The Intel® Arria® V GX Starter Development Kit provides a complete design environment that includes all the hardware and software needed to rapidly develop cost-sensitive FPGA applications. This development kit is RoHS compliant.

feature

This development kit has the following features:

  • Arria V GX FPGA - Approximately 360,000 equivalent logic elements, F1152 package, 24 6.5G transceivers, C5 speed grade
  • 1 I/O expansion slot - 1 High Speed Mezzanine Card (HSMC) connector
  • 256 MB SDRAM memory
  • HDMI and SDI connectors
  • SMA connector

Order information

product name Arria V GX Starter Development Kit
order code DK-START-5AGXB3NES
The Arria V GX Starter Development Kit features a 5AGXB3 Engineering Sample (ES) device and includes a one-year license for Quartus® II development software.

Contents of the development kit

The Arria V GX Starter Development Kit includes:

  • The Arria V GX Starter Development Kit includes:
    • Arria V GX FPGA development board (see Figure 1)
    • FPGA: Arria V GX 5AGXFB3H4F35C5NES
    • System Controller: MAX ® V 5M2210ZF256C4N
      • Power monitor GUI
      • 1 analog-to-digital converter (ADC), 8 channels
      • Non-isolated power rail
      • Fast Passive Parallel (FPP) x16 Mode with Parallel Flash Loader (PFL)
      • Control and status registers
    • Embedded USB-Blaster™ II: MAX II EPM570GM100C4N
    • HDMI 1.3 TX
      • HDMI TX connector with 4 transceivers, up to 2.7 Gbps (with level shifter) and TX clock 270 MHz
      • STMicroelectronics HDMI level shifter STHDLS101T
      • Allows level shifting of PCML 1.5V <-> TMDS level transceivers
      • DDC and HPD <-> HDMI compliant levels
      • Data channel up to 2.7 Gbps per HDMI 1.3
      • Clock channel up to 270 MHz to fully support 2.7 Gbps data rate
      • HDMI specification: clock period = 10 times UI
    • SDI 3G
      • 1 transceiver TX/RX loopback
      • Two SMB connectors and cables (cables not included in kit)
      • Up to 2.97Gbps
      • Uses National Semiconductor Driver/Receiver LMH0384SQ/LMH0303SQx
      • US and EU standards support requires transceiver reference clocks of 148.5 MHz and 148.35 MHz respectively
      • Fine tune using VCXO to lock to recovery CDR frequency
    • HSMC
      • Eight up to 6.375 Gbps transceivers
      • Non-Compliant with PCI Express ® (PCIe ®) HIP Pin Assignments
      • 4 CMOS
      • 8 TX and 9 RX differential interfaces with dedicated TX/RX channels
      • Two LVDS clock inputs
      • 2 differential clock outputs
      • I2C
      • JTAG
      • Minimum current support
      • 2A @ 3.3V
      • 1A @ 12V
      • Dedicated clock domain for transceiver reference clock from Si 5338 clock generator
      • HSMC loopback with BTS GUI
    • SMAs
      • 1 transceiver TX/RX channel
      • 1x LVPECL clock input
      • 1x LVPECL clock output
    • Dedicated clock domain for transceiver reference clock from Si 5338 clock generator
    • DDR3 SDRAM x32
      • Micron MT41J64M16LA-15E DDR3 SDRAM 8MX16X8
      • 2 devices: 2 x16 width = x32
      • BTS DDR3 SDRAM GUI with UniPHY and High Performance (HP) Controller II
    • SSRAM
      • 512 kbit x36, 18 megabit ISSI IS61VPS51236A
      • Share address or data with flash
    • User I/O
      • Character LCD
      • 4 DIP switches
      • 3 push buttons
      • 4 LEDs
    • Constitution
      • FPP x16 mode
      • Dual Flash 512 Mbit Numonyx PC28F512P30BF (52 MHz F MAX)
    • JTAG ヘッダ
    • Embedded USB-Blaster II
      • Equipped with Cypress microcontroller CY7C68013A as USB PHY 2.0
      • MAX II
    • ethernet
      • 10/100/1000 Base-T
      • RJ-45 connector, onboard LED for link status indication
      • Marvell Ethernet PHY 88E1111
      • Requires 50 MHz clock from clock input
Arria V GX Starter Development Board

Figure 1. Arria V GX Starter Development Board

Arria V GX Starter Development Board Block Diagram

Figure 2. Arria V GX Starter Development Board Block Diagram

Related Documents

document explanation
Arria V GX Starter Development Board Reference Manual (English/PDF) Contains details about the board's components and interfaces.
Arria V GX Starter Development Kit User Guide (English/PDF) Learn how to set up the Arria V GX Starter Development Board and use the included software.
kit installation Full installation of all files included in the development kit including reference manuals, user guides, quick start guides, bill of materials, layouts, PCBs, schematics, board update portal example files, etc.

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