Altera Stratix II GX PCI Express Development Board - Manual (Page 8)

1–2 Reference Manual Altera Corporation
Stratix II GX PCI Express Development Board August 2006
General Description
■ User and board-specific interfaces
● Push-button switches
● User DIP switch
● User LEDs
● Board-specific DIP switch
● Board-specific LEDs
■ Power supply
● Power by components
● Power by rail
● Main power source, either:
• PCIe motherboard
• Laptop-style DC power supply via DC input jack
■ Communication ports
● PCIe edge connector
● High-speed Mezzanine cards
● Gigabit Ethernet
● SFP modules
● Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) header
■ Clocking circuitry
● Three high-speed clock oscillators to support Stratix II GX
transceivers and user logic:
• 100 MHz
• 155.52 MHz
• 156.25 MHz
● SMA connector for external clock input and output
Block Diagram
Figure 1–1 shows a functional block diagram of the Stratix II GX
PCI Express development board.