Altera Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition - Manual (Page 7)

Chapter 1: Overview 1–3
General Description
November 2011 Altera Corporation Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit,
Stratix IV GX Edition Reference Manual
■ General User Input/Output
■ Eight-position user DIP switch
■ Six user push buttons
■ Four directional LCD menu push buttons
■ Hex rotary switch
■ Eight user LEDs
■ 16 character × 2 line LCD
■ Components and Interfaces
■ 10/100/1000 Ethernet PHY and RJ-45 Jack
■ Transceiver Channels
■ Six full-duplex transceiver channels from the same transceiver block
brought out to SMA connectors using stripline routing
■ One full-duplex transceiver channel brought out to SMA connectors using
microstrip routing
■ One channel brought out to SMAs with microstrip routing with 33 in. board
trace length on transmit and 7 in. board trace length on receive to simulate
the degradation associated with backplanes or long traces
■ Power
■ 14-V – 20-V DC input
■ 2.5-mm Barrel Jack for DC power input
■ On/Off slide power switch
■ On-Board power measurement circuitry
■ Heat Sink and Fan
■ 40-mm heat sink and 5-V DC fan combo