DK-PCIE-2SGX90N Altera, DK-PCIE-2SGX90N Datasheet - Page 9

• Manufacturer Part Number: DK-PCIE-2SGX90N
• Description: PCIE KIT W/S II GX EP2SGX90N
• Manufacturer: Altera
• Series: Stratix® IIr
• Type: DSPr

Specifications of DK-PCIE-2SGX90N

• Contents: Dev Board, Quartus®II Web Edition, Cables, Accessories, Reference Designs and Demos
• For Use With/related Products: Stratix ll GX 2SGX90N
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• Other names: 544-1725

Introduction
Before You
Begin
Altera Corporation
March 2008
The PCI Express Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition is a complete PCI
Express prototyping and testing kit based on the Stratix II GX device.
With this kit, you can perform device qualification testing, memory read
and write transactions to the board, read the various configuration and
direct memory access (DMA) registers, and use the DMA engine in the
example design to write to system DDR2 memory.
In addition to providing a PCI Express development board, the kit also
includes all of the hardware and software development tools, as well as
the documentation and accessories you need to begin developing PCI
Express systems using the Stratix II GX device.
This user guide will familiarize you with the contents of the kit and guide
you through the PCI Express development board setup. Using this guide,
you can do the following:
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Before using the kit or installing the software, be sure to check the kit’s
contents and inspect the board to verify that you received all of the items
listed in this section. If any of the items are missing, contact Altera before
you proceed.
You should also verify that your computer hardware and software meet
the kit’s system requirements. To develop PCI Express applications,
Altera recommends using two computers:
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Inspect the contents of the kit
Install the development tool software
Set up licensing
Use the demo application and example design to:
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Use the development software to:
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Computer #1, as the PCI Express host system, to communicate with
the board and to support the graphical user interface (GUI) for the
demonstration application.
Computer #2, as the development host for application development
and to support programming of the PCI Express development board.
Perform memory read and write transactions on the board
Read configuration and DMA registers
Set up and prepare new application designs
Program new designs into the development board
Getting Started User Guide
PCI Express Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition
2. Getting Started
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