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Many CASPER instruments use reconfigurable open-source hardware built around Xilinx FPGAs.

A typical CASPER instrument will have a [SNAP] board, or one or two ADC boards connected to a [ROACH] for signal acquisition and a small amount of pre-processing and will send data over a network link to a other FPGA boards or commodity CPUs and GPUs, which will perform the bulk of the signal processing.

Currently available CASPER-supported FPGA boards are shown in the matrix below. This support matrix is subject to change over time.

For information about acquiring CASPER hardware, click here.

Processing Boards

IBOB (2005 - present | Virtex-II Pro)
BEE2 (2005 - present | 5x Virtex-II Pro)
ROACH (2009 - present | Virtex 5 SXT95/LXT110/LXT155)
ROACH2 (2010 | Virtex 6)
ROACH-2 Revision 2 (2012 | Virtex 6)
Smart Network ADC Processor (SNAP - was DAB-HERALD) (2014 | Kintex7, 12x250 Msps, 6x500 Msps, 3x1 Gsps)

3 x HMCAD1511 ADC's, Kintex7 FPGA, and SFP+ 10Gbe

SNAP2 (2017) | Kintex Ultrascale)
SKARAB (2017) | Virtex 7)

Mezzanine Boards

Data Transport

CX4 (3 x CX4 Mezzanine board)
SFP+ (Quad SFP+ Mezzanine board)
SKARAB QSFP+ (QSFP+, 40GbE, 4 ports Mezzanine board)

Data Storage

SKARAB HMC (Hybrid Memory Cube, 4GB, 32Gbps, 2 link, serialised Mezzanine board)

ADCs

ADC2x1000-8 (2005 - present | dual 1GSa/sec)

Dual 8-bit, 1000Msps (or single 8-bit 2000Msps), Atmel/e2v AT84AD001B ADC

ADC1x3000-8 (2007 - present | 3GSa/sec)

Single-8 bit, 3000Msps National ADC083000 ADC

64ADCx64-12 (2008 - present | 64x 50MSa/sec)

64 inputs, 64 Msps, 12 bit, double wide board

ADC4x250-8 (2008 - present | quad 250MSa/sec)

Quad 8-bit, 250 Msps, Analog Devices AD9480 ADC

ADC2x550-12 (2009 - present | dual 550 Msps)

Dual 12-bit, 550 Msps, TI ADS54RF63I

ADC2x400-14 (2009 - present | dual 400 Msps)

Dual 14-bit, 400 Msps, TI ADS5474

KatADC (2010 - present | dual 1.5GSPS or single 3.0GSPS)

Dual 8-bit 1.5GSPS (or Single 8-bit 3.0GSPS), National Semiconductor (now Texas Instruments) ADC08D1520 ADC, RF Front-End

ADC1x5000-8 (2010-present | Single 5.0 or dual 2.5 GS/s, 4/8 bit versions)
Next Generation Samplers (2011+ | >3GSPS)
ADC16x250-8 (Q2 2012 - present)

16,8,4 inputs 8 bits 250,500,1000 MSPS, Hittite HMCAD1511, various input formats

ADC1x10000-4 (2012-2016.9 | Single 10.0 GS/s, 4 bit versions)

We have couple of boards available, if interested, please email:[email protected], all information is : adc10G

ADC1X2200-10 (2012 - 2014 | Single 2.2GSPS, 10-bit) (Device obsolete/discontinued - will be unavailable for purchase from 11 November 2017. See product bulletin.)

Single 10-bit 2.2GSPS, e2v AT84AS008 ADC & AT84CS001 DMUX

Smart Network ADC Processor (SNAP - was DAB-HERALD) (2014 - | Kintex7, 12x250 Msps, 6x500 Msps, 3x1 Gsps)

3 x HMCAD1511 ADC's, Kintex7 FPGA, and SFP+ 10Gbe

SKARAB ADC32RF45X2 (2017 - | ADC, 4 channel, 3.0GSPS, 14 bit, RF input up to 4.0GHz, JESD204B)

2 x Dual 14 bit TI ADC32RF45 ADC's

DAC Boards

DAC2x1000-16

Dual 16-bit, 1000 Msps, TI DAC5681

Suggested Supporting Equipment

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