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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

Figure 1. Board Diagram of the Stratix II GX 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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