Introduction
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Introduction
The Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) HSMC board is a hardware platform for evaluating the interoperation
of Altera FPGA, specifically Stratix IV GX, Arria GX, and Arria II GX, with generic SFP modules. The optical
modules that are of particular importance are SGMII Ethernet, Fiber channel, CPRI/OBSAI and SONET.
Furthermore, the SFP HSMC board is intended for customers to implement both telecommunication and data
communications applications.
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1.1 Features
Figure 1.1 shows the photo of the SFP HSMC board. The important features are listed below:
8 SFP Connectors
4 Transceiver Based SFPs
4 LVDS Bases SFPs
8
SMAs
2 Transceiver Receive SMAs
2 Transceiver Transmit SMAs
1 LVDS Clock Input SMA pair (2 SMAs)
2 Single-ended Clock Outputs SMAs
1 LVDS Clock Output SMA pair (2 SMAs)
1 LVPECL Clock Output SMA pair (2 SMAs)
Power
12V to 4V
4V to 3.3V
Clocks
61.44
MHz
125
MHz
155.52
MHz
156.25
MHz
Differential
SMA
High Speed Mezzanine Card (HSMC)