The AXW49 development board is engineered as a high-performance RF processing platform featuring an AMD Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC Gen3 XCZU49DR FPGA, with 16-channel 14-bit ADCs operating at 2.5 GSPS and 16-channel 14-bit DACs at 9.85 GSPS. Designed to streamline RF signal chains, maximize I/O density, and leverage heterogeneous processing for reduced power consumption in applications like 5G communications, radar systems, and test instrumentation.
Product Description
The AXW49 development board utilizes the AMD Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC Gen3 XCZU49DR FPGA as its core processor. It features 16-channel 14-bit ADC ports with a maximum sampling rate of 2.5 GSPS and 16-channel 14-bit DAC ports with a maximum sampling rate of 9.85 GSPS.
This configuration simplifies the RF signal chain, maximizes I/O channel density without bandwidth compromise, and leverages heterogeneous processing capabilities (combining FPGA logic with quad-core APUs and dual RPUs) to reduce power consumption.
High-speed connectors extend functionality for AD/DA clocks, HDIO (High-Density I/O), MIO (Multiplexed I/O), and GTY/GTR transceiver buses (e.g., via QSFP28 optical ports and NVMe interface), with flexible IO voltage control supporting multiple levels (1.8V, 3.3V) across different banks.
Supporting large-scale MIMO radio, 5G baseband, fixed wireless access, and cable access in communication applications; testing and measurement as well as satellite communication, and similar high-performance RF scenarios.
Applications
Wireless access (5G/LTE, FWA)
Cable access (broadband/data services)
Test and measurement
Radar signal processing
Satellite communication
Other RF-intensive applications
Key Features
AMD/Xilinx Zynq™ Ultrascale+™ RFSoC:
ARM® quad-core Cortex™-A53 up to 1.33GHz
ARM® dual-core Cortex™-R5F up to 533MHz
16nm FinFET+ FPGA fabric
4GB DDR4 SDRAM on PS
4GB DDR4 SDRAM on PL
256 MB QSPI Flash
2 x QSFP28 Optical (100G)
RF SMBs:
16 x 14bit RF-ADC @ 2.5 GSPS
16 x 14bit RF-DAC @ 9.85 GSPS
1 x M.2 Interface
1 x USB 3.0 Port
3 x Gigabit Ethernet
1 x JTAG
1 x Micro SD
EEPROM: 4-Kbit I2C Serial EEPROM
4 x LED
32x IO
12V single supply
Dimensions: 200 x 200 mm form factor
Development Board Features
Featuring the AMD/Xilinx's Zynq™ UltraScale+™ RFSoC XCZU49DR-2FFVF1760 Adaptive SoC.
Design-in Kit – The Fast Way to the Market, to get started with development straight out of the box.
The ALINX development board helps shorten time-to-market for any AMD/Xilinx Zynq™ UltraScale+™ RFSoC based application.
1. For non-preferred models, a minimum order quantity (MOQ) may apply if the products are not in stock.
2. We offer custom configuration, a MOQ applies.
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