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PaulWW
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2 years ago
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FMC and FMC+ connector compatibility

Hello, I'm trying to understand compatibility between FMC+ and FMC connectors. The Intel Agilex FPGA M-Series Dev Kit HBM2e Edition (DK-DEV-AGM039FES) has a 560-pin (14x40) FMC+ connector. Is this ...
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    2 years ago

    If I read this correctly ... https://www.samtec.com/standards/vita/fmc-plus/

    there is a degree of backward compatibility. From the second section:

    " While new FMC+ cards can only plug into new FMC+ carriers due to their larger connectors, original FMC cards will also fit thanks to a customized polarization system providing true backward compatibility."

    So if you have an existing FMC daughtercard you should be able to insert it into your new FMC+ FPGA board.

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2 years ago

If I read this correctly ... https://www.samtec.com/standards/vita/fmc-plus/

there is a degree of backward compatibility. From the second section:

" While new FMC+ cards can only plug into new FMC+ carriers due to their larger connectors, original FMC cards will also fit thanks to a customized polarization system providing true backward compatibility."

So if you have an existing FMC daughtercard you should be able to insert it into your new FMC+ FPGA board.