Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition
from Altera Corporation
Altera's Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix® II GX Edition enables a thorough evaluation of Stratix II GX transceiver signal integrity by allowing you to:
- Evaluate transceiver performance from 622 Mbps to 6.375 Gbps
- Generate and check pseudo-random bit sequence (PRBS) patterns via an easy to use GUI
- Dynamically change Voltage Output Differential (Vod), Pre-emphasis and Equalization settings to optimize transceiver performance for your channel
- Perform jitter analysis
- Verify PMA compliance to PCI Express, Gigabit Ethernet, XAUI, CEI-6G, Serial RapidIOTM, HD-SDI and other major standards
This development kit includes a board design tutorial developed by Dr. Eric Bogatin, an industry leading expert in signal integrity and board design. The tutorial provides insights into the design of high-speed serial links.
Ordering Information
| Table 1. Altera's Transceiver SI Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition Ordering Information |
| Ordering Code |
Price |
Ordering Information |
| DK-SI-2SGX90N |
$1295 |
In North America, call 1-888-800-0631 or contact your local distributor. For International Sales, contact your local distributor. |
Development Kit Contents
The Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition includes:
- Stratix II GX development board (see Figure 1)
- Stratix II GX EP2SGX90EF1152C3 FPGA
- Six full-duplex transceiver channels, brought out to SMA connectors
- One microstrip channel
- Four stripline channels from the same transceiver quad -- all the trace lengths are matched across channels
- One channel with 40-inch board trace length on transmit and 5-inch board trace length on receive to simulate the degradation associated with backplanes or long traces
- FPGA device configuration options
- Passive serial configuration via an on-board EPCS64 device which contains pre-loaded factory reference design
- JTAG configuration via USB-Blaster™ download cable
- Flexible clocking options
- On-board 25-Mhz and 156.25-MHz clock oscillators
- SMA connector clock input
- Switches and indicators
- Six user-definable push-button switches
- Eight-position user-definable dual in-line package (DIP) switch
- Eight user-definable LEDs
- Two 7-segment displays
- USB port to interface with PC for easy plug and play
- Flexible power options
- AC adapter shipped with the kit
- Banana jack for using bench power supply
- RoHS Compliance
- Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition CD-ROM
- Software application to interface to the board
- Simple to use GUI that allows user to control Stratix II GX transceiver settings and run bit-error ratio (BER)tests
- Reference Design
- Quartus® II design software
- One-year license
- Windows platform only
- Cables and accessories
- AC adapter power supply
- USB-Blaster download cable
- Complete documentation
- Development kit user guide
- Board reference manual
Figure 1. Stratix II GX Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Board
Hardware Development Tools
- Quartus II design software, including a one year license
- MegaCore® Intellectual Property (IP) Library, including OpenCore® Plus for free evaluation
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