KCU1250 User Guide
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UG1057 (v1.0) December 19, 2014
Chapter 1
KCU1250 Board Features and Operation
Introduction
This user guide describes the components, features, and operation of the KCU1250
UltraScale™ FPGA GTH transceiver characterization board. The KCU1250 board provides the
hardware environment for characterizing and evaluating the GTH transceivers on an
UltraScale XCKU040-2FFVA1156E FPGA. The KCU1250 board schematic, bill-of-material
(BOM), layout files, and reference designs are available at the Kintex® UltraScale FPGA
website.
FPGA Compatibility
The KCU1250 board is shipped with the Kintex UltraScale XCKU040-2FFVA1156E FPGA. The
board also supports other Kintex UltraScale device densities (XCKU035, XCKU060, and
XCKU075) in the pin-compatible FFVA1156 package. However, certain GTH transceivers that
are available in larger density devices are not available in the XCKU040 device (for example,
GTH QUAD_131 and GTH QUAD_132).
KCU1250 Board Features
• UltraScale XCKU040-2FFVA1156E FPGA
• BullsEye cable access to all 20 GTH transceivers on the UltraScale
XCKU040-2FFVA1156E FPGA
• Onboard power supplies for all necessary voltages
• Power connectors for optional use of external power supplies
• Digilent USB JTAG programming port
• System controller (Zynq-7000 AP SoC XC7Z010-CLG225)
• MGT power module supporting UltraScale FPGA GTH transceiver power requirements
• A fixed, 300 MHz 2.5V LVDS oscillator wired to multi-region clock capable (MRCC)
inputs
• Two pairs of differential MRCC inputs with SMA connectors
• SuperClock-2 module supporting programmable clock outputs
