The XpressGX4 design kit provides a complete hardware and software environment for FPGA designs targeting the Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA. This development kit is built around a PCI-SIG-compliant PCI Express® form-factor card and targets the development of designs utilizing PCI Express® as their main communication interface.

• The kit comes with an unlimited and unrestricted Protocore license of our industry proven EZDMA2 DMA Controller IP for Altera Stratix IV GX PCI Express® Hard IP block
• The design environment allows for native Verilog and native VHDL design flows.
  
• PCI Express® Testbench in both Verilog and VHDL is provided to ease design verification.
• Software Design Kit (SDK) with a license-free Windows and Linux PCI Express® device driver; The SDK also includes an API in C source code and multiple example GUI applications in C++ and Java source code.
• Lifetime IP maintenance updates and technical support directly from PLDA's IP team.

• XpressGX4 development board
  • Featured device
    • Stratix IV GX EP4SGX230KF40C2N FPGA
    • 228,000 equivalent Logic Elements; 182,400 registers
  • Configuration status and set-up elements
    • Fast Passive Parallel (FPP) configuration via a MAX II CPLD EPM2210 and flash memory
    • On-board USB-Blaster^TM download cable using Quartus II Programmer
  • Clocks
    • On-board clock oscillators: 50 MHz, 100 MHz, 125 MHz, 148.5 MHz, 155.52 MHz, and 156.25 MHz
    • SMA connectors for external clock input
    • SMA connectors for clock output
  • General user input/output
    • LEDs
    • LCD display
    • Push-button and DIP switches
  • Memory devices
    • 512-MByte DDR3 SDRAM with a 64-bit data bus
    • 128-MByte DDR3 SDRAM with a 16-bit data bus
    • Two 4-MByte QDRII+ SRAMs with 18-bit data buses
    • 64-MByte Sync Flash and 2-MByte SSRAM
  • Component and interfaces
    • USB 2.0
    • PCI Express x8 edge connector
    • 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet PHY with RJ-45 connector
    • Two HSMC connectors
    • HDMI video output
    • 3G SDI video input and output
    • Power measurement circuitry
    • Temperature measurement circuitry
  • Power
    • Laptop DC input
    • PCI Express edge connector power
    • Power measurement circuitry
  • Other features
    • PCI Express half-length full-height (6.6" x 4.376") board format
    • RoHS compliant
• EZDMA2 DMA Controller IP for Stratix IV GX PCI Express® Hard IP block
  • Protocore license, for board use only
  • Downloadable from your customer account here
  • Learn more about the EZDMA2 IP
• Altera Quartus II Software Development Kit Edition and Altera Design Suite DVD
  
  • Upon request; contact us for details
    
• Loopback and debug HSMC cards
• Power adapter and cables
  

Available Daughtercards

Any Altera HMSC-compatible daughtercard. List of daughtercards available at http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/kit-daughter_boards.jsp

Available Documentation