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Chapter 2: Board Components
Featured Device: Cyclone IV GX Device
Cyclone IV GX Transceiver Starter Board Reference Manual
© March 2010 Altera
Corporation
Featured Device: Cyclone IV GX Device
The Cyclone IV GX Transceiver starter board features the Cyclone IV GX
EP4CGX15BF14 device (U8) in a 169-pin FBGA package.
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For more information about Cyclone IV device family, refer to the
Cyclone IV Device
Handbook
.
Table 2–2
describes the features of the Cyclone IV GX EP4CGX15BF14 device.
Table 2–3
lists the Cyclone IV GX device component reference and manufacturing
information.
J8, J9
Transceiver RX SMA connectors Two input SMAs (optional) to the high-speed positive and negative
differential receiver channel. These connectors cannot be used
together with the Gigabit Ethernet port.
J10, J11
Transceiver TX SMA connectors Two output SMAs (optional) from the high-speed positive and
negative differential transmitter channel. These connectors cannot be
used together with the Gigabit Ethernet port.
C57, C58, C59,
C60
Transceiver RX capacitor
multiplexer
Capacitor multiplexer which requires a minor modification on the
board if the optional transceiver RX SMA connectors (J8, J9) are
used.
R51, R52, R53,
R54
Transceiver TX resistor
multiplexer
Resistor multiplexer which requires a minor modification on the
board if the optional transceiver TX SMA connectors (J11, J10) are
used.
Power Supply
J4
DC input jack
Accepts a 9-V – 16-V DC power supply. Do not use this input jack
while the board is plugged into a PCI Express slot.
SW1
Power switch
Switch to power on or off the board when power is supplied from the
DC input jack.
Table 2–1.
Cyclone IV GX Transceiver Starter Board Components (Part 3 of 3)
Board Reference
Type
Description
Table 2–2.
Cyclone IV GX EP4CGX15BF14 Device Features
Equivalent LEs
M9K RAM Blocks
(Kbits)
Embedded
Memory (Kbits)
18-bit × 18-bit
Multipliers
Transceivers
(2.5 Gbps)
PLLs
Package Type
14,400
9
540
0
2
3
169-pin FBGA
Table 2–3.
Cyclone IV GX Device Component Reference and Manufacturing Information
Board Reference
Description
Manufacturer
Manufacturing
Part Number
Manufacturer
Website
U8
FPGA, Cyclone IV GX,
169-pin FBGA package, 14K
LEs, lead-free
Altera
Corporation
EP4CGX15BF14
www.altera.com
electronic components distributor