The XpressLX110T design kit provides a complete hardware and software environment for FPGA designs targeting the Xilinx Virtex-5 LXT 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.

 

What's unique about our Development Kit?

• The kit comes with an unlimited and unrestricted Protocore license of our industry proven EZDMA2 DMA Controller IP for Xilinx Virtex-5 PCI Express® Integrated block; implement the IP in any design targeted to the XpressLX110T board.
• 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 full-featured and 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.
• A portfolio of specialized daughtercards is available. Custom daughtercards can be designed and produced in very short turn times.
• Lifetime IP maintenance updates and technical support directly from PLDA's IP team.

Design Kit contents and features

• XpressLX110T development board
  • PCI Express® short form add-in board
    • PCI Express® Base Specification 2.0 compliant, tested at 2.5Ghz
    • PCI-SIG compliant
    • RoHS compliant
  • Xilinx Virtex 5 (XC5VLX110T-1FF1136C)
    • ~90% of device resources (~60K LUT) available when using XpressLite2 IP (x8)
    • ~97% of device resources (~67K LUT) available when using EZDMA2 IP (x8)
    • Also supported: LX155T, SX95T, FX70T, FX100T
  • Standard-based protocols supported
    • PCI Express® 2.0 in Gen1 mode (2.5 GT/sec) in x1, x4, and x8 configurations
    • PCI Express® 1.1 x1 and x4 Cabling on daughtercard
    • 10/100/1000 Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet on daughtercard
  • Memory
    • 128MB DDR2 SDRAM as one bank of 64M x 16-bit
    • Up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM on SODIMM connector
    • 16MB general purpose Flash memory
    • 16MB Flash dedicated for FPGA configuration
  • I/O
    • 8 Tx/Rx Gigabits links
    • 13 LVDS signal pairs (13 Rx and 13 Tx)
    • 13 LVDS signal pairs (13 Rx and 13 Tx) or 52 LVCMOS 2.5V signals
    • 100 SSTL2 or LVCMOS 2.5V signals
    • 45 I/Os on prototyping matrix
  • Power supply
    • Through PCI Express® edge connector
    • Through ATX HDD AMP connector
  • Other
    • 4x oscillator input
    • 8x LED
    • 8x switch
    • 1x extended RS232
• XpressLX110T board design files
  • Schematics
• EZDMA2 DMA Controller IP for Xilinx Virtex-5 PCI Express® Integrated endpoint Block
  • Protocore license, for board use only®
  • Downloadable from your customer account here
  • Learn more about the EZDMA2 IP
• (optional) XpressLite2 PCI Express® 2.0 endpoint with DMA IP core package
  • Protocore license, for board use only
  • Downloadable from your customer account here
  • Learn more about the XpressLite2 IP
• (optional) Dedicated XpressLite PCI Express® Root Port x8 IP core package
  • For designs requiring Root Port only functionality (x8)
    
  • Requires RP_HSI daughtercard. Contact us for details

Looking for PCI Express® Switch or Bridge support? We have a solution for you, contact us for detail.

Available daughtercards

Product Name	Version	Short Description
SFP_HSI	1.1	Adds two or three SFP connectors for high-speed optical and copper connectivity
KLINK Base	1.0	Adds Base Camera Link support for vision applications
SW HSI	1.1	Adds PCI Express® Switch, Root Port,and Cabling (x1) capability
BB_HSI	1.1	High-Speed Interface bread board

Available documentation

Document Name	Version
Getting Started	May 30, 2008
Reference Manual	May 30, 2008
Product Brief	June 04, 2010