The XpressAGX2 design kit provides a complete hardware and software environment for FPGA designs targeting the Altera Arria II 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.

• Unlimited and unrestricted Protocore license of our industry proven EZDMA2 DMA Controller IP for Altera Arria II 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.

• XpressAGX2 development board
  • Featured device
    • Arria II GX EP2AGX125 FPGA
    • 124,100 logic elements (LEs)
    • 49,640 adaptive logic modules (ALMs)
    • 8,121 Kb on-chip memory
    • 12 high-speed transceivers
    • 6 phase-locked loops (PLLs)
    • 576 18x18 multipliers
  • Max® II EPM2210F256 CPLD in the 256-pin Fine Pitch BGA Package
  • On-board ports
    • One HSMC expansion port
    • One gigabit Ethernet port
  • On-board memory
    • 128-MB 16-bit DDR3 device
    • 1-GB 64-bit DDR2 SODIMM
    • 2-MB SSRAM
    • 64-MB flash
  • FPGA configuration circuitry
    • MAX II CPLD and flash fast passive parallel configuration
    • On-board USB-Blaster™ circuitry using the Quartus II Programmer
  • On-board clocking circuitry
    • Four on-board oscillators
      • 100 MHz
      • Programmable oscillator, default frequency 125 MHz
      • Programmable oscillator, default frequency 100 MHz
      • 155.52 MHz
    • SMA connectors for external LVPECL clock input
    • SMA connector for clock output
  • General User I/O
    
    • LEDs/displays
      • Four user LEDs
      • Two-line character LCD display
      • One configuration-done LED
      • One HSMC interface transmit/receive LED (Tx/Rx)
      • Three PCI Express LEDs
      • Five Ethernet LEDs
  • Power Supply
    • 14-V to 20-V DC input
    • PCI Express edge connector power
    • On-board power measurement circuitry
• EZDMA2 DMA Controller IP for Arria II GX PCI Express® Hard IP block
  • Protocore license, for board use only
  • No time-bomb or tethered operation; you are free to configure, integrate, and implement the IP in any design targeted to the XpressAGX2 board.
  • 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
    
• 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