Alinx ALTERA AC4040 User manual

ALINX ALTER Core Board
AC4040
User Manual

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Version Record
Version
Date
Release By
Description
Rev 1.0
2020-11-18
Rachel Zhou
First Release

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Table of Contents
Version Record.......................................................................................................2
Part 1: AC4040 Core Board Introduction...........................................................4
Part 2: DDR2 DRAM............................................................................................. 5
Part 3: SPI Flash....................................................................................................8
Part 4: FPGA Power Supply................................................................................ 9
Part 5: Expansion Ports......................................................................................12
Part 6: Power interface on Core Board........................................................... 14
Part 7: Crystal oscillator on Core Board..........................................................15
Part 8: LED Light on Core Board......................................................................17
Part 9: Structure Diagram.................................................................................. 19

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Part 1: AC4040 Core Board Introduction
FPGA+ 2DDR2 core board is based on ALTERA CYCLONE IV series
EP4CE40F23C8. This chip develops a high-performance core board with high
speed, high bandwidth and high capacity. It is suitable for video image
processing and high-speed data acquisition.
This core board uses two pieces of MICRON's MT47H64M16HR-3IT
DDR2 chip with a total capacity of 2Gbit; two DDR2s form a 32-bit bus mode,
and the read/write data bandwidth between FPGA and DDR2 is up to 8.5Gb;
this configuration can satisfy 4 channels of 1080p video processing needs.
This core board extends 168 IO ports (73 pairs of LVDS differential), which
is a good choice for users who need a lot of IO. Moreover, the FPGA chip to the
interface is treated with the same length, and the core board size is only 60*60
(mm), which is very suitable for secondary development.

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Part 2: DDR2 DRAM
Figure 2-1 detailed part of the DDR2 schematic (For details, please refer to
the schematic provided by us.)
Figure 2-1: DDR2 schematic

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Further, in order to allow DDR2 work properly, it is necessary to provide a
reference voltage VREF and the termination voltage VTT is DDR2 DDR2 chip
address lines and control lines, and VTT voltage VREF are 0.9V. Figure 3-2-1
detailed the power supply schematic below:
Figure 2-2: DDR2 Power for VTT/VREF
Figure 2-3: DDR2 Power Circuit on the Core Board
DDR2 connected to the BANK3 and BANK4 of the FPGA.
DDR2 Pin Assignment
Pin Name
FPGA Pin
Pin Name
FPGA Pin
DDR2_A[0]
U10
DDR2_A[11]
AB3

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DDR2_A[1]
Y6
DDR2_A[12]
U14
DDR2_A[2]
T16
DDR2_BA[0]
U7
DDR2_A[3]
R14
DDR2_BA[1]
AB10
DDR2_A[4]
AA4
DDR2_BA[2]
T9
DDR2_A[5]
T11
DDR2_nCAS
R15
DDR2_A[6]
AB5
DDR2_CKE
U8
DDR2_A[7]
T14
DDR2_CLK_P
AA17
DDR2_A[8]
AA3
DDR2_CLK_N
AB17
DDR2_A[9]
U13
DDR2_DQ[16]
AB15
DDR2_A[10]
V6
DDR2_DQ[17]
W13
DDR2_nRAS
T10
DDR2_DQ[18]
AB14
DDR2_nWE
V7
DDR2_DQ[19]
AA13
DDR2_ODT
R16
DDR2_DQ[20]
AB13
DDR2_DM[0]
V5
DDR2_DQ[21]
AA14
DDR2_DM[1]
AA7
DDR2_DQ[22]
U12
DDR2_DM[2]
AA10
DDR2_DQ[23]
AA15
DDR2_DM[3]
AA16
DDR2_DQ[24]
T15
DDR2_DQ[0]
V8
DDR2_DQ[25]
V15
DDR2_DQ[1]
W6
DDR2_DQ[26]
W17
DDR2_DQ[2]
W8
DDR2_DQ[27]
AB16
DDR2_DQ[3]
W7
DDR2_DQ[28]
V14
DDR2_DQ[4]
Y3
DDR2_DQ[29]
AB20
DDR2_DQ[5]
Y7
DDR2_DQ[30]
W15
DDR2_DQ[6]
AA5
DDR2_DQ[31]
AB18
DDR2_DQ[7]
U9
DDR2_DQS[0]
V10
DDR2_DQ[8]
AA9
DDR2_DQS[1]
AB9
DDR2_DQ[9]
AB8
DDR2_DQS[2]
Y13
DDR2_DQ[10]
Y10
DDR2_DQS[3]
V13
DDR2_DQ[11]
AA8
DDR2_DQ[12]
AB7
DDR2_DQ[13]
V11
DDR2_DQ[14]
Y8
DDR2_DQ[15]
W10

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Part 3: SPI Flash
The AC4040 FPGA core board A is equipped with one 64MBit SPI FLASH,
and the model is M25P64, which uses the 3.3V CMOS voltage standard. Due
to the non-volatile nature of SPI FLASH, it can be used as a boot device for the
system to store the boot image of the system. These images mainly include
FPGA bit files, core application code and other user data files. The specific
models and related parameters of SPI FLASH are shown in Table 3-1.
Position
Model
Capacity
Factory
U8
M25P64
64M Bit
ST
Table 3-1: SPI FLASH Specification
Figure 3-1: SPI Flash schematic

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Figure 3-2: M25P64 chip on the FPGA Board
SPI Flash pin assignments:
Pin Name
FPGA Pin
DCLK
K2
nCSO
E2
DATA0
K1
ASDO
D1
Part 4: FPGA Power Supply
In order for FGPA to work properly, we need to provide 3.3V, 1.8V, 2.5V,
1.2V and VCCIO five-way power for the FPGA. Let's talk about the power pin
portion of the FPGA, which includes the power pins for each bank, the core
voltage pins, the analog voltage, and the phase-locked loop power supply pins.
VCCINT is the FPGA core power supply pin, connected to 1.2V; VCCIO
is the power supply voltage of each BANK of the FPGA, where VCCIO1 is the
power supply pin of the BANK1 of the FPGA. Similarly, VCCIO2~VCCIO8 are
the power supply of the BANK2~BANK8 of the FPGA respectively. In the
AC4040 core board, VCCIO3 and VCCIO4 are connected to 1.8V, because
BANK3 and BANK4 are IOs connected to DDR2. The other BANK (BANK1~2,
BANK5~8) voltages are connected to the adjustable VCCIO, which enables the
BANK IO voltage of the FPGA to be flexibly adjusted. By adjusting the
resistance value of the VCCIO power supply part, different output voltages are
obtained, so that the FPGA core The board's IO level can be applied to different
voltages (the default VCCIO voltage is 3.3V). In addition, with DDR2 on the
core board, a termination power supply VTT and a reference power supply
VREF for DDR2 are required.
The power supply (VCCIO, 1.2V, 1.8V) with three large current

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requirements on the FPGA development board adopts the TLV62130RGT
DCDC chip imported from TI Company of the United States. It has high
efficiency, small size, no heat, can provide large current, small ripple, etc. It is
an excellent power solution for FPGA; a large number of high-grade imported
capacitors are used to ensure the system's power supply is stable and reliable.
The three-way DCDC power supply circuit is designed as follows:

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Figure 4-1: DC-DC Power Supply Schematic
The other two channels (3.3V and 2.5V) use less LDO chips
SPX3819M5-L-3-3 and SPX3819M5-L-2-5 because of the low current required.
Figure 4-2: LDO Power Supply Schematic
Figure 4-3: Power Supply Circuit on the Core Board

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Part 5: Expansion Ports
The core board has a total of two high-speed expansion ports, which is
connected with the FPGA expansion board by two 100-pin inter-board
connectors. The inter-board connector uses AMP Tyco board-to-board
connector 5177984-4, with a PIN pitch of 0.8mm, and a male connector with a
height of 5mm. It is connected with the female AMP connector 5177983-4 of
the FPGA expansion board, which is configured for high speed data
communication.
Figure 5-1: Expansion Ports P1

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Figure 5-2: Expansion Ports P2

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Figure 5-3: Expansion Ports P1&P2 on the Core Board
Part 6: Power interface on Core Board
In order to make the core board work normally, the FPGA expansion baord
needs to provide a +5V power supply to the core board through the expansion
ports. The power supply voltage of the core board ranges from 4.5V to 5.5V,
and the current is about 1A. In order to ensure a certain margin, the FPGA
expansion board It is best to provide 5V 2A current. The FPGA expansion
board provide the 5V power input to the core board through pin 1 to 4 of the
expansion port P1, P2.

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Figure 6-1: Power input pin
If you need to debug the core board separately, power the core board
through the Mini USB port (J2) of the core board, the Mini USB cable is
connected to the USB port of the computer. When the user supplies power to
the core board through the Mini USB port (J2), it cannot be powered through
the expansion board. Otherwise, current conflict may occur and the USB
interface of the computer may be burned out.
Figure 6-2: Mini USB on the Core Board
Part 7: Crystal oscillator on Core Board
The core board carries a 50M active crystal oscillator and a 27M active
crystal oscillator. The 50MHz clock is connected to the G1 pin of the FPGA,
and the 27MHz clock is connected to the T22 pin of the FPGA.

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Figure 7-1: Crystal oscillator Schematic
Figure 7-2: Crystal oscillator on the Core Board

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Crystal oscillator Pin Assignment
Input Clock
FPGA Pin
50MHz
G1
27MHz
T22
Part 8: LED Light on Core Board
There are 6 red LED lights on the AC4040 FPGA core board, one of which
is the power indicator light (PWR), one is the configuration LED light (DONE),
and four are the user LED light. When the core board is powered, the power
indicator will illuminate; when the FPGA is configured, the configuration LED
will illuminate.
Figure 8-1: Power Indicator and Configure Indicator schemtaic

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Figure 8-2: Power Indicator and Configure Indicator on the Core Board
The schematic diagram of the four user LED sections is shown below. In
Figure 8-3, When the FPGA pin output is logic 0, the LED will be lit.
Figure 8-3: User LED Schematic
Figure 8-4: User LED on the Core Board

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User LEDs Pin Assignment
LED Name
FPGA Pin
LED0
V4
LED1
V3
LED2
P6
LED3
T5
Part 9: Structure Diagram
Figure 9-1: AC4040 FPGA Core board (Top view)

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Figure 9-2: AC4040 FPGA Core board (Top view)