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SFP

DDR3

FMC

(LPC)

FMC (HPC)

Connectivity Daughter Card

Clock Generator

and Synthesizer

CX4 Connector

USB 2.0

(Host)

12V Wall Power

12V ATX Power

USB 2.0

(Device)

Push Buttons (SW5-SW9)

MGT Port (J26-J29)

16x2 LCD Character Display

X8 PCI Express

Ethernet

System ACE

Prog (SW4)

Switch S1

Switch S2

SystemACE RST (SW3)

CPU RST (SW10)

PMBus Controller

System Monitor Headers

PMBus (J3)

GPIO DIP Switch (SW1)

MGT Clock (J30 & J31)

USB to UART (J21)

USB JTAG (J22)

Platform Flash (U27)

DVI Output

User Clock

(J55-J58)

BPI Flash (U4)

GPIO LEDs

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This Hardware Setup Guide provides step-by-step instructions to setup the ML605 board, the FMC daughter card, and run the pre-built 

Demo that uses the built-in block for PCI Express (x4Gen2 configuration), XAUI IP LogiCORE, a Virtual FIFO Memory controller interfacing 

to the on-board DDR3 memory and a third-party PCIe DMA Controller.

Kit Contents

•  ML605 board and FMC Connectivity Daughter Card
•  CX4 Loopback Connector
•  Universal 12V power supply
•  2 USB A / Mini-B cables
•  1 ethernet Cat5 cable
•  1 DVI-to-VGA adapter
•  Four SMA cables
•  1 SATA cable, 1 SATA loopback cable
•  1 CompactFlash card (2GB)
•  Xilinx ISE Design Suite DVDs - 11.1 and 11.4 Update
•  1 USB stick
•  Fedora Core 10 Live CD
•  Documents include a welcome letter, Hardware Setup Guide, 

Getting Started Guide

What’s Needed for Demonstration

•  Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA Connectivity Kit
•  PC system with a x8/x16 PCIe slot on the motherboard, CDROM 

drive and a USB port

•  Keyboard & Mouse
•  Monitor

VIRTEX-6 FPGA CONNECTIVITY KIT

VIRTEX-6 FPGA CONNECTIVITY KIT

HARDwARE SETUP GUIDE

HARDwARE SETUP GUIDE

VIRTEX-6 FPGA CONNECTIVITY KIT HARDwARE SETUP GUIDE

BOARD FEATURES

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Congratulations! The Virtex-6 FPGA Connectivity Kit is now set up. The pre-built connectivity targeted reference design demonstration has 

been tested, using the built-in block for PCI Express (x4 PCI Express Gen2 Endpoint), XAUI LogiCORE IP, a Virtual FIFO memory controller 

designed to interface to the on-board DDR3 memory, and Northwest Logic’s high performance DMA controller for PCI Express.

Next, please refer the Getting Started Guide included in this kit. The guide provides further instructions on running the demo, evaluating and 

modifying the design files – Hardware RTL design and Software Device Driver. For updated information on this Virtex-6 FPGA Connectivity 

Kit, please visit 

www.xilinx.com/v6connkit.

Support Information

To download Design Tools, generate license or get the latest tool updates go to www.xilinx.com/support/download.

For Technical Support, go to www.xilinx.com/support. On this site you can:

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•  Quickly scan titles of Answers Database categories through the Answer Browser
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•  Initiate and manage return of hardware and software products through the RMA Portal

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Japan

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Performance Monitor Application: Verify Data Throughput  

and Error Free Operation

A. Confirm PCIe Throughput.
B. Confirm DMA Channel throughput for the XAUI path.
C. Confirm DMA Channel throughput for the Raw Data path.
D. Confirm Error Free operation - no Buffer Descriptor Errors.

STEP 9

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Performance Monitor Application: Start Data Traffic

A. Click on Start Test to begin XAUI data transfer.
B. Click on Start Test to begin Raw data transfer.

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