Compatible Boards

The following development boards are compatible with the M.2 M-key Stack FMC and can support at least one M.2 slot. If you know of a board that is not listed here and you would like to know if it is compatible, please contact us.

Note that we don’t currently have example designs for all of these carrier boards. For a list of carrier boards for which we do have example designs, please refer to the list of supported carriers in the reference design documentation.

Series-7 boards

CarrierFMCRef designPCIeM.2 Slot 1M.2 Slot 2
AMD Xilinx KC705 Kintex-7 Development boardHPC✅Gen24-lanesNot supported
AMD Xilinx KC705 Kintex-7 Development boardLPC✅Gen21-lane 1Not supported 1
AMD Xilinx VC707 Virtex-7 Development boardHPC1✅Gen24-lanes4-lanes
AMD Xilinx VC707 Virtex-7 Development boardHPC2✅Gen24-lanes4-lanes
AMD Xilinx VC709 Virtex-7 Development boardHPC✅Gen34-lanes4-lanes
AMD Xilinx ZC706 Zynq-7000 Development boardHPC✅Gen24-lanesNot supported 2
AMD Xilinx ZC706 Zynq-7000 Development boardLPC✅Gen21-lane 1Not supported 1
Avnet PicoZed FMC Carrier Card V2 Zynq-7000 Development BoardLPC✅Gen21-lane 1Not supported 1

UltraScale boards

CarrierFMCRef designPCIeM.2 Slot 1M.2 Slot 2
AMD Xilinx KCU105 Kintex UltraScale Development boardHPC✅Gen34-lanes4-lanes
AMD Xilinx KCU105 Kintex UltraScale Development boardLPC✅Gen31-lane 1Not supported 1
AMD Xilinx VCU108 Virtex UltraScale Development boardHPC0❌Gen34-lanes4-lanes
AMD Xilinx VCU108 Virtex UltraScale Development boardHPC1❌Gen34-lanes4-lanes

Zynq Ultrascale+ boards

CarrierFMCRef designPCIeM.2 Slot 1M.2 Slot 2
AMD Xilinx ZCU104 Zynq UltraScale+ Development boardLPC✅Gen31-lane 1Not supported 1
AMD Xilinx ZCU102 Zynq UltraScale+ Development boardHPC0❌Gen34-lanes 34-lanes 3
AMD Xilinx ZCU102 Zynq UltraScale+ Development boardHPC1❌Gen34-lanes 34-lanes 3
AMD Xilinx ZCU106 Zynq UltraScale+ Development boardHPC0✅Gen34-lanes4-lanes
AMD Xilinx ZCU106 Zynq UltraScale+ Development boardHPC1✅Gen31-lanesNot supported
AMD Xilinx ZCU111 Zynq UltraScale+ Development boardFMC+✅Gen34-lanes4-lanes
AMD Xilinx ZCU208 Zynq UltraScale+ Development boardFMC+✅Gen34-lanes4-lanes
Avnet UltraZed EV Carrier Zynq UltraScale+ Development boardHPC✅Gen34-lanes4-lanes
Trenz UltraITX+ Baseboard Zynq UltraScale+ Development boardHPC❌Gen34-lanes 34-lanes 3

Ultrascale+ boards

CarrierFMCRef designPCIeM.2 Slot 1M.2 Slot 2
AMD Xilinx VCU118 Virtex UltraScale+ Development boardHPC❌Gen3Not supportedNot supported
AMD Xilinx VCU118 Virtex UltraScale+ Development boardFMC+✅Gen34-lanes4-lanes

Versal boards

CarrierFMCRef designPCIeM.2 Slot 1M.2 Slot 2
AMD Xilinx VCK190 Versal AI Core Development boardFMC+1✅Gen44-lanes4-lanes
AMD Xilinx VCK190 Versal AI Core Development boardFMC+2✅Gen44-lanes4-lanes
AMD Xilinx VEK280 Versal AI Edge Development boardFMC+Coming soonGen44-lanes4-lanes
AMD Xilinx VHK158 Versal HBM Series Development boardFMC+Coming soonGen44-lanesNot supported 4
AMD Xilinx VMK180 Versal Prime Series Development boardFMC+1✅Gen44-lanes4-lanes
AMD Xilinx VMK180 Versal Prime Series Development boardFMC+2✅Gen44-lanes4-lanes
AMD Xilinx VPK120 Versal Premium Series Development boardFMC+Coming soonGen44-lanesNot supported 4
AMD Xilinx VPK180 Versal Premium Series Development boardFMC+Coming soonGen44-lanesNot supported 4

Compatibility requirements

If you need to determine the compatibility of a development board that is not listed here, or you are designing a carrier board to mate with the M.2 M-key Stack FMC, you can check your board against the list of requirements below.

Gigabit transceivers

The FPGA or MPSoC device must have gigabit transceivers and they must be routed to the FMC connector. For support of both M.2 slots, transceivers DP0-DP7 must all be connected to the FPGA. In the AMD Xilinx devices, the transceivers are typically grouped into quads containing 4 transceivers. Ideally, each M.2 slot should be connected to a single quad and the lane ordering should match the MGT ordering as shown in the tables below:

Quad 1

The first quad should be connected to M.2 slot 1 as follows:

FPGA pinPCIe laneFMC PinFMC nameNet name
MGT_RXP/N00C6/C7DP0_M2C_P/NSSDA2FPGA_0_P/N
MGT_TXP/N00C2/C3DP0_C2M_P/NFPGA2SSDA_0_P/N
MGT_RXP/N11A2/A3DP1_M2C_P/NSSDA2FPGA_1_P/N
MGT_TXP/N11A22/A23DP1_C2M_P/NFPGA2SSDA_1_P/N
MGT_RXP/N22A6/A7DP2_M2C_P/NSSDA2FPGA_2_P/N
MGT_TXP/N22A26/A27DP2_C2M_P/NFPGA2SSDA_2_P/N
MGT_RXP/N33A10/A11DP3_M2C_P/NSSDA2FPGA_3_P/N
MGT_TXP/N33A30/A31DP3_C2M_P/NFPGA2SSDA_3_P/N

The clock reference for this M.2 slot (FMC pins GBTCLK0_M2C_P/N) should be connected to MGTREFCLK0P/N or MGTREFCLK1P/N of this quad.

Quad 2

The second quad should be connected to M.2 slot 2 as follows:

DirectionPCIe laneFMC PinFMC nameNet name
MGT_RXP/N00A14/A15DP4_M2C_P/NSSDB2FPGA_0_P/N
MGT_TXP/N00A34/A35DP4_C2M_P/NFPGA2SSDB_0_P/N
MGT_RXP/N11A18/A19DP5_M2C_P/NSSDB2FPGA_1_P/N
MGT_TXP/N11A38/A39DP5_C2M_P/NFPGA2SSDB_1_P/N
MGT_RXP/N22B16/B17DP6_M2C_P/NSSDB2FPGA_2_P/N
MGT_TXP/N22B36/B37DP6_C2M_P/NFPGA2SSDB_2_P/N
MGT_RXP/N33B12/B13DP7_M2C_P/NSSDB2FPGA_3_P/N
MGT_TXP/N33B32/B33DP7_C2M_P/NFPGA2SSDB_3_P/N

The clock reference for this M.2 slot (FMC pins GBTCLK1_M2C_P/N) should be connected to MGTREFCLK0P/N or MGTREFCLK1P/N of this quad.

  1. LPC connectors can only support 1-lane PCIe ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Zynq-7000 devices only have 1 PCIe block ↩︎

  3. This board’s device does not have integrated PCIe blocks, but it can be used with 3rd party IP to implement the required PCIe root complex ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. VHK150, VPK120 and VPK180 boards have enough PCIe blocks and GTs to support both M.2 slots, however one of the PCIe blocks is located on the opposite side of the device to the relevant GTs, making routing a challenge. For this reason we do not support the use of the second M.2 slot on these boards. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

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