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VC7203 GTX Transceiver Characterization Board
UG957 (v1.0) October 10, 2012
Chapter 1:
VC7203 Board Features and Operation
Caution!
Do
NOT
apply power to any of the FPGA logic power supply jacks without first disabling
the associated regulator or regulators. Failing to disable the regulator can damage the board.
Each onboard FPGA Logic regulator can be disabled by using its respective Power
Regulation jumper (callout
) shown in
. A regulator is disabled by
moving its Power Regulation jumper from POR_B to RESET.
Default Jumper and Switch Positions
A list of jumpers and switches and their required positions for normal board operation is
provided in
Appendix A, Default Jumper Settings
Monitoring Voltage and Current
Voltage and current monitoring and control are available for FPGA logic and transceiver
power rails through Texas Instruments' Fusion Digital Power graphical user interface
(GUI). The three onboard TI power controllers (U9 at PMBUS address 52, U10 at PMBUS
address 53, and U11 at PMBUS address 54) are wired to the same PMBus. The PMBus
connector, J26 (callout
), is provided for use with the TI USB Interface
Adapter PMBus pod and associated TI GUI.
References
More information about the power system components used by the VC7203 board are
available from the Texas Instruments digital power website
.
7 Series GTX Transceiver Power Module
The 7 Series GTX transceiver power module (callout
,
) supplies MGTAVCC,
MGTAVTT and MGTVCCAUX voltages to the FPGA GTX transceivers. Four 7 Series GTX
power modules from four third-party vendors are provided with the VC7203 board for
evaluation. Any one of the four modules can be plugged into connectors J66 and J97 in the
outlined and labeled power module location shown in
.
Table 1-3:
FPGA Logic and GTX Transceiver Rails
Power Rail
Net Name
External Supply
Jack(s)
Power
Regulation
Jumper
FPGA Logic
VCCINT
J32, J178
J199
VCCAUX
J33
J201
VCCBRAM
J35
J200
VCCAUX_IO
J34
J203
VCCO_HP
J40
J202
VCCO_HR
J196
J204
GTX Transceiver
MGTAVCC
J105
MGTAVTT
J106
MGTVCCAUX
J107
Notes:
1. 1.The GTX power module must be removed before providing external power to
any of the transceiver rails (see
7 Series GTX Transceiver Power Module, page 12
).