Stratix® IV GX FPGA Development Kit

The Intel Stratix^® IV GX FPGA development kit is a complete design environment that includes both the hardware and software you need to develop Stratix IV GX FPGA designs. The PCI-SIG-compliant board and the one-year license for the Quartus® II software provides everything you need to begin developing custom Stratix IV GX FPGA designs.

This kit will enable the user to:

• Develop and test PCI Express® (PCIe) 2.0 designs
• Develop and test memory subsystems consisting of DDR3 and QDR II+ memories
• Build designs capable of migrating to Intel’s low-cost HardCopy® IV ASICs
• Take advantage of the modular and scalable design by using the high-speed mezzanine card (HSMC) connectors to interface to over 20 different HSMCs provided by Intel partners, supporting protocols such as Serial RapidIO®, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, SONET, Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI), and Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI)
• Develop FPGA designs for cost-sensitive applications
• Measure the FPGA's power consumption

Features

• Stratix IV GX FPGA development board—A development platform that allows you to develop and prototype hardware designs running on the Stratix IV GX EP4SGX230 FPGA. For detailed information about the board components and interfaces, refer to the Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Board Reference Manual
• HSMC loopback board—A daughtercard that allows for loopback testing all signals on the HSMC interface using the Board Test System
• HSMC debug breakout board—A daughtercard that routes 40 CMOS signals to a 0.1" header and adds 20 LEDs to the remaining 40 CMOS signals.