Meet the new 8257A SOSA aligned development system

November 15, 2022 Mercury Systems

Get to know the new 8257A SOSA aligned development system, debuted live at the 59th Annual AOC International Symposium. This single-slot 3U VPX development chassis features SMA connectors and two NPO connectors for two 100 GigE optical interfaces on the front panel, and connectors for the 10 GigE, the 40 GigE, and the 1 GigE signals both in copper and in optical on the rear panel.

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What is SOSA?

SOSA is now a new DOD initiative that's intended to make insertion of new technology very easy in defense applications. It's intended to reduce costs for the military and to extend the life cycle of equipment.

What other SOSA aligned cards does Mercury support?

Two from the RFSOC family – the Model 5550 and the 5553 – and two from the Vertex UltraScale+ family – the Model numbers 5585 and 5586. Plus the new Model 5560 that has a versatile HBM FPGA processor.

Learn More:

Model 8257A datasheet

Model 8257A SOSA aligned development system

Model 5553 SOSA aligned 8-channel A/D & D/A 3U VPX board

Model 5560 Versal HBM ACAP coprocessor

Model 5585 & Model 5586 3U Open VPX FPGA boards

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