES interface supporting a variety of protocols, including Serial RapidIO®, PCI Express®, and 10-Gbps Ethernet (10GbE). The board also features 10/100/1000 Ethernet and up to 4 GB of DDR3 SDRAM. Providing enhanced flexibility is the VITA 57-compliant FMC site, which supports 10 SERDES channels, 60 LVDS pairs, and 6 clocks. | ||
| 3FAD/S4-3U-VPX | BittWare's 3FAD/S4-3U-VPX is a commercial and rugged Altera Stratix IV GX 3U VPX board providing high-performance analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion. This VITA 57 FMC, based on the E2V EV8AQ160 analog-to-digital converter (ADC), provides one 8-bit, 2.5-GSPS A/D channel, or two 8-bit, 1.25-GSPS channels, which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and an I2C bus provides flexible control of clock source, sampling frequency, and calibration. | ||
| 3FAN/S4-3U-VPX | BittWare's 3FAN/S4-3U-VPX is a commercial and rugged Altera Stratix IV GX 3U VPX board providing high-performance A/D conversion. This VITA 57 FMC, based on the TI ADS62P28 ADC, provides eight 12-bit, 65-MSPS A/D channels, which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and a flexible clock tree enables cascading multiple FMCs, supported by a single clock frequency. | ||
| 3FAP/S4-3U-VPX | BittWare's 3FAP/S4-3U-VPX is a commercial and rugged Altera Stratix IV GX 3U VPX board providing high-performance A/D conversion. This VITA 57 FMC, based on the TI ADS62P49 ADC, provides four 14-bit, 250-MSPS A/D channels, which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and a flexible clock tree enables cascading multiple FMCs, supported by a single clock frequency. | ||
| 3FDJ/S4-3U-VPX | BittWare's 3FDJ/S4-3U-VPX is a commercial and rugged Altera Stratix IV GX 3U VPX board providing high-performance digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion. This VITA 57 FMC based on the TI DAC5682Z digital-to-analog converter (DAC) provides one 16-bit, 1-GSPS D/A channel (full data rate), or two 16-bit, 1-GSPS D/A channels via 2X interpolation (500-MSPS data rate), which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and an I2C bus provides flexible control of clock source, sampling frequency, and calibration. | Stratix IV GX | |
| 3FTV-S4-3U-VPX | BittWare's 3FTV-S4-3U-VPX is a commercial and rugged Altera Stratix IV GX 3U VPX board providing high-performance A/D and D/A conversion. This VITA 57 FMC provides two 14-bit, 250-MSPS A/D channels (TI ADS62P49) and two 16-bit, 250-MSPS D/A channels (TI DAC3283), which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. The DAC provides optional 2X to 4X interpolation with a maximum ouput rate of 800 MSPS. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and a serial peripheral interface (SPI) communication bus provides flexible control of clock source, sampling frequency, and calibration. | Stratix IV GX | |
| D4-AMC | BittWare’s D4-AMC (D4AM) features the I/O processing power of two Altera Stratix IV FPGAs. The D4AM is a mid- or full-size, single-width Advanced Mezzanine Card (AdvancedMC) that can be attached to Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA) carriers or other cards equipped with AMC bays, and used in MicroTCA systems. An Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA paired with a Stratix IV E FPGA make the D4AM an extremely high-density, flexible board. The FPGAs are connected by two full-duplex 2-GBps lanes of parallel I/O for data sharing. Each FPGA supports BittWare's AFW to greatly simplify application development and integration. Providing enhanced flexibility is a VITA 57-compliant FMC site, which connects directly to the Stratix IV E FPGA for LVDS and to the Stratix IV GX FPGA for SERDES. The board also provides an IPMI system management interface and a configurable 18-port AMC SERDES interface supporting a variety of protocols. On-board memory includes up to 1 GB of DDR3 and 128 MB of flash, and Ethernet is available via the AMC front and rear panels. | Stratix IV E | |
| 3FAD/D4-AMC | BittWare's 3FAD/D4-AMC features dual Altera Stratix IV FPGA AdvancedMC providing high-performance A/D conversion. This VITA 57 FMC, based on the E2V EV8AQ160 ADC, provides one 8-bit, 2.5-GSPS A/D channel, or two 8-bit, 1.25-GSPS channels, which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and an I2C bus provides flexible control of clock source, sampling frequency, and calibration. | Stratix IV E | |
| 3FAN/D4-AMC | BittWare's 3FAN/D4-AMC features dual Altera Stratix IV FPGA AdvancedMC providing high-performance A/D conversion. This VITA 57 FMC, based on the TI ADS62P28 ADC, provides eight 12-bit, 65-MSPS A/D channels, which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and a flexible clock tree enables cascading multiple FMCs, supported by a single clock frequency. | Stratix IV E | |
| 3FAP/D4-AMC | BittWare's 3FAP/D4-AMC features dual Altera Stratix IV FPGA AdvancedMC providing high-performance A/D conversion. This VITA 57 FMC, based on the TI ADS62P49 ADC, provides four 14-bit, 250-MSPS A/D channels, which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and a flexible clock tree enables cascading multiple FMCs, supported by a single clock frequency. | Stratix IV E | |
| 3FDJ/D4-AMC | BittWare's 3FDJ/D4-AMC features dual Altera Stratix IV FPGA AdvancedMC providing high-performance D/A conversion. This VITA 57 FMC based on the TI DAC5682Z provides one 16-bit, 1-GSPS D/A channel (full data rate), or two 16-bit, 1-GSPS D/A channels via 2X interpolation (500-MSPS data rate), which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and an I2C bus provides flexible control of clock source, sampling frequency, and calibration. | Stratix IV E | |
| 3FTV/D4-AMC | BittWare's 3FTV/D4-AMC features dual Altera Stratix IV FPGA AdvancedMC providing high-performance A/D and D/A conversion. This VITA 57 FMC provides two 14-bit, 250-MSPS A/D channels (TI ADS62P49) and two 16-bit, 250-MSPS D/A channels (TI DAC3283), which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. The DAC provides optional 2X to 4X interpolation with a maximum ouput rate of 800 MSPS. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and an SPI communication bus provides flexible control of clock source, sampling frequency, and calibration. | Stratix IV E | |
| SP/D4-AMC | BittWare's SP/D4-AMC features dual Altera Stratix IV FPGA AdvancedMC providing a four-cage small form-factor pluggable (SFP) connector on the front panel with each transceiver providing support for virtually any serial communication standard, including: Fibre Channel, Gbps Ethernet (GbE), SONET, CPRI, and OBSAI. The four SFP SERDES channels are connected directly to the Stratix IV GX FPGA. | Stratix IV E | |
| S4-AMC | BittWare's S4-AMC (S4AM) is based on Altera's Stratix IV GX FPGA. This is a mid- or full-size, single-width AdvancedMC that can be attached to AdvancedTCA carriers or other cards equipped with AMC bays, and used in MicroTCA systems. The S4AM features a high-density, low-power Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA designed specifically for serial I/O-based applications, creating a completely flexible, reconfigurable AMC. Providing enhanced flexibility is the VITA 57-compliant FMC site, which features 8 SERDES channels, 60 LVDS pairs, and 6 clocks directly to the FPGA. BittWare's AFW, in conjunction with the FINe III Host/Control Bridge, greatly simplifies application development and integration of this powerful board. The board also provides an IPMI system management interface, a configurable 15-port AMC SERDES interface supporting a variety of protocols, and a front panel 4x SERDES interface supporting CPRI and OBSAI. Additionally, the board features 10/100 Ethernet, GbE, two banks of DDR3 SDRAM, two banks of QDR II+ SRAM, and flash memory for booting the FPGAs and FINe. | ||
| 3FAD/S4-AMC | BittWare's 3FAD/S4-AMC features Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA AdvancedMC providing high-performance A/D conversion. This VITA 57 FMC, based on the E2V EV8AQ160 ADC, provides one 8-bit, 2.5-GSPS A/D channel, or two 8-bit, 1.25-GSPS channels, which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and an I2C bus provides flexible control of clock source, sampling frequency, and calibration. | ||
| 3FAN/S4-AMC | BittWare's 3FAN/S4-AMC features Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA AdvancedMC providing high-performance A/D conversion. This VITA 57 FMC, based on the TI ADS62P28 ADC, provides eight 12-bit, 65-MSPS A/D channels, which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and a flexible clock tree enables cascading multiple FMCs, supported by a single clock frequency. | ||
| 3FAP/S4-AMC | BittWare's 3FAP/S4-AMC features Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA AdvancedMC providing high-performance A/D conversion. This VITA 57 FMC, based on the TI ADS62P49 ADC, provides four 14-bit, 250-MSPS A/D channels, which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and a flexible clock tree enables cascading multiple FMCs, supported by a single clock frequency. | ||
| 3FDJ/S4-AMC | BittWare's 3FDJ/S4-AMC features Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA AdvancedMC providing high-performance D/A conversion. This VITA 57 FMC based on the TI DAC5682Z provides one 16-bit, 1-GSPS D/A channel (full data rate), or two 16-bit, 1-GSPS D/A channels via 2X interpolation (500-MSPS data rate), which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and an I2C bus provides flexible control of clock source, sampling frequency, and calibration. | ||
| 3FTV/S4-AMC | BittWare's 3FTV/S4-AMC features Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA AdvancedMC providing high-performance A/D and D/A conversion. This VITA 57 FMC provides two 14-bit, 250-MSPS A/D channels (TI ADS62P49) and two 16-bit, 250-MSPS D/A channels (TI DAC3283), which can be sampled by an internal clock source or an externally supplied sample clock. The DAC provides optional 2X to 4X interpolation with a maximum ouput rate of 800 MSPS. A trigger input allows customized sampling, and an SPI communication bus provides flexible control of clock source, sampling frequency, and calibration. | ||
| SP/S4-AMC | BittWare's SP/S4-AMC features Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA AdvancedMC providing a four-cage SFP connector on the front panel with each transceiver providing support for virtually any serial communication standard, including: Fibre Channel, GbE, SONET, CPRI, and OBSAI. The four SFP SERDES channels are connected directly to the Stratix IV GX FPGA. | ||
| 4S-XMC | BittWare's 4S-XMC (4SXM) is based on Altera's Stratix IV GX FPGA. This is a single-width XMC, designed to provide powerful FPGA processing and high-speed serial I/O capabilities to VME, VXS, VPX, cPCI, AdvancedTCA, or PCI Express carrier boards. The 4SXM features a high-density, low-power Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA, which was designed specifically for serial I/O-based applications and is PCI-SIG® -compliant for PCI Express Gen1 and Gen2. Four SFP compact optical transceivers are available on the front panel. Eight multi-gigabit serial lanes supporting PCI Express, Serial RapidIO, and 10GbE are available via the board's rear panel as well as 44 general purpose digital I/O signals. The 4SXM also provides QDR II+ and flash. | ||
| GT-3U-VPX | BittWare's GT-3U-VPX (GT3X) is a commercial or rugged 3U VPX board designed for demanding multi-processor based applications. The board's hybrid processing architecture takes advantage of both FPGA and DSP technology to provide a complete solution for applications requiring flexibility and adaptability along with high-end signal processing. The GT3X features a large Altera Stratix II GX FPGA and one cluster of four ADSP-TS201S TigerSHARC® processors from Analog Devices. The board's front panel interface supplies four channels of high-speed SERDES tranceivers, 10/100 Ethernet, and RS-232; and its extensive back-panel interface supports PCI Express, Serial RapidIO, GbE, and 10GbE. The GT3X can achieve simultaneous on-board and off-board data transfers at rates exceeding 2 GBps via BittWare's AFW implemented in the Stratix II GX FPGA. The board also provides a large amount of on-board memory, including 1 GB of DDR2 SDRAM and 128 MB of flash memory for booting the FPGA and DSPs. | ||
| GT-6U-VME | BittWare's GT-6U-VME (GTV6) is a commercial and rugged 6U VME/VXS (VITA 41) board designed for demanding multiprocessor-based applications. The hybrid processing architecture takes advantage of both FPGA and DSP technology to provide a complete solution for applications requiring flexibility and adaptability along with high-end signal processing. The board features two high-density Altera Stratix II GX FPGAs, two clusters of two ADSP-TS201S TigerSHARC processors from Analog Devices, a front-panel interface supplying four channels of high-speed SERDES tranceivers, and an extensive back-panel interface including VXS. The board can achieve simultaneous on- and off-board data transfers at a rate of 5 GBps via BittWare AFW implemented in the Altera Stratix II GX FPGAs. The board also provides a large amount of on-board memory with up to 3 GB of DDR2 SDRAM, as well as 128 MB of flash memory for booting the FPGAs and DSPs. | ||
| GT-3U-cPCI | BittWare's GT-3U-cPCI (GT3U) is a commercial and rugged 3U CompactPCI board designed for demanding multi-processor based applications requiring complete flexibility and adaptability. The GT3U features a large Altera Stratix II GX FPGA, one cluster of four ADSP-TS201S TigerSHARC processors from Analog Devices, a front-panel interface supplying four channels of high-speed SERDES tranceivers, and a back-panel interface providing RS-232/RS-422 and 10/100 Ethernet. Simultaneous on-board and off-board data transfers can be achieved at a rate of 2 GBps via BittWare's AFW, which is implemented in the Stratix II GX FPGA. The board also provides a large amount of on-board memory, including 1 GB of DDR2 SDRAM and 64 MB of flash memory for booting the FPGA and DSPs. | ||
| GX-AMC | BittWare's GX-AMC (GXAM) is based on Altera's Stratix II GX FPGA. This is a mid- or full-size, single-width AdvancedMC that can be attached to AdvancedTCA carriers or other cards equipped with AMC bays, and used in MicroTCA systems. The GXAM features a high-density Altera Stratix II GX FPGA supported by BittWare's AFW, a front-panel I/O interface, a control plane interface via BittWare's FINe II Host/Control Bridge, an IPMI system management interface, and a configurable SERDES interface supporting a variety of protocols. It also provides 10/100/1000 Ethernet, two banks of DDR2 SDRAM, and flash memory for booting the FPGA and FINe. | ||
| SF/GX-AMC | BittWare's SF/GX-AMC (SF/GXAM) is based on Altera's Stratix II GX FPGA. This is a full-size, single-width AdvancedMC that can be attached to AdvancedTCA carriers or other cards equipped with AMC bays, and used in MicroTCA systems. The SF/GXAM features four SFP/SFP+ compact optical transceiver connectors, a high-density Altera Stratix II GX FPGA, BittWare's AFW, a front-panel I/O interface, a control plane interface via BittWare's FINe II Host/Control Bridge, an IPMI system management interface, and a configurable SERDES AMC interface supporting a variety of protocols. It also provides 10/100/1000 Ethernet, two banks of DDR2 SDRAM, and flash memory for booting the FPGA and FINe. | ||
| B2-AMC | BittWare's B2-AMC features a hybrid signal processing architecture that couples an Altera Stratix II FPGA with four ADSP-TS201S TigerSHARC processors. BittWare's B2-AMC (B2AM) is an AdvancedMC that supports universal baseband processing for wireless communications infrastructure such as 2G, 2.5G, 3G, WiMAX, and SDR. A full-size, single-width AMC, the B2AM attaches to AdvancedTCA carriers or other cards equipped with AMC bays, and is used in MicroTCA systems. The B2AM combines an Altera Stratix II FPGA, four TigerSHARCs, a variety of front- and back-panel I/O interfaces, and a configurable 4x network interface supporting a variety of protocols. It also provides a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface for command, control, and reprogramming, as well as flash memory for booting the DSPs and FPGAs. | ||
Additional Services and Features
BittWare also provides application-specific solutions and support leveraging their COTS offerings.
Contact Information
For additional information, contact BittWare at:
BittWare, Inc.
9 Hills Ave
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603.226.0404
Fax: 603.226.6667
Email: info@bittware.com
URL: www.bittware.com
