Terasic Apollo Carrier Board, User Manual

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Apollo Carrier Board
User Manual 1 www.terasic.com
September 22, 2020
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Overview .......................................................................................................... 3
1.1 General Description ............................................................................................................................... 3
1.2 Key Features........................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Block Diagram ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Chapter 2 Board Components ......................................................................................... 5
2.1 Board Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Power Input and Switch ......................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 General User Input and Output .............................................................................................................. 6
2.4 Clock Generator ................................................................................................................................... 11
2.5 QSFP28 Ports ....................................................................................................................................... 12
2.6 PCI Express .......................................................................................................................................... 14
2.7 USB Downstream Port ......................................................................................................................... 15
Chapter 3 Board Assembly ............................................................................................. 17
3.1 SAMTEC JOM..................................................................................................................................... 17
3.2 Assembly .............................................................................................................................................. 18
3.3 Disassembly ......................................................................................................................................... 20
Chapter 4 Setup Thunderbolt 3 ..................................................................................... 23
4.1 Hardware Requirement ........................................................................................................................ 23
4.2 Thunderbolt 3 Test on Windows OS .................................................................................................... 24
4.3 Detect PCIe Device in the FPGA ......................................................................................................... 26
Chapter 5 PCI Express Reference Design for Windows .............................................. 28
5.1 PCI Express System Infrastructure ...................................................................................................... 28
5.2 PC PCI Express Software SDK ............................................................................................................ 29
5.3 PCI Express Software Stack ................................................................................................................. 29
5.4 PCI Express Library API ...................................................................................................................... 34
5.5 PCIe Reference Design - DDR4........................................................................................................... 39
Chapter 6 Transceiver Verification ................................................................................ 47