This product is not recommended for new designs.

Not recommended for new designs

VX3830

3U VPX Xilinx® Virtex®-5 FPGA Processor Board with FMC Site

  • Increased I/O Flexibility and Scalable Development Solutions
  • x4 or x1 PCI-Express Backplane Interface
  • Standard Air- and Rugged Conduction-Cooled Versions
  • 0.8" (4 HP) or 1" (5 HP) Face Plates
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3U VPX Carrier Board for VITA 57 FPGA Mezzanine Cards (FMC)

To implement custom interfaces using VX3830, the customer develops his IP using Xilinx® tools, and designs a specific FMC. The FPGA image is loaded from a Flash on VX3830 or on the FMC. A rescue FLASH is also present to ease developments and secure deployments.
VX3830 features a Xilinx® Virtex®-5 FPGA (XC5VLX20T) featuring a PCIe endpoint and User I/Os. VX3830 connects its FPGA endpoint to the backplane through a x4 PCIe gen 2 channel (P1 Wafers 1 to 4 is default build option). Selection between x4 or x1 PCIe width is user configurable.
VX3830 is available as a Convection Cooled or Conduction Cooled 3U VPX payload board. It requires +5V and +12V power supply rails. VX3830 is a member of Kontron's VPX Ecosystem and is qualified with VX3230 and VX3030 SBCs. Kontron also offers a VITA 57 FMC slot on VME products.
Kontron also offers a development kit containing: FMC-SER0 a sample FMC with wrapping areas, a simple FPGA IP and a Linux rpm with drivers, utilities and test programs. This kit allows non regression tests and is the base for customized derivative work.
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Technical data

Dimensions (H x W x D)99.85 mm x 162.54 mm; 0.8 inch face plate. (1 inch is a built option)
InterfaceVPX: PCI-Express interface to VPX Data Plane 1 (P1 wafers 1 to 4). Interface to Data Plane 2 (P1 wafers 5 to 8) is a build option
TemperatureStandard Commercial: 0° to +55°C; Rugged Conduction-Cooled: -40° to +85°C
CoolingConvection or Conduction
Operation TemperatureStandard Commercial: 0° to +55°C; Rugged Conduction-Cooled: -40° to +85°C

Downloads

Datasheet

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VX3830 Datasheet

1.84 MB | March 26, 2026

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VME-VPX shortform catalog

889.98 KB | March 26, 2026

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Kontron Modular Computers S.A.S. Service and Support Offering

2.35 MB | March 26, 2026

Manuals

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General Safety Instruction

628.88 KB | March 26, 2026

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VX3830 3U VPX Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA Processor with FMC-Site - User's Guide

1.3 MB | March 26, 2026

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VX3830 - Hardware Release Notes

499.83 KB | March 26, 2026

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VITA57 Development Kit User's Guide

438.44 KB | March 26, 2026

Service

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Kontron Services Brochure

8.9 MB | March 26, 2026

White Paper

VXFabric White Paper

Accessories

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FMC-SER0

FMC-SER0

VITA 57 compliant FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC)

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