1. Realizing an universal digital processing platform
UniBoard
Realizing an universal digital processing platform
ASTRON is part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)

2. Design Input Applications Jive EVN correlator Apertif
AARTFAAC (LOFAR core correlator)
Current Designs
LOFAR RSP, TBB
JIVE correlator
Production
Omnify part database
DFM

3. General processing block diagram

4. Block Diagram

5. UniBoard specifications
8x Altera Stratix IV 40nm FPGA
1288 Multipliers  0.5 TMAC / FPGA
32 gigabit transceivers
1517 pins
Two standard DDR3 SODIMM memory modules per FPGA up to 4Gbyte modules, 1066MT/s
Industry standard 10GbE interfaces
Backplane interface for integrated systems
-48V input power ~400W

6. UniBoard in a System

7. UniBoard in a System

8. 7304 components (47% of board space is used)
PCB design
14 Layers
340x366mm
7304 components (47% of board space is used)
25798 connections
271 meter traces
15 parts hebben hand soldering nodig.

9. UniBoard in production

10. UniBoard

11. Ready for use

12. UniBoard in production