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Altera Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix IV GT Edition User Manual

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Chapter 1: Overview

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General Description

November 2011

Altera Corporation

Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit,

Stratix IV GT Edition Reference Manual

General User Input/Output

8-position user DIP switch

Six user 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 GXB0 transceiver block brought
out to the backplane connectors

Four full-duplex transceiver channels from GXB1 transceiver block brought
out to the SMA connectors

Two channels from GXB2 transceiver block brought out to the SMA
connectors. One channel is routed with 15 inches of board trace length on
transmit and 5 inches board trace length on receive to simulate the
degradation associated with long trace PCB routing

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