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Arria V GX Transceiver Starter Kit
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Altera
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Ordering Information
Transceiver Starter Kit Contents
Starter Board Photo
Related Links
The Altera
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Arria
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V GX Transceiver Starter Kit provides a complete design environment that includes all the hardware and software you
need to develop cost-sensitive FPGA applications immediately. The development kit is RoHS compliant. The development kit features the
following:
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Arria V GX FPGA—360KLE, F1517 package, 24X6.6G XCVRs, C4 speed grade
One I/O expansion slots—one high-speed mezzanine card (HSMC)
16 MB of SDRAM memory
High-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) and serial digital interface (SDI) connections
SMAs
Ordering Information
Table 1. Arria V GX Transceiver Starter Kit Ordering Code and Pricing Information
Ordering Code
DK-START-
5AGXB3NES
Price
Ordering Information
The
Arria V GX Transceiver Starter Kit
features a 5AGXB3 Engineering Sample (ES) device and a 1-year
license for the Quartus
®
II design software.
Contact your
local Altera distributor
to place your order.
Transceiver Starter Kit Contents
• The Arria V GX Transceiver Starter Kit features the following:
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Arria V GX FPGA development board (see Figure 1)
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FPGA: Arria V GX 5AGXFB3H4F35C4NES
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System controller: MAX
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V 5M2210ZF256C4N
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Power monitor GUI
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Single analog-to-digital converter (ADC), eight channels
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Non-isolated power rail
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Fast passive parallel (FPP) x16 mode through parallel flash loader (PFL)
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Control and status registers
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Embedded USB-Blaster
TM
II: MAX II EPM570GM100C4N
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HDMI 1.3 TX
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x4 XCVR, 3.4 Gbps (max by spec) and 340 MHz TX clock (by spec)
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HDMI TX connector
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TI HDMI level shifter SN75DP130
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Level shift XCVR PCML 1.5V <-> TMDS level
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DDC and HPD <-> HDMI compliant level
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Data channel up to 5.4 Gbps; HDMI 1.3 only needs a maximum of 3.4 Gbps
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Clock channel up to 340 MHz; enough to support 3.4 Gbps data rate
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HDMI specification: clock period = 10x of UI
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Requires 100 MHz clock input at CLKIN to generate the TX clk and core logic
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SDI 3G
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x1 XCVR TX/RX loopback
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x2 SMB connectors and cable (cable not included in kit)
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HSMC
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SMA
Up to 2.97 Gbps
Uses National Semiconductor driver/receiver LMH0384SQ/LMH0303SQx
Requires 148.5 MHz and 148.35 MHz at XCVR refclk to support US and EU standard respectively
Use VCXO to fine tune and lock to the recovered CDR frequency
Requires 125 MHz CLKIN for core logic
x8 XCVR up to 6.375 Gbps
Not complied to PCI Express
®
(PCIe
®
) HIP pin assignment
x4 CMOS
x17 differential using dedicated TX/RX channel
x2 low-voltage differential signalling (LVDS) clock in
x2 differential clock out
I2C
JTAG
Minimum current support
2A @ 3.3V
1A @ 12V
Dedicated clock domain from Si 5338 clock generator for xcvr refclk
HSMC loopback with BTS GUI
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7x XCVR TX/RX channel
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1x LVDS clock input
Dedicated clock domain from Si 5338 clock generator for xcvr refclk
DDR3 SDRAM x32
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Micron MT41J64M16JT-15E DDR3 SDRAM 8MX16X8
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Two devices: 2 x16 width = x32
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BTS DDR3 SDRAM GUI using Uniphy and high performance (HP) controller II
SSRAM
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1024k x18, 18 Mb ISSI IS61VPS102418A
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Shared address or data with flash
User IO
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LCD character
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x4 DIP switch
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x3 PB
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x4 LED
Configuration
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FPP x16 mode
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Dual flash 512Mbit Numonyx PC28F512P30BF (52 MHz F
MAX
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JTAG header
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Embedded USB Blaster II
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Cypress Microcontroller CY7C68013A as USB PHY 2.0
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MAX II
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Ethernet
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10/100/1000 Base-T
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RJ-45 connector, on-board LED for link status
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Marvell Ethernet PHY 88E1111
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Requires 100 MHz and 125 MHz clock from CLKIN
Figure 1: Arria V GX Starter Board with a 5AGXB3ES FPGA Device
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Figure 2: Arria V GX Starter Board Block Diagram
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Related Links
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Arria V FPGA documentation page
Errata Sheet and Guidelines for Arria V ES Devices
(PDF)
Altera and partner daughter cards
Other Arria V FPGA-based development kits
Jungo PCI Express WinDriver (30-day evaluation)
http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-arria-v-starter.html
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