Altera Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix V GX Edition - Manual (Page 5)

July 2012 Altera Corporation Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit
Stratix V GX Edition User Guide
1. About This Kit
The Altera ® Stratix ® V GX Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit is a complete
design environment that includes both the hardware and software you need to
develop Stratix V GX FPGA designs. The one-year license for the Quartus
® II software
provides everything you need to begin developing custom Stratix V GX FPGA
designs. The following list describes what you can accomplish with the kit:
■ Evaluate transceiver performance from 600 Mbps up to 12.5 Gbps.
■ Generate and check pseudo-random binary sequence (PRBS) patterns.
■ Dynamically change differential output voltage (V
OD
) pre-emphasis, and
equalization settings to optimize transceiver performance for your channel.
■ Perform jitter analysis.
■ Verify physical medium attachment (PMA) compliance to PCI Express ® (PCIe ® ),
Gbps Ethernet (GbE), XAUI, CEI-6G, Serial RapidIO ® , high-definition serial digital
interface (HD-SDI), and other major standards.
Kit Features
This section briefly describes the Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit,
Stratix V GX Edition contents.
Hardware
The Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix V GX Edition includes the
following hardware:
■ Stratix V GX transceiver signal integrity development board—A development
platform that allows you to develop and prototype hardware designs running on
the Stratix V GX FPGA.
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For detailed information about the board components and interfaces, refer
to the
Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit Stratix V GX Reference
Manual .
■ Power supply and cables—The kit includes the following items:
■ Power supply and AC adapters for North America/Japan, Europe, and the
United Kingdom
■ USB type A to B cable
■ Ethernet cable
Software
The software for this kit, described in the following sections, is available on the Altera
website for immediate downloading. You can also request to have Altera mail the
software to you on DVDs.