Overview; Hardware Features; Device Board; Host Board - Microchip Technology Microsemi CoaXPress VIDEO-DC-CXP Quick Start Card

CoaXPress FMC Daughter Quickstart Card

Overview

Microchip's CoaXPress offering is a three-board solution that demonstrates high-speed transmission of
high-resolution image data from a device to the host. It supports a 12.5G CoaXPress PHY and includes
ready to use reference designs for quick prototyping.
Microchip's CoaXPress FMC daughter card is a hardware evaluation platform for evaluating and testing
the CoaXPress protocol. The daughter card works with the PolarFire Video Kit (MPF300-VIDEO-KIT-NS)
features the PolarFire FPGA device. This kit needs to be purchased separately. The kit is designed for
effortless prototyping of popular imaging and video protocols including MIPI CSI-2 TX, MIPI CSI-2 RX,
HDMI 1.4 TX, HDMI 2.0, DSI, and HD/3G/6G/12G SDI. With a 300K logic element (LE) PolarFire FPGA
with DDR4 and SPI-flash, the kit is ideally suited for mid-bandwidth imaging and video applications.

Hardware Features

The hardware features are:

Device Board

• 12.5G CoaXPress PHY
• 100k LE PolarFire device in FCSG325 package
• Amphenol FCI connector

Host Board

• 12.5G CoaXPress PHY
• HPC FMC connector

Jumper Settings

The CoaXPress FMC daughter card comes with the following default jumper settings.
Jumper Description
J7 CXP device board
J19 CXP host board

Programming

Microchip's PolarFire CoaXPress FMC daughter card provides programmability using the FlashPro4/5
hardware. IAP programming and debug support is also provided in the board. The PolarFire video kit
must be programmed before use. An .stp file is available at
parts/150887. For more information about programming procedures, see

Running the Demo

The CXP device board comes with a pre-programmed MIPI to CoaXPress bridge. The images captured
from the camera over MIPI CSI-2 are converted to CoaXPress packets by the CoaXPress IP and
• One Micro BNC connectors –TX
• JTAG – programming (FP4)
• Two Micro BNC connectors – RX and TX
Factory Default
Short 2–3
Open
https://www.microsemi.com/existing-parts/
Documentation Resources.
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