DAC-MOD1 Dual 210MSPS, 14-bit DAC - PMC Front Panel Mezzanine Module

The DAC-MOD1 is a front panel mezzanine module designed to provide analog I/O functionality to VMETRO's FPGA-based processing PMC modules. This module provides two channels of 210 MSPS, 14-bit digital to analog conversion. The DAC-MOD1 is aimed at embedded application development.

The DAC-MOD1 is designed to be used with:

Analog Outputs
The dual channel 210 MSPS, 14-bit DAC-MOD1 has an onboard low jitter 210 MHz oscillator as well as provision for external clock sources. The sampling clock and trigger are made available to the host FPGA for complete application control. General purpose digital I/O signals are routed through to the front panel. These are also controlled by the host FPGA. These can be used for synchronizing multiple boards or providing alternative trigger mechanisms. Ideal applications include Software Defined Radio (SDR), direct digital synthesis (DDS) and telecommunications.

Software
The DAC-MOD1 is hosted by the PMC-FPGA03, PMC-FPGA05 or DEV-FPGA05 which are supported under Windows XP, VxWorks and Linux (Contact VMETRO for availability). The DAC-MOD1 support package is additional to the BSP that accompanies VMETRO PMC modules and includes:

• VHDL library code blocks: demonstrating how board resources can be used and how DAC operations are controlled by the host FPGA
• Hardware and firmware/software manuals

Development of VHDL code for the FPGA requires synthesis tools such as Xilinx Foundation.