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Agilex™ 9 Direct RF-Series AGRW039 Development Kit

Altera

DK-DEV-4ARF-FA-A: Agilex™ 9 Direct RF-Series AGRW039 Development Kit

This development kit is a comprehensive platform designed for high-performance Agilex 9 AGRW039 SoC FPGA development, specifically targeting applications with wideband RF requirements. With a supported RF frequency range of 0.1 to 36 GHz and IBW of up to 32 GHz, and FPGA logic density of up to 3.9M Logic Elements, this kit showcases the high-performance wideband data converters and high-speed interface capabilities of the Agilex 9 series. It supports eight RF sampling transmit DAC channels and eight RF sampling receiver ADC channels with 10-bit resolution per channel and sample rates up to 64 GSPS, making it ideal for advanced signal processing, radar, EW, and high-bandwidth secure communication systems.

The kit features a rich set of peripherals including two PCIe Gen4 x4 slots, 2x QSFP28 and 1x QSFPDD ports for up to 400 GbE connectivity, and 2x SFP+ ports providing10 GbE. It in...

DK-DEV-4ARF-FA-A: Agilex™ 9 Direct RF-Series AGRW039 Development Kit

This development kit is a comprehensive platform designed for high-performance Agilex 9 AGRW039 SoC FPGA development, specifically targeting applications with wideband RF requirements. With a supported RF frequency range of 0.1 to 36 GHz and IBW of up to 32 GHz, and FPGA logic density of up to 3.9M Logic Elements, this kit showcases the high-performance wideband data converters and high-speed interface capabilities of the Agilex 9 series. It supports eight RF sampling transmit DAC channels and eight RF sampling receiver ADC channels with 10-bit resolution per channel and sample rates up to 64 GSPS, making it ideal for advanced signal processing, radar, EW, and high-bandwidth secure communication systems.

The kit features a rich set of peripherals including two PCIe Gen4 x4 slots, 2x QSFP28 and 1x QSFPDD ports for up to 400 GbE connectivity, and 2x SFP+ ports providing10 GbE. It includes clock generation and synchronization to support precise timing and RF signal integrity. With access to board source files and a robust Board Test System (BTS) GUI for diagnostics and configuration, this development kit empowers engineers to rapidly prototype and validate RF-centric designs.

Key Features

  • Agilex 9 Direct RF-Series 3.9M Logic Element FPGA with 2x A-Tile and 2x F-Tile architecture
  • 8 RF-sampling TX DACs and 8 RF-sampling RX ADCs with 10-bit resolution
  • ADC and DAC data conversion rates upto 64 GSPS
  • RF frequency support up to 36 GHz for direct-RF prototyping
  • Transmit instantaneous bandwidth from 39.0625 MHz to 8 GHz
  • Receive instantaneous bandwidth from 39.0625 MHz to 32 GHz
  • Digital complex DUC/DDC tuners with interpolation and decimation filtering
  • Dedicated A-Tile clock module with 2.5 GHz to 4.0 GHz CKREF support and SYSREF/CKSYNC distribution
  • High-speed interfaces including 2x QSFP56, 1x QSFP-DD, 2x SFP+, and 2x PCIe Gen4 x4 via MCIO
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Offering Brief

Offering Brief

Device Family Agilex™ 9 FPGA Direct RF-Series
Offering Status Production
Device OPN(s) on Board AGRW039R31F2I2VC
Form Factor Tabletop
Power 240W power adapter
Interfaces Two PCIe Gen4 x4 slots
Two QSFP56 ports for 200 GbE
QSFPDD port for 400 GbE or 2x 200 GbE
Two SFP+ ports for 10 GbE
HPS I/O daughter card with Ethernet, USB, UART, and SD interfaces
Memory 2x DDR5 SODIMM modules, 16GB, 5600
Connectors QSFP28; QSFPDD; MCIO; SFP+; RJ45; USB; UART
Switches & LEDs Resets, 6 FPGA user LEDs, power good, Max 10 config done, FPGA config done

Agilex™ 9 AGRW039 SoC FPGA with 2x A-Tiles and 2x F-Tiles

2x DDR5 SODIMM modules

HPS daughter board including SDMMC card (HPS-OOBE-A)

QSPI Flash daughter board: 256 MB (QSHDC-SDM-QSPI-A)

1x Clock Daughter Card to support A-Tile clocking

4x 20 GHz Balun HL9401

USB cables and adapters

RF Cables: 8x 12-inch MMPX-to-SMA, 4x 12-inch MMCX-to-MMCX, 4x 12-inch MMPX-to-MMPX

240W power adapter and NA/EU/JP/UK cords

Mounting bracket fixture to support balun cards and cable assemblies (as pictured)

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