Altera Arria V GX - Manual (Page 7)

November 2014 Altera Corporation Arria V GX Starter Kit
User Guide
1. About This Kit
The Altera ® Arria ® V GX Starter Kit is a complete design environment that includes
both the hardware and software you need to develop Arria V GX FPGA designs. The
following list describes what you can accomplish with the kit:
■ Test signal quality of the FPGA transceiver I/Os (up to 6.5536 Gbps).
■ Develop and test PCI Express ® (PCIe) 2.0 designs.
■ Develop and test memory subsystems consisting of SyncFlash, SRAM, and DDR3.
■ Develop and test SDI with the embedded 75-ohm 3G SDI transceivers.
■ Develop embedded designs utilizing the Nios ® II processor and external memory.
■ Develop and test network designs utilizing Triple Speed Ethernet MegaCore ® and
external RJ-45 jack.
■ Take advantage of the modular and scalable design by using the high-speed
mezzanine card (HSMC) connectors to interface to over 40 different HSMCs
provided by Altera partners, supporting protocols such as Serial RapidIO
® ,
10 Gigabit Ethernet, SONET, Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI), Open Base
Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) and others.
■ Measure the FPGA's power consumption.
■ Control two programmable clock oscillators.
■ Develop and test HDMI TX application with embedded TMDS level shifter
capable of supporting data rate up to 2.7 Gbps.
Kit Features
This section briefly describes the Arria V GX Starter Kit contents.
Hardware
The Arria V GX Starter Kit includes the following hardware:
■ Arria V GX starter board—A development platform that allows you to develop
and prototype hardware designs running on the Arria V GX 5AGXFB3H4F35C4N
FPGA.
f For detailed information about the board components and interfaces, refer
to the
Arria V GX Starter Board Reference Manual .
■ Loopback and debug header daughter cards.