Opal Kelly Blog

When it comes to creating and evaluating embedded solutions, most if not all engineers will be familiar with an evaluation board. However, they may not be familiar with the applications and advantages of production-ready integration modules. In this blog we are going to look at Opal Kelly’s production-ready integration modules, discuss their applications in the […]

Data acquisition and signal processing are ubiquitous across a range of applications, from consumer and industrial to automotive, aerospace, and beyond. A common trend across these wide-ranging applications is the ability for the signal processing system to support an increasing number of different sensor modalities with higher sampling rates and faster response times. This trend […]

Good power management and power integrity is at the heart of all electronic systems. This is especially true of FPGA based systems where I/O and logic switching speeds are fast and current demands at low voltages can be high. This is further compounded by the flexible nature of FPGAs as device power depends greatly upon […]

The ability to work with analogue signals is critical for many FPGA based systems, after all the world is analogue. Depending upon the application the FPGA solution may be required to receive, process or generate analogue signals. Example applications range from generating simple ramps for pulse width modulation (PWM), generation of reference waveforms (e.g. sine, […]

Press Release Portland, Oregon – May 22, 2018 – Opal Kelly, a leading producer of powerful FPGA modules that provide essential device-to-computer interconnect using USB or PCI Express, announced the XEM7305 USB 3.0 FPGA Module, combining a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface and a Xilinx Spartan-7 FPGA into a compact sub-business-card sized form factor suitable for […]

FrontPanel 5.0.0 is now available on the Pins Downloads page. Remember that you need to be logged into Pins to see and access the FrontPanel SDK downloads. Highlights XEM7305 and XEM7320 support has been added. Added support for Python 3 on Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. FPoIP (FrontPanel over Internet Protocol) has been added […]

In the media… Crowd Supply Campaign – Opal Kelly SYZYGY Brain-1 Press Release – PRWeb – Press Release Linux Gizmos – Eric Brown – Open source Linux-on-Zynq SBC debuts new FPGA add-on standard AB Open – Gareth Halfacree – Brain-1 Syzygy Open Dev Board Hits Crowd Supply Press Release Portland, Oregon – November 30, 2017 […]

In the media… EE Journal – Kevin Morris – A New Standard for FPGA Peripherals Xcell Daily Blog – Steve Leibson – Is Opal Kelly’s SYZYGY the new “Goldilocks” high-speed, mezzanine-board and peripheral I/O standard? Embedded.com – Clive (“Max”) Maxfield – SYZYGY: The Goldilocks connection standard for FPGA-based systems Samtec Blog – How Total Solar […]

Press Release Portland, Oregon – January 25, 2017 – Opal Kelly, a leading producer of powerful FPGA modules that provide essential device-to-computer interconnect using USB or PCI Express, announced two new USB-based Xilinx Artix-7 integration modules to their lineup. Both devices combine USB host interfaces with a Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA into a compact business-card sized […]

Press Release Portland, Oregon – January 18, 2017 – Opal Kelly, a leading producer of powerful FPGA modules that provide essential device-to-computer interconnect using USB or PCI Express, announced the ZEM5310 USB 3.0 FPGA Module, combining a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface and an Altera Cyclone V E FPGA into a compact business-card sized form factor […]