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 (V_od), 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 RapidIO^TM, 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	$1,295	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