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Altera Stratix II GX PCI Express Development Board User Manual

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Reference Manual

Altera Corporation

Stratix II GX PCI Express Development Board

August 2006

Board Overview

Table 2–1

describes the components and lists their corresponding board

references.

Table 2–1. Stratix II GX PCIe Development Board Features

Component/

Interface

Board

Reference

Description

Page

Featured Device

Stratix II GX FPGA

U10

FF1508 FPGA in a 1508-pin FineLine BGA

®

package.

2–5

Clocks

100 MHz

X1

100-MHz oscillator

2–6

25 MHz

X2

25-MHz crystal

2–6

156.25 MHz

X3

156.25-MHz oscillator

2–6

155.52 MHz

X4

155.52-MHz oscillator

2–6

SMA clock input

J4

SMA connector that allows the provision of an external clock
to the Stratix II GX device’s transceivers.

2–6

Configuration and Status

Board configuration
DIP switch

S6

DIP switch that controls the FPGA configuration settings.

2–23

Status LEDs

D1, D2, D8,
D19-D22

LEDs that display power and configuration status.

2–25

Channel activity LEDs

D3-D6, D17,
D18, D23-D29

LEDs that display RX and TX transceiver channel activity.

2–24

User I/O

Push-button switches

S1-S4

User-defined push-button switches.

2–21

User LEDs

D9-D16

User-defined LEDs.

2–23

8-pin DIP switch

S5

User-defined DIP switches.

2–22

JTAG header

J5

10-pin header for JTAG-based FPGA communication.

2–12

Interfaces

PCIe edge connector

J9

A x8 (8 channel) PCI Express edge connector for insertion
into PCI Express-based host platforms.

2–25

Ethernet RJ-45

RJ1

The RJ-45 jack is for Ethernet cable connection. The
connector is fed by a 10/100/1000 base T PHY device with a
GMII interface to the Stratix II GX device.

2–28

SFP A

J6

Small form pluggable cage allows for the connection of SFP
modules.

2–33

SFP B

J7

Small form pluggable cage allows for the connection of SFP
modules.

2–33