General information

• Ultra-high performance DSP and RF systems in industry standard PICMG® MicroTCA® form-factor
• Modular scalable architecture using TORNADO-Axxx AdvancedMC (AMC) modules with high-performance DSP, RF-processing and communication capabilities from MicroLAB Systems and MicroTCA infrastructure components
• Software configured topologies for real-time data streams inside AdvancedMC (AMC) modules, AMC-to-AMC communication, and inter-system communication
• Low latency system reconfiguration
• External high-speed network interfaces
• A variety of MicroTCA® chassis
• Remote system control from PC and Android® devices
• Stand-alone operation
• Complies PICMG® 3.0 Rev.3.0, MicroTCA.0 R1.0, AMC.0 R2.0, IPMI 1.5, VITA® 57.1-2008 (R2010) specifications

System components

• TORNADO-Axxx  AМС-modules with DSP, FPGA and FMC/FMC+ site from MicroLAB Systems
• TORNADO-ARX1® RF processing АМС-modules from MicroLAB Systems
• T/AX-xxxx AМС-modules with network interfaces from MicroLAB Systems
• Industry standard MicroTCA® infrastructure components (chassis, MCH controllers, PM power modules)

AdvancedMC (AMC) modules from MicroLAB Systems

• TORNADO-A6678xxx® AdvancedMC (AMC) modules with DSP+FPGA:
  • One or two high-performance multicore TI TMS320C6678 DSP (8 cores, 1.25GHz/1.4GHz, 320GMAC, 160GFLOPS)
  • Xilinx Virtex-7 and Kintex UltraScale/UltraScale+ FPGA
  • "Symmetrical" architecture
  • AMC data streaming ports with 10GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE, Serial RapidIO (50Gbps/100Gbps) and PCIe (32Gbps/64Gbps/128Gbps) protocols
  • External 10Gbps+ SFP+, 40GbE/100GbE QSFP+ and 1GbE RJ45 ports
  • FMC/FMC+ site for application adopted I/O
• TORNADO-AZx/FMC® AdvancedMC (AMC) modules with ARM+FPGA:
  • Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC and Xilinx Zynq-7000 AP SoC with ARM® cores
  • MicroSD card and 1ТБ SSD module
  • AMC data streaming ports with 10GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE, Serial RapidIO (50Gbps/100Gbps) and PCIe (32Gbps/64Gbps/128Gbps) protocols
  • FMC/FMC+ site for application adopted I/O
• TORNADO-Axxx/FMC® AdvancedMC (AMC) modules with FPGA:
  • Xilinx Virtex Ultrascale/Ultrascale+ and Kintex UltraScale/UltraScale+ FPGA
  • AMC data streaming ports with 10GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE, Serial RapidIO (50Gbps/100Gbps) and PCIe (32Gbps/64Gbps/128Gbps) protocols
  • FMC/FMC+ site for application adopted I/O
• TORNADO-ARX1® AdvancedMC (AMC) module with RF processing:
  • Quad channel 9kHz..3GHz RF scanning receiver with 160GHz/s sweep performance
  • External 6GHz, 12GHz, 24GHz and 40GHz converters
  • Xilinx FPGA for high-speed DSP and control
  • AMC data streaming ports with 10GbE, 40GbE, Serial RapidIO (50Gbps) and PCIe (32Gbps/64Gbps) protocols
  • External 10Gbps+ SFP+, 40GbE/100GbE QSFP+ and 1GbE RJ45 ports
• T/AX-xxxx AdvancedMC (AMC) modules with network interfaces:
  • External  10GbE SFP+, 40GbE/100GbE QSFP+ ports
  • Long haul F/O connections

MicroTCA® infrastructure components

• MCH controllers with high-speed data stream switching fabric (AMC.2 Ethernet, AMC.4 Serial RapidIO and AMC.1 PCIe)
• AC and DC power supply modules (PM)
• MicroTCA® chassis with 19" 1U, 2U and mini form-factors and "single star", "dual star" and custom backplane topologies
• Optional CPU and communication AMC-modules

Applications

• Distributed and stand-alone DSP systems
• Remote and stand-alone DAQ systems
• Communication
• Multichannel RF processing
• Multichannel image processing
• Radars and astrophysics
• Industrial, instrumentation and medical
   

TORNADO-MTCA® modular DSP system including TORNADO-AZ/FMC AMC module with FMC-submodule, TORNADO-A6678/FMC DSP AMC module with FMC-submodule, TORNADO-ARX1 RF AMC module and T/AX-DSFPX AMC module with 10GbE SFP+ ports all installed into MicroTCA® 1U chassis with 10GbE switching fabric
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TORNADO-mMTCA® modular DSP mini system including TORNADO-AZ/FMC AMC-module with FMC-submodule and T/AX-DSFPX AMC-module with 10GbE SFP+ ports all installed into dual-slot MicroTCA® mini chassis with passive backplane
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TORNADO-MTCA® modular DSP system with four M/S TORNADO-A6678® DSP AMC-modules and two T/AX-DSFPX network AMC-modules in 19" 1U 6-slot MicroTCA® chassis with 10GbE backplane switch
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Dataflow diagram for multi-unit TORNADO-MTCA® DSP system. TORNADO-MTCA® #1 unit includes four TORNADO-A6678® DSP AMC-modules and two T/AX-DSFPX network AMC-modules  inside MicroTCA® chassis with "single star" 10GbE switching fabric.
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TORNADO-A6678/FMC® AdvancedMC (AMC) module with TI TMS320C6678 DSP, Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA and FMC site
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TORNADO-AZU+/FMC+ AdvancedMC (AMC) module with Xilinx Zynq Ulrascale+ MPSoC and FMC+ site
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TORNADO-AZ/FMC® AdvancedMC (AMC) module with Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC and FMC site
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TORNADO-A6678® DSP+FPGA AMC-module and T/AX-DSFPX network AMC-module
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TORNADO-RxMTCA® distributed modular RF processing systems in MicroTCA® form-factor