July 2010
Altera Corporation
Arria II GX FPGA Development Kit, 6G Edition User Guide
1. About This Kit
Introduction
The Altera
®
Arria
®
II GX FPGA Development Kit, 6G Edition 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:
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Develop and test PCI Express
®
(PCIe) designs
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Develop and test memory subsystems consisting of DDR2 and DDR3 memories
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Take advantage of the modular and scalable design by using the high-speed
mezzanine card (HSMC) connectors to interface to over 20 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
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Develop FPGAs design for cost-sensitive applications
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Measure the FPGA's low power consumption
Kit Features
This section briefly describes the Arria II GX FPGA Development Kit, 6G Edition
contents.
Hardware
The Arria II GX FPGA Development Kit, 6G Edition includes the following hardware:
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Arria II GX FPGA development board, 6G edition—A development platform that
allows you to develop and prototype hardware designs running on the Arria II GX
EP2AGX260 FPGA.
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For detailed information about the board components and interfaces, refer
to the
Arria II GX FPGA Development Board, 6G Edition Reference Manual
.
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Power supply and cables—The kit includes the following items:
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Power supply and AC adapters for North America/Japan, Europe, and the
United Kingdom
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USB cable
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Ethernet cable
