FMC (VITA 57) FPGA IO Mezzanine Standard

The FMC (VITA 57) standard provides an electro-mechanical standard for I/O mezzanine modules that work closely with FPGA processors. Thus, the mezzanine module would optimize the handling and formating of data. This standard aims to:

• Minimize latency
• Minimize system costs
• Maximize data through-put
• Reduce the complexity of FPGA designs
• Reduce system overhead

The specification utilizes the raw data to be processed by removing the need to inject protocol data. Therefore, the FPGA interface directly with the I/O mezzanine module and the FPGA can be  programmed to handle the raw data formats from the module.

The data handling instigator is not limited to FPGAs as long as the device meets all of the rules of the specification.