Altera Arria II GX FPGA - Manual (Page 7)

February 2011 Altera Corporation Arria II GX FPGA Development Kit User Guide
1. About This Kit
The Altera ® Arria ® II GX FPGA Development Kit is a complete design environment
that includes both the hardware and software you need to develop Arria II GX FPGA
designs. The PCI-SIG-compliant board and the one-year license for the Quartus
® II
software provide everything you need to begin developing custom Arria II GX FPGA
designs. The following list describes what you can accomplish with the kit:
■ Develop and test PCI Express ® (PCIe) designs.
■ Develop and test memory subsystems consisting of DDR2 and DDR3 memories.
■ Take advantage of the modular and scalable design by using the high-speed
mezzanine card (HSMC) connectors to interface to over 30 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.
Kit Features
This section briefly describes the Arria II GX FPGA Development Kit contents.
Hardware
The Arria II GX FPGA Development Kit includes the following hardware:
■ Arria II GX FPGA development board—A development platform that allows you
to develop and prototype hardware designs running on the Arria II GX
EP2AGX125 FPGA.
f For detailed information about the board components and interfaces, refer
to the
Arria II GX FPGA Development Board 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 cable
■ Ethernet cable
■ HSMC loopback board—A daughtercard that allows for loopback testing all
signals on the HSMC interface using the Board Test System
■ HSMC debug breakout board—A daughtercard that routes 40 CMOS signals to
a 0.1-inch header and adds 20 LEDs to the remaining 40 CMOS signals
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.