Alinx AC6150 User manual

Xilinx ALINX Core Board
AC6150
User Manual

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Version Record
Version
Date
Release By
Description
Rev 1.0
2020-11-08
Rachel Zhou
First Release

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Table of Contents
Version Record.......................................................................................................2
Part 1: AC6150 core board.................................................................................. 4
Part 2: FPGA.......................................................................................................... 5
Part 2.1: JTAG Interface...............................................................................6
Part 3: DDR3 DRAM............................................................................................. 7
Part 4: SPI Flash....................................................................................................9
Part 5: Crystal oscillator on Core Board.......................................................... 11
Part 6: LED Light on Core Board......................................................................12
Part 7: AC6150 Power Supply.......................................................................... 14
Part 8: Power interface on Core Board........................................................... 16
Part 9: Expansion Ports......................................................................................17
Part 10: Structure Diagram................................................................................21

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Part 1: AC6150 core board
FPGA+ DDR3 core board is based on XILINX's SPARTAN6 series
XC6SLX150-2FG484C. This chip develops a high-performance core board
with high speed, high bandwidth and high capacity. It is suitable for video
image processing and high-speed data acquisition.
This core board uses MICRON's MT41J128M16LA-187E DDR3 chip with
a capacity of 2Gbit; 16bit bus mode, read and write data bandwidth between
FPGA and DDR3 is up to 10Gb; this configuration can meet the needs of 4
channels of 1080p video processing.
This core board also extends 168 IO ports (84 pairs of LVDS differential
pairs), which is a good choice for users who need a lot of IO. Moreover, the
FPGA chip to the interface is treated with the same length, and the core board
size is only 60*60 (mm), which is very suitable for secondary development.
Front View

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Rear View
Part 2: FPGA
As mentioned above, the FPGA model we use is XC6SLX150-2FG484C,
which belongs to Xilinx's SPARTAN6 series. The speed grade is 2, and the
temperature grade is Commercial grade. This model is a FGG484 package
with 484 pins. Xilinx SPARTAN6 FPGA naming rules as below
Figure 2-1: The Specific Chip Model Definition of SPARTAN6 Series

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Figure 2-2: FPGA chip on the core board
The main parameters of the FPGA chip XC7A100T are as follows
Name
Specific parameters
Logic Cells
147,443
Slices
23038
CLB flip-flops
184,304
Block RAM（kb）
4,824
Clock Management Unit (CMT)
6
DSP Processing Unit (DSP48A1 Slices)
180
DDR Controller (Memory Controller Blocks)
4
Chip Package
BGA484, Spacing 1.0mm
Speed Grade
-2
Temperature Grade
Commercial
Part 2.1: JTAG Interface
First introduce the configuration and debugging interface of the FPGA:
JTAG interface. JTAG test holes (2.5mm single-row interface) are reserved on

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the core board. Users can connect the pin headers on the core board and
connect the download and core JTAG ports with DuPont cable. To achieve core
board program download and debug of the FPGA chip without the carrier board.
The following Figure 3-2-3 shows the JTAG interface on the core board:
Figure 2-3: JTAG Interface on the core board
Part 3: DDR3 DRAM
Figure 3-1 detailed part of the DDR3 schematic (For details, please refer to
the schematic provided by us.)
Figure 3-1: DDR3 schematic

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In addition, the normal operation of DDR3 requires DDR3 address line and
control line to provide termination voltage VTT and DDR3 chip reference
voltage VREF, VTT and VREF voltage are both 0.75V, the following Figure 3-2
is the power part schematic.
Figure 3-2: DDR3 Power for VTT/VREF
Figure 3-3: DDR3 Power Circuit on the FPGA Board

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DDR3 is connected to the BANK3 of the FPGA.
DDR3 Pin Assignment
Pin Name
FPGA Pin
Pin Name
FPGA Pin
DDR3_A[0]
H2
DDR3_A[11]
C1
DDR3_A[1]
H1
DDR3_A[12]
D1
DDR3_A[2]
H5
DDR3_A[13]
G6
DDR3_A[3]
K6
DDR3_A[14]
F5
DDR3_A[4]
F3
DDR3_BA[0]
G3
DDR3_A[5]
K3
DDR3_BA[1]
G1
DDR3_A[6]
J4
DDR3_BA[2]
F1
DDR3_A[7]
H6
DDR3_nCAS
K4
DDR3_A[8]
E3
DDR3_CKE
D2
DDR3_A[9]
E1
DDR3_CLK_P
H4
DDR3_A[10]
G4
DDR3_CLK_N
H3
DDR3_nRAS
K5
DDR3_DQ[8]
P2
DDR3_nWE
F2
DDR3_DQ[9]
P1
DDR3_ODT
J6
DDR3_DQ[10]
R3
DDR3_RESET
C3
DDR3_DQ[11]
R1
DDR3_LDM
L4
DDR3_DQ[12]
U3
DDR3_UDM
M3
DDR3_DQ[13]
U1
DDR3_DQ[0]
N3
DDR3_DQ[14]
V2
DDR3_DQ[1]
N1
DDR3_DQ[15]
V1
DDR3_DQ[2]
M2
DDR3_LDQS_P
L3
DDR3_DQ[3]
M1
DDR3_LDQS_N
L1
DDR3_DQ[4]
J3
DDR3_UDQS_P
T2
DDR3_DQ[5]
J1
DDR3_UDQS_N
T1
DDR3_DQ[6]
K2
DDR3_DQ[7]
K1
Part 4: SPI Flash
The FPGA core board AC6150 is equipped with one 64MBit SPI FLASH,
and the model is W25Q64BV, which uses the 3.3V CMOS voltage standard.

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Due to the non-volatile nature of SPI FLASH, it can be used as a boot device
for the system to store the boot image of the system. These images mainly
include FPGA bit files, core application code and other user data files. The
specific models and related parameters of SPI FLASH are shown in Table 4-1.
Position
Model
Capacity
Factory
U8
W25Q64BV
64M Bit
Winbond
Table 4-1: SPI FLASH Specification
Figure 4-1: SPI Flash schematic
Figure 4-2: W25Q64BV chip on the FPGA Board

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SPI Flash pin assignments:
Pin Name
FPGA Pin
SPI_CLK
Y21
SPI_CSn
T5
SPI_DIN
AB20
SPI_DOUT
AA20
Part 5: Crystal oscillator on Core Board
The core board carries a 50M active crystal oscillator and a 27M active
crystal oscillator. The 50MHz clock is connected to the AB13 pin of the FPGA,
and the 27MHz clock is connected to the B10 pin of the FPGA.
Figure 5-1: Crystal oscillator Schematic

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Figure 5-2: Crystal oscillator on the Core Board
Crystal oscillator Pin Assignment
Input Clock
FPGA Pin
50MHz
AB13
27MHz
B10
Part 6: LED Light on Core Board
There are 6 red LED lights on the AC6045 FPGA core board, one of which
is the power indicator light (PWR), one is the configuration LED light (DONE),
and four are the user LED light. When the core board is powered, the power
indicator will illuminate; when the FPGA is configured, the configuration LED
will illuminate.
Figure 6-1: Power Indicator and Configure Indicator schemtaic

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Figure 6-2: Power Indicator and Configure Indicator on the Core Board
The schematic diagram of the four user LED sections is shown below. In
Figure 6-3, When the FPGA pin output is logic 0, the LED will be lit.
Figure 6-3: User LED Schematic
Figure 6-4: User LED on the Core Board

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User LEDs Pin Assignment
LED Name
FPGA Pin
LED0
U6
LED1
V5
LED2
AA2
LED3
AB2
Part 7: AC6150 Power Supply
In order for FGPA to work properly, it is necessary to provide three power
supplies for P3V3, P1V2 and VCCIO for the FPGA. P3V3 is for the VCCAUX of
the FPGA, the voltage is 3.3V; P1V2 is for the VCCINT of the FPGA, the
voltage is 1.2V; VCCIO is for the VCCO of the BANK0, BANK1, BANK2 of the
FPGA. In addition, DDR3 on the core board requires P1V5 and a voltage of
1.5V (used to generate VTT and VREF), as mentioned above, and will not be
repeated here.
The VCCO of the FPGA is separated from the VCCAUX power supply. The
purpose is to enable the BANK IO voltage of the FPGA to be flexibly adjusted.
Different output voltages are obtained by adjusting the resistance value of the
VCCIO power supply section, so that the IO level of the FPGA core board can
be applied to different voltages.
The three-way power supply (P1V2, VCCIO, P1V5) adopts the
TLV62130RGT DCDC chip imported from American TI Company. It has high
efficiency, small size, no heat, and can provide large current and small ripple. It
is an excellent power solution for FPGA. A large number of high-grade imported
capacitors and inductors are used to ensure that the power supply of the
system is stable and reliable. The other circuit (P3V3) uses a smaller ripple
LDO chip SPX3819M5-L-3-3 because of the small current required.

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Figure 7-1：Power Supply on core board schematic

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Figure 7-2: Power Supply Circuit on the AC6150 FPGA Core Board
Part 8: Power interface on Core Board
In order to make the core board work normally, the FPGA expansion baord
needs to provide a +5V power supply to the core board through the expansion
ports. The power supply voltage of the core board ranges from 4.5V to 5.5V,
and the current is about 1A. In order to ensure a certain margin, the FPGA
carrier boardIt is best to provide 5V 2A current. The FPGA carrier boardprovide
the 5V power input to the core board through pin 1 to 4 of the expansion port
P1,P2.
Figure 8-1: Power input pin

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If you need to debug the core board separately, power the core board
through the Mini USB port (J2) of the core board, the Mini USB cable is
connected to the USB port of the computer. When the user supplies power to
the core board through the Mini USB port (J2), it cannot be powered through
the carrier board. Otherwise, current conflict may occur and the USB interface
of the computer may be burned out.
Figure 8-2: Mini USB on the Core Board
Part 9: Expansion Ports
The core board has a total of two high-speed expansion ports, which is
connected with the FPGA carrier board by two 100-pin inter-board connectors.
The inter-board connector uses AMP Tyco board-to-board connector
5177984-4, with a PIN pitch of 0.8mm, and a male connector with a height of
5mm. It is connected with the female AMP connector 5177983-4 of the FPGA
carrier board, which is configured for high speed data communication.

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Figure 9-1: Expansion Ports P1

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Figure 9-2: Expansion Ports P2

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Figure 9-3: Expansion Ports P1&P2 on the Core Board