The SI5328B U87 I2C interface is connected to port 1 of the I2C0 bus TCA9548A U53 bus
switch and can be configured by either the U42 system controller or U1 FPGA IP.
The system controller configures SI5328B U87 in free-run mode or automatically switches over
to one of two recovered clock inputs for synchronous operation. Enabling the jitter attenuation
feature requires additional user programming through the I2C bus. The Silicon Labs Si570 and
Si5328B data sheets are available on the
website.
GTY Transceivers
The GTY transceivers in the XCVU37P are grouped into four channels or quads. The XCVU37P
has twelve GTY quads on the left side of the device and twelve GTY Quads on the right side of
the device.
The VCU128 board provides access to 14 of the 24 GTY Quads:
• Four of the GTY Quads are wired to QSFP[1:4] Module Connectors (J42, J39, J35, J32)
• Six of the GTY Quads are wired to FMC+ HSPC connector DP[0:23] (J18)
• Four of the GTY Quads are wired to the PCIe 16-lane edge connector (P1)
• Ten GTY Quads are not used (GTYs 130, 133, 228-235)
The reference clock for a Quad can be sourced from the Quad above or the Quad below the GTY
Quad of interest.
Right-side Quads
The ten connected GTY Quads on the right side of the XCVU37P FPGA are described in this
section (MGTY133 and MGTY130 are not used).
Quad 135
• MGTREFCLK0 – QSFP1_SI570_CLOCK_P/N
• MGTREFCLK1 – NC
• Four GTY transceivers allocated to QSFP1_TX/RX[1:4]_P/N
Quad 134
• MGTREFCLK0 – QSFP2_SI570_CLOCK_P/N
• MGTREFCLK1 – SI5328_CLOCK1_C_P/N
• Four GTY transceivers allocated to QSFP2_TX/RX[1:4]_P/N
Quad 132
• MGTREFCLK0 – QSFP3_SI570_CLOCK_P/N
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