Stratix® V GX Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit
The Stratix® V GX Transceiver Signal Integrity (SI) Development Kit provides a platform for electrical compliance testing and interoperability analysis. The accessibility to multiple channels allows for real-world analysis as implemented in the system with transceiver channels available through SMA and popular backplane connectors.
You can use this development kit to:
- Evaluate transceiver link performance from 600 Mbps to 12.5 Gbps.
- Generate and check pseudo-random binary sequence (PRBS) patterns via a simple to use GUI (does not require the Intel® Quartus® Prime software).
- Access advanced equalization to fine tune link settings for optimal bit error ratio (BER).
- Perform jitter analysis.
- Verify physical medium attachment (PMA) compliance to 10GbE, 10GBASE-KR, PCI Express (PCIe) (1.0, 2.0, and 3.0), Serial RapidIO, Gigabit Ethernet, 10-Gigabit Ethernet XAUI, Common Electrical I/O (CEI) 6G, CEI-11G, high-definition serial digital interface (HD-SDI), Interlaken, and other major standards.
- Use the built-in high speed backplane connectors to evaluate custom backplane performance and evaluate link BER.
Table 2. Development Kit Contents and Features
What is included |
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|---|---|
Device |
5SGXEA7N2F40C2N |
Features and Connectors |
High speed serial interfaces
21 full-duplex transceiver channels routed to backplane connector
Clocks
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General user input/output |
10-/100-/1000-Mbps Ethernet PHY (RGMII) with RJ-45 (copper) connector 16x2 character LCD One 8-postion dipswitch Eight user LEDs Four user pushbuttons |
Memory |
128-megabyte (MB) sync flash memory (primarily to store FPGA configurations) |
Cables and Adapters |
Laptop DC input Voltage margining |
Software |
A one-year license for the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition design software is included with the purchase of the kit. Refer to Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing for more information. |
Table 3. Documentation
| Document | Description | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix® V GX Edition User Guide (PDF) | Information about setting up the Stratix® V GX transceiver SI board and using the included software. | 11.0.2 |
| Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix® V GX Edition Reference Manual (PDF) | Detailed information about board components and interfaces. | 11.0.2 |
| Kit Installation (for Boards with ES Silicon) | Full installation of all files included in the development kit, including the reference manual, user guide, quick start guide, BOM, layout, PCB, schematics, SI demonstration, Board Update Portal example file, and so on. This installation is for ES Boards only. | 11.0.2 |
| Kit Installation (for Boards with ES Silicon) | Full installation of all files included in the development kit, including the reference manual, user guide, quick start guide, BOM, layout, PCB, schematics, SI demonstration, Board Update Portal example file, and so on. This installation is for ES Boards only. | 11.1.0 |
| Kit Installation (for Boards with ES Silicon) | Full installation of all files included in the development kit, including the reference manual, user guide, quick start guide, BOM, layout, PCB, schematics, SI demonstration, Board Update Portal example file, and so on. This installation is for ES Boards only. | 11.1.2 |
| Kit Installation | Full installation of all files included in the development kit, including the reference manual, user guide, quick start guide, BOM, layout, PCB, schematics, SI demonstration, Board Update Portal example file, and so on. |
12.0 |
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