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2.9 DS160PR810EVM Upstream Devices Control..................................................................................................................
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2.10 Quick-Start Guide (Pin Mode)........................................................................................................................................
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2.11 Quick-Start Guide (SMBus Slave Mode)........................................................................................................................
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3 Test Setup and Results
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4 Schematics
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5 Board Layout
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6 Bill of Materials
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7 References
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1 Introduction
The DS160PR810EVM-RSC evaluation module features four DS160PR810 linear redrivers that can extend the
transmission distance of a PCIe Gen-4 x16 bus. It can directly be plugged into a PCIe slot on a server or PC
motherboard using one end of the board, and paired up with a PCIe add-in card using the straddle mount
connector attached to the other end of the board.
1.1 Features
• PCIe x16 Riser Card option with four 8-channel unidirectional linear redrivers operating at rates up to 25
Gbps
• Linear equalization for seamless support of link training and PCIe channel extension
• CTLE boosts up to 18 dB at 8 GHz
• Programmable device configuration through GPIO or I2C, SMBus
• Onboard 12-V to 3.3-V, 2-A step-down DC/DC converter
• Industrial temperature range: –40°C to 85°C
• Flow-through layout in 5.5 mm × 10 mm, 64-pin, leadless WQFN 0.4-mm pitch package
1.2 Applications
• PCI Express Gen-1, 2, 3, and 4
• High-speed interfaces up to 25 Gbps
• Enterprise server motherboard, workstation
• Enterprise storage
• Enterprise add-in card, end-point
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DS160PR810EVM-RSC Evaluation Module (EVM)
SNLU273 – DECEMBER 2020
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