Altera Cyclone IV GX Transceiver Starter Board - Manual (Page 5)

© March 2010 Altera Corporation Cyclone IV GX Transceiver Starter Board Reference Manual
1. Overview
Introduction
This document describes the hardware features of the Cyclone ® IV GX Transceiver
starter board, including the detailed pin-out and component reference information
required to create custom FPGA designs that interface with all components of the
board.
General Description
The Cyclone IV GX transceiver starter board provides a hardware platform for
developing and prototyping low-power, high-volume, feature-rich designs as well as
to demonstrate the Cyclone IV GX device's on-chip memory, embedded multipliers,
and the Nios
® II embedded soft processor. The board provides peripherals and
memory interfaces to facilitate the development of the Cyclone IV GX transceiver
designs.
The Cyclone IV GX transceiver starter board is especially suitable for cost-sensitive
applications that require high-speed transceivers and power integrity solutions.
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For more information on the Cyclone IV device family, refer to the Cyclone IV Device
Handbook .