A third version of the VXS-DSP-FMC Carrier was launched after a series of tests with the V2. The pre-series of V2 prototype boards already achieved full functionality but required minor hardware tweaks to be functional.

Major changes to go from V2 to V3:

1. Mount a gate capacitor for the FMC P3V3 power-supply pass FET to slow-down the switch on and reduce the power-supply transient.
2. Bug-fix on JTAG that now makes the embedded ACE player remote configuration operational. The JTAG chain is now not passed through the RTM any longer.
3. Some routing improvements on the supply current measurement tracks that make the measurements more precise.
4. Changes the DSP ICE connector for a SAMTEC type that has pin 3 removed by default. This is required by the DSP ICE cable as a key.