Analog-to-digital conversion, digital-to-analog conversion, and using analog data
The Arria 10 FPGA PCIe card
features a powerful field programmable gate array chip that supports
both analog and digital I/O. Each card’s I/O functionality is fully
customizable by the user by means of the FPGA Workbench tools. The
cards are available with 480K or 1150K logic elements. There are two
High Pin Count FMC Style Positions available for the High-Speed
Daughter Cards.
Concurrent Real-Time’s family of programmable FPGA PCIe cards feature a powerful field programmable gate array that supports both digital and analog I/O. The cards can control up to 96 digital I/O signals along with 16 analog inputs and 16 analog outputs. Each card’s I/O functionality is fully customizable by the user by means of the FPGA Workbench tools. The cards feature isolated I/O power, high-speed digital isolators and multi-board synchronization. Optional NIST traceable calibration is available for the analog section. The cards are available with 362K or 504K logic elements.
The Configurable Multi-Function FPCA Card is a flexible programmable FPGA card that can be adapted to serve many purposes. Several of Concurrent Real-Time’s specialized cards are extended from this card, including the Engine Sensor Simulation Card.
Concurrent Real-Time’s FPGA-based Wheel Speed Sensor (WSS) Simulation card is ideal for use in high-performance hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation and test applications. The WSS output card is designed for simulating the output of wheel speed sensor signals with high accuracy. Four output channels provide the ability to simulate 4 wheels with independent tooth wheel profiles. The card features a timing resolution of 15 nanoseconds. The WSS output card can autonomously generate TTL pulses based on the sensor tooth profile and the wheel RPM.
The WSS output card is fully supported by Concurrent’s RedHawk Linux operating system on iHawk SIMulation Workbench platforms. Multiple cards can be installed in a single system. A Molex LFH-60 connector is mounted on each card for connection to external devices.
Concurrent Real Time’s UEGO is a 4-channel Universal Exhaust Gas Oxygen Sensor simulator card with a PCI Express interface that is ideal for high-performance hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation and test applications. It will allow a software simulation to control the operating feedback parameters as if an O2 sensor was connected to an engine control ECU. It can simulate both wide band and narrow band O2 sensors. There is galvanic isolation for each channel pair. In addition, each channel can monitor the O2 heater drive pulse code modulated (PCM) signal for proper feedback of the sensor temperature. O2 sensor signals have open, ground and positive voltage fault insertion capability.
Concurrent’s Multi-Function I/O PCIe card features a powerful field-programmable gate array that supports both digital and analog I/O. The Multi-Function card can control up to 96 digital I/O signals along with 16 analog inputs and 16 analog outputs. The card features isolated I/O power, high-speed digital isolators and multi-board synchronization. Optional NIST traceable calibration is available for the analog section. A RedHawk™ Linux® driver with extensive API including DMA and interrupt support is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
The Engine Sensor Simulation Card is a customized version of Concurrent’s programmable FPGA card specially designed for hardware-in-the-loop engine control unit (ECU) testing. The card and its associated firmware can support two- and four-cycle engines with up to sixteen cylinders and four independent, variable-phase camshafts. Engine speeds up to 30,000 rpm with 0.001 rpm resolution can be simulated along with crank reverse rotation (idling stop).
In HIL engine testing, an ECU is connected to a real-time simulation computer that executes the engine model and evaluates the ECU’s operation. An engine ECU handles a wide variety of input and output control signals that perform on the microsecond level. A single high-performance FPGA card, with its customizable firmware, can often provide an interface to the ECU that would otherwise require multiple standard data acquisition cards. An FPGA I/O card can also buffer ECU events to provide improved performance communication to and from the simulation model.
Concurrent’s CP-DA3218 is a 32-channel or 8-channel, 18-bit digital-to-analog converter card with a PCI express interface. The card is implemented using Linear Technology LTC2758 dual channel DACs. All output ranges are selectable on a per channel basis. The synchronous conversion clock source is generated by a low jitter PLL. Differential or single-ended outputs are supported via build options. Multi-board synchronization is supported with simple RJ-style cabling. NIST traceable calibration is included with all boards. A RedHawk™ Linux® driver with extensive API including DMA and interrupts is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
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