AN 456: PCI Express High Performance Reference Design

ID 683541
Date 12/12/2018
Public

1.4. Hardware Requirements

The reference design requires the following hardware:
  • The Arria II GX FPGA Development Kit, the Arria V GT FPGA Development Kit, the Arria 10 GX FPGA Development kit, the Cyclone IV GX FPGA Development Kit, the Cyclone V GT FPGA Development Kit, the Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit, or and Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit.
  • A computer running Windows driver with an x8/x4/ x1 PCI Express slot for the Arria II GX, Arria V GT, Arria 10 GX, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone V GT, Stratix IV GX, or Stratix V GX development board. The software application and hardware are installed on this computer, referred to as computer #1 in this document.
  • A computer with the Quartus II software for downloading FPGA programming files to the Arria II GX, Arria V GT, Arria 10 GX, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone V GT, Stratix IV GX, or Stratix V GX development board, referred to as computer #2 in this document.
  • A USB cable or other Altera download cable.
  • A PCI Express x8-to-x4 lane converter for x4 operation or x8 to x1 lane converter for x1 operation.
Note: This reference design uses eight lanes. If the PCI Express slot on your motherboard has fewer than four lanes, you must use a lane converter to transfer data from the higher lanes to the lower available lane.