Altera Partner Profile: Rapid Technology
Overview
Rapid Technology provides engineering productivity with hardware platforms based on Altera® FPGAs. Desktop evaluation boards for testing a device, as well as industry-standard form factors for volume production are available. Rapid Technology can modify existing products or provide complete design and production services to meet your needs.
Rapid Technology has a wealth of knowledge in the embedded design space from chip level to board level or full system design. Their expertise in FPGA, digital signal processing (DSP), and processor architectures results in the best match of hardware and software partitioning and implementation.
Available Products
Rapid Technology currently provides the products shown in Table 1.
| Table 1. Available Rapid Technology Development Kits |
| Product |
Description |
Supported Altera Devices |
| Stratix® High-Speed Development Board and Kit |
Flexible and powerful development platform ideal for evaluating Altera Stratix device features, as well as analyzing high-speed LVDS communication and DSP algorithm development.
- Ordering code: EP1S25F780C5
- Onboard EPC8 configuration device
- Nine channels of receive and transmit LVDS at 840 Mbps, 2 channels on sub-miniature-A connector (SMA), 7 channels on micro delta ribbon (MDR) connector. Probe pads on select LVDS signals.
- General-purpose I/O on 0.1" double row headers well suited for ribbon cable
- DSP, DAC, and ADC evaluation board headers
- Two Matched Impedance Connectors (MICTOR)
- Two Altera Santa Cruz headers support plug-in cards or general-purpose I/O
- Switches, push buttons, and LEDs
- Socketed crystal oscillator
- Rapid Technology Multivolt download cable
- Desktop power supply
|
Stratix EP1S10-EP1S40
|
| PMC Stratix Board |
High-performance computing subsystem and I/O expansion module for embedded applications in PMC form factor.
- Ordering code: EP1S25F1020C5
- Onboard EPC8 configuration device
- Industry-standard PMC form factor supports PCS 2.2 64-bit/66 MHz down to 32-bit/33 MHz master/target
- 8 Mbyte flash
- 1 Mbytes asynchronous SRAM
- 16 Mbytes SDRAM
- RS-232 bezel connector
- JTAG bezel connector
- 153 user-configurable I/O pins
- Nios® II-compatible peripheral set
- Rapid Technology Multivolt download cable (7-ft. length, RJ-45 termination)
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Stratix EP1S25 - EP1S80 |
Additional Services and Features
Rapid Technology provides the following additional services and features:
- Board modification or custom board design
- FPGA chip design
- SOPC Builder and Nios II embedded processor design
- PCB-schematic capture and layout
- Turn-key low volume prototype and production volume support
- FPGA-to-structured-ASIC or standard cell ASIC conversion
Contact Information
For additional information, contact Rapid Technology at:
Rapid Technology
PO Box 25493
Rochester, NY 14625
Tel: (888) 290-4225
Fax: (888) 290-4225
Email: info@rapid-technology.com
URL: www.rapid-technology.com
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