Sayma RTM

Sayma AMC and RTM form together a high-performance Smart Arbitrary Waveform Generator providing 8 channels of 16-bit high-speed DACs.

Sayma is part of the Sinara family of ARTIQ-compatible hardware originally designed for use in atomic/molecular/quantum physics. A Sayma system consists of AMC, RTM and BaseMod mezzanine modules housed in a MicroTCA (µTCA) rack.

The Sayma RTM uses AD9154 DACs. These DAC ICs support sample rates of up to 2.4 GSPS. Operation of the AD9154 DACs in the context of Sayma (sample rate) depends on how the system’s Smart Arbitrary Waveform Generator is configured. Sayma is currently in v2.0 prototyping. It can be ordered from Creotech.

Programmable resource

• Xilinx Artix-7 XC7A15T-1CSG325

Memory

EEPROM with MAC and unique ID

Connectivity

• 2x mezzanine connector.
• 2x SEARAY connector for ADC/DAC
• RTM connector with 16 GTP pair routed to it.

GTP on RTM connector connected to:

• DAC x16 [Tx]
• ADC x8 [Rx]
• FPGA MGT 2×2 [Tx + Rx]
• SATA x2

µRFB connector

Power supply

• Monitoring of voltage and Power supply for FPGA and P3V3

Clocking

• UFL CLK input
• SMA CLK output
• Si5324 Clock recovery

Other

• Temperature, voltage and current monitoring for critical power buses.

This module can be used for building control and measurement systems for optical and quantum physics experiments and quantum technologies development. In particular, the Sinara ecosystem is tailored to the needs of working with trapped ions and cold atoms. Compatible with ARTIQ software.

More technical information:

• https://github.com/sinara-hw/Sayma_RTM/wiki
• https://sayma-metlino-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sayma_rtm/description.html

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