Altera DisplayPort MegaCore Function - Manual (Page 75)

Required Hardware
The hardware demonstration requires the following hardware:
• Altera FPGA kit (includes USB cable to connect the board to your PC); the demonstration supports
the following kits:
• Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit
• Arria V GX FPGA Starter Kit
• Cyclone V GT FPGA Development Kit
• Arria 10 FPGA Development Kit
• Bitec DisplayPort HSMC daughter card
• PC with a DisplayPort output
• Monitor with a DisplayPort input
• Two DisplayPort cables
• One cable connects from the graphics card to the FPGA development board
• The other cable connects from the FPGA development board to the monitor
Note: Altera recommends that you first test the PC and monitor by connecting the PC directly to the
monitor to ensure that you have all drivers installed correctly.
The Bitec HSMC DisplayPort daughter card connects Altera FPGA devices to the DisplayPort source and
sink devices. High speed 5.4Gbps DisplayPort redrivers are used on both the source and sink signal paths
to improve signal integrity. The redrivers ensure close PHY layer compatibility at the DisplayPort
connectors.
Figure 6-6: Bitec HSMC Daughter Card
The figure shows a high level diagram of the Bitec HSMC daughter card.
TI
Redriver
DisplayPort
Connector
(Source)
Main Link
AUX
TI
Redriver
DisplayPort
Connector
(Sink)
Main Link
AUX
HSMC
Connector
The following figures illustrate the schematic diagrams of the Bitec HSMC daughter card.
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Altera Corporation DisplayPort IP Core Hardware Demonstration
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