Altera: DK-DEV-2AGX125N Arria II GX FPGA Development Kit

atomar — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:35:47 GMT

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Kit Overview

Development Tools

Technical Documents

Video

Features

Kit Content

Overview

The Altera® DK-DEV-2AGX125NDK-DEV-2AGX125N 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 board provides a wide range of peripherals and memory interfaces to facilitate the development of the Arria II GX FPGA designs. Two high-speed mezzanine card (HSMC) ports are available to add additional functionality via a variety of HSMCs available from Altera® and various partners. Design advancements and innovations, such as the 3.75-Gbps transceiver modules, the PCI Express hard IP implementation, and programmable power technology ensure that designs implemented in the Arria II GX FPGAs operate faster, with lower power, and have a faster time to market than previous FPGA families.

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.

Key Applications: Wireless, Wireline, Broadcast and Military.

Development Tools

Software Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	Supported Family	MPN	Description
IDE	Altera	ALL Altera Devices	Altera Quartus II	It's the industry's number one software in performance and productivity for CPLD, FPGA, and HardCopy ASIC designs. The Altera Quartus II software, the industry's number one software in performance and productivity for CPLD, FPGA, and HardCopy ASIC designs. Learn More

Hardware Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	Support?ed Family	MPN	Description
Download Cable	Altera	ALL Altera Devices	PL-BYTEBLASTER2NPL-BYTEBLASTER2N	The ByteBlaster II enables a PC to configure or program Altera devices. The download cable drives configuration or programming data using a standard parallel printer port from the PC.
Download Cable	Altera	ALL Altera Devices	PL-USB-BLASTER-RCNPL-USB-BLASTER-RCN	The USB-Blaster drives configuration or programming data from the PC to configure or program Altera devices. The download cable interfaces to a standard USB PC port.
Download Cable	Altera	ALL Altera Devices	PL-ETH2-BLASTERPL-ETH2-BLASTER	The EthernetBlaster can receive configuration or programming data from the Ethernet network to remotely configure or program Altera devices. The communications cable connects to a standard Ethernet network port with an RJ-45 connector.

Technical Documents

Learning Center

Type	Description
User Guide	Altera: User Guide for DK-DEV-2AGX125N Dev Kit
User Guide	Altera: Quick Start Guide for DK-DEV-2AGX125N Dev Kit
Reference Manual	Altera: Reference Manual for Arria II GX FPGA Development Board
Product Brief	Altera: Product Brief for Arria II GX FPGA Development Board
Datasheet	Altera: Datasheet for Arria II Device Handbook

Design Elements

Type	Description
Schematics	Altera: Schematics File for DK-DEV-2AGX125N Dev Kit
Layout	Altera: Layout File for DK-DEV-2AGX125N Dev Kit
BOM	Altera: BOM File for DK-DEV-2AGX125N Dev Kit
Application Library	Altera: Software Code for DK-DEV-2AGX125N Dev Kit

Video

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Kit Features

The board features the following major component blocks:

Arria II GX EP2AGX125EF35 EP2AGX125EF35 FPGA in the 1152-pin FineLine BGA (FBGA) package
- 124,100 LEs
- 49,640 adaptive logic modules (ALMs)
- 8,121 Kbit on-die memory
- 12 high-speed transceivers
- 6 phase locked loops (PLLs)
- 576 18x18 multipliers
- 0.9-V core power
MAX® II EPM2210F256 EPM2210F256 CPLD in the 256-pin FBGA package
- 2.5-V core power
FPGA configuration circuitry
- MAX II CPLD EPM2210 EPM2210 System Controller and flash fast passive parallel (FPP) configuration
- On-board USB-BlasterTM for use with the Quartus® II Programmer
On-Board ports
- Two HSMC expansion ports (HSMC port B is only populated when a EP2AGX260 FPGA device is installed)
- One gigabit Ethernet port
On-Board memory
- 128-Mbyte 16-bit DDR3 memory
- 1-Gbyte 64-bit DDR2 small outline DIMM (SODIMM)
- 2-Mbyte Synchronous Static Random Access Memory (SSRAM)
- 64-Mbyte flash memory
On-Board clocking circuitry
- Five on-board oscillator
  - 50-MHz oscillator
  - 100-MHz oscillator
  - 155.52-MHz oscillator
  - Programmable oscillator with a default frequency of 125-MHz
  - Programmable oscillator with a default frequency of 100-MHz
SMA connectors for external LVPECL clock input
SMA connector for clock output
General user I/O
- LEDs and displays
  - Four user LEDs
  - Two-line character LCD display
  - Three configuration select LED
  - One configuration done LED
  - One HSMC interface transmit/receive LED (TX/RX)
  - Three PCI Express LEDs
  - Five Ethernet LEDs
Push-Button switches
- One CPU reset push-button switch
- One Max II CPLD EPM2210 EPM2210 System Controller configuration reset push-button switch
- One load image push-button switch (to program the FPGA from flash memory)
- One image select push-button switch (select image to load from flash memory)
- Two general user push-button switches
DIP switches
- Four user DIP switches
- Eight MAX II control DIP switches
Power supply
- 14-V – 20-V DC input
- PCI Express edge connector power
- On-board power measurement circuitry
Mechanical
- PCI Express full-length standard-height (8.48” x 4.376”)
- PCI Express chassis or bench-top operation

Kit Contents

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 EP2AGX125 FPGA.
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:

Quartus II Subscription Edition Software
Arria II GX FPGA Development Kit Installer

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