All Reference Designs

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Available reference designs can be found in the table below. Click the link in the Product Name column to navigate to the product page for more details. Use the navigation on the left to list IP by function, or use the search box on the main Intellectual Property page to search product descriptions and keywords for IP and reference designs.

Product Name	Supported Devices	SOPC Builder Ready	PDF	Provider
10Gb Ethernet	Arria II GX, Stratix IV GX, Stratix III E, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, Stratix II			Altera
10Gbps Ethernet Hardware Demonstration Reference Design	Stratix IV GX			Altera
10Gbps Ethernet Loopback Reference Design	Stratix II GX			Altera
1536 FFT/IFFT Reference Design for LTE	Stratix III E, Cyclone III	-		Altera
3GPP LTE Turbo Decoder Reference Design	Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, Stratix II	-		Altera
3GPP UMTS Turbo Decoder Reference Design	Stratix IV GX, Stratix III E, Stratix II GX, Stratix II, Arria II GX, Arria GX	-		Altera
Active Parallel Remote Update Reference Design	Cyclone III	-		Altera
ADI Parallel Port SDRAM Controller Reference Design	Cyclone II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX	-		Altera
AES3/EBU Reference Design	Cyclone II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX	-		Altera
Automotive Graphics System Reference Design	Cyclone II, Cyclone	-	-	Altera
Channel Estimation and Equalization Reference Design	Stratix II	-		Altera
Control Plane Bridge Reference Design	Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	Quasar Systems, Inc.
CORDIC Reference Design	Cyclone, Stratix	-		Altera
Crest Factor Reduction Reference Design for OFDM Systems	Stratix III E	-		Altera
DFT/IDFT Reference Design for 3GPP LTE	Stratix III E, Stratix II	-		Altera
DTMB Reference Design	Stratix III E, Stratix II	-	-	Tsinghua University
Edge Detection Reference Design	Stratix II	-		Altera
EMIF Co-Processor Reference Design	Stratix II	-		Altera
Format Conversion Reference Design	Stratix IV GX, Stratix II GX			Altera
Format Conversion Reference Design V2	Stratix IV GX, AIIGX			Altera
FPGA Design Security Solution Using Secure Memory Device Reference Design	Cyclone III, Cyclone II	-		Altera
FPGA Design Security Using MAX II	Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, MAX II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX	-	-	Altera
High-Performance EMIF Bridge Core Reference Design	Cyclone II, Stratix II	-		Altera
High-Speed Interface for Fujitsu MB86064 DACs Reference Design	Stratix II, Stratix	-		Altera
I2C Controller Reference Design	Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix		-	Microtronix Inc.
Link-Port Reference Design	Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix	-		Altera
Media Independent Interface Reference Design	Stratix II, Stratix		-	MaCo-Engineering
PCI Express High Performance Reference Design	Stratix IV GX, Stratix II GX, Arria GX	-		Altera
PCI Express to DDR2 SDRAM Reference Design	Stratix II GX, Arria GX	-		Altera
PCI Express to DDR3 SDRAM Reference Design	Stratix IV GX	-		Altera
PCI Express to External Memory Reference Design	Stratix IV GX	-		Altera
PCI to Local Bridge Reference Design	MAX II	-		Dexcel Electronics Designs
QR Matrix Decomposition Reference Design	Stratix III E	-		Altera
Ranging Reference Design for Mobile WiMAX	Stratix II	-		Altera
Resampler Reference Design	Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix	-		Altera
Scalable OFDMA Reference Design for Mobile WiMAX	Cyclone II, Stratix II	-		Altera
SDI PCIe Bridging Reference Design	Stratix IV GX	-	-	Omnitek
Serial RapidIO to PCI Bridge Reference Design	HardCopy II, Stratix, Stratix GX	-	-	Jennic Ltd
Serial RapidIO to TI 6482 DSP Reference Design	Stratix II GX			Altera
Serial RapidIO to TI 6488 DSP Reference Design	Stratix IV GX			Altera
SerialLite Reference Design	Stratix GX	-		Innocor
SPI-4.2 Universal SmartBridge Reference Design	Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	Modelware
SPI4.2 to XAUI Bridge Reference Design	Stratix II GX	-	-	Octera
TFT LCD Controller Reference Design	Cyclone III, Cyclone II, Cyclone		-	Digital Blocks
Triple Rate SDI Reference Design	Arria II GX	-		Altera
Triple Speed Ethernet Data Path Reference Design	Stratix II GX			Altera
VGA Controller and Nios II Reference Design	Cyclone II, Stratix II		-	Altera
Video Over IP Reference Design	Cyclone II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX			Altera
VIP Post Processing Reference Design	Cyclone III			Altera
WCDMA DUC and DDC Reference Designs	Stratix III E, Cyclone III	-		Altera
WiMAX DUC and DDC Reference Designs	Stratix II	-		Altera
XS4 10 Gigabit Ethernet and HiGig SPI4.2 Bridge	Stratix II, Stratix GX	-	-	MorethanIP

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