2–14
Reference Manual
Altera Corporation
Stratix II GX EP2SGX90 Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Board
May 2006
Interfaces
USB Interface
The USB interface to the board provides a communication port to a host
PC. A USB physical connection is used to enable laptops without RS232
ports to communicate with the demo board.
To simplify the USB interface, the board contains a FTDI FT2232L USB
universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) circuit. The UART
eliminates the need for full USB software and hardware implementation.
In addition, the USB UART design allows the software to be designed as
if writing directly to the host PC’s COM port, which eliminates the need
for designing a USB software driver (see
Transceiver Block 2,
4 Channels
TX_P4
J43
AB4
TX_N4
J45
AB5
RX_P4
J42
AB1
RX_N4
J44
AB2
TX_P3
J39
Y4
TX_N3
J40
Y5
RX_P3
J38
Y1
RX_N3
J41
Y2
TX_P2
J32
N4
TX_N2
J33
N5
RX_P2
J30
N1
RX_N2
J31
N2
TX_P1
J36
R4
TX_N1
J37
R5
RX_P1
J34
R1
RX_N1
J35
R2
Transceiver Block 3,
1 Channel
TX_P5
J47
AF4
TX_N5
J48
AF5
RX_P5
J49
AF1
RX_N5
J46
AF2
Table 2–8. Transceiver Block Corresponding Signals, SMA Designator, and
FPGA Pin (Part 2 of 2)
Block
Signal
SMA Reference
Designator
Stratix II GX Pin