Xilinx Kintex 7 PCI Express development board

Product Description

Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA KC705 Evaluation Kit – High-Performance Development Platform for PCI Express Applications

This used Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA KC705 Evaluation Kit is a high-performance development platform designed for evaluating and prototyping applications requiring high-speed serial connectivity and advanced memory interfaces . The kit is built around the powerful XC7K325T-2FFG900C Kintex-7 FPGA, featuring 326,080 logic cells and 16 GTX transceivers .

The KC705 board provides a comprehensive hardware environment for system architects and FPGA designers targeting applications in high-performance computing, telecommunications, medical imaging, and radar systems . Key features include a PCI Express Gen2 x8 interface (configurable as x8 Gen1 or x4 Gen2), 1GB DDR3 SODIMM memory, dual FMC expansion connectors, HDMI output, and SFP/SFP+ cage for optical networking applications .

The kit has been discontinued by AMD/Xilinx and is no longer in production. This listing is for the evaluation board only; original accessories may vary.

Condition Note: This unit is untested and sold as-is. It is a pull from surplus inventory. No power supply, USB cable, or documentation is included unless specified.

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Key Specifications

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Key Features & Benefits

Applications

• PCI Express Prototyping: Development of custom PCIe Gen2 endpoint devices

• High-Speed Serial Communications: SFP+ based optical links up to 10 Gb/s

• Video Processing: HDMI output for display applications

• Embedded Processing: MicroBlaze-based SoC design

• Radar and Signal Processing: High-bandwidth DSP applications 

• Medical Imaging: High-speed data acquisition and processing 

• Networking: 1 Gigabit Ethernet packet processing

• FPGA Accelerator Development: PCIe-based coprocessing for servers

FMC Expansion

The KC705 provides two VITA-57 FPGA Mezzanine Connectors for I/O expansion :

Compatible FMC Daughter Cards:

• High-speed ADC/DAC cards

• 10/40 Gigabit Ethernet networking cards

• Camera interface cards

• Custom application-specific I/O