Intel Arria 10 GX User manual

Intel® Arria® 10 GX Signal
Integrity Development Kit
Introduction
What’s in the Box
You can download the kit installer directly from
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/products/boards_and_kits/dev-kits/altera/
kit-a10-gx-si.html
A Complete Development Platform for Prototyping
The Intel® Arria® 10 GX Signal Integrity
Development Kit helps you thoroughly
evaluate the signal integrity of Intel
Arria 10 GX transceivers. With this kit,
you can:
• Evaluate Intel Arria 10 GX FPGA
transceiver performance
• Generate and check pseudo-
random binary sequence (PRBS)
patterns via an easy-to-use GUI
• Dynamicallychangedierential
output voltage (VOD),
pre-emphasis, and equalization
settings to optimize transceiver
performance for your channel
• Perform jitter analysis
• Verify physical medium attachment
(PMA) compliance to PCI Express*
(PCIe*), Gbps Ethernet (GbE), XAUI,
CEI-6G, Serial RapidIO*, high-
denitionserialdigitalinterface
(HD-SDI), and other major
standards
• Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Board,
- Intel Arria 10 GX FPGA (10AX115S2F45I1SG)
- Six full-duplex transceiver channels with 2.4 mm SMA connectors
- Four full-duplex transceiver channels to Amphenol Xcede+*
backplane connector
- Four full-duplex transceiver channels to CFP2 optical interface
- Four full duplex transceiver channel to QSFP+ optical interface
- Single transceiver channel to SFP+ optical interface
- Ten full-duplex transceiver channels to Samtec Bullseye high-density
connector
- LCD
- Ethernet PHY
• AC adapter power supply
• USB ll type A to B cable
• Ethernet cable
• Documentation
Quick start guide

Quick Start Guide | Intel Arria 10 GX Signal Integrity Development Kit
Using the Board Update Portal
The Board Update Portal design example in this kit
facilitateseasydevelopmentkitsoftwareandboardash
memory updates, allowing you to:
• Access useful information on www.intel.com/content/
www/us/en/products/programmable/fpga.html,
including updated software and design examples
• Loaddesignsintotheashmemoryonyourboard
The following steps ensures that you have the latest
software on your computer and board. The Board Update
Portal design example—which consists of a Nios® II
embedded processor, an Ethernet media access control
(MAC), and a web page—is stored in the “factory” portion
ofyourboard’sashmemory.Thesourceforthisdesignis
installed with the development kit software. When your
board is connected to the network, the Nios II processor
obtains an Internet protocol (IP) address and allows you to
interface with your board over the network through the
web page.
Before you proceed, ensure that you have the following:
• A computer connected to a working Ethernet port on a
DHCP-enabled network
• A separate working Ethernet port connected to the same
network for your board
• The Ethernet, power cables, and development board
included in your kit
Step 1. Connect to the Board Update Portal
1. With the board powered down, set SW3 position 2 to
open (factory position).
2. Attach the Ethernet cable from the board to your
network hub.
3. Power up the board. The LCD displays “Connecting” as it
connects to your network server (may take a couple of
minutes). It then obtains an IP address, which is
displayed on the board’s LCD.
4. Launch a web browser on a computer that is connected
to the same network, and type the IP address displayed
on the LCD in the address bar. The Board Update Portal
web page appears on your screen.
5. Click on the “Signal Integrity Development Kit” link and
download the latest version of the development kit
software. The version is displayed in the “Downloads”
section of the website.
6. Download any designs that interest you to your
computer. Check this website often for new designs and
for updates to existing designs and documentation.
7. If necessary, download the latest Intel software tools
— Intel Quartus® Prime software, Nios processor, and
intellectual property (IP) functions. This development
kit comes with an Intel Quartus Prime software license.
If you cannot connect to the Board Update Portal, go to
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/
products/boards_and_kits/dev-kits/altera/kit-a10-gx-si.
html to ensure that you have the latest development kit
software.

Quick Start Guide | Intel Arria 10 GX Signal Integrity Development Kit
Using the Transceiver Signal Integrity
Demonstration
Figure 1. Directory Structure
Step 3. Use the Board Update Portal to update your board
and load the Transceiver Signal Integrity Demonstration
The Board Update Portal allows you to download new FPGA
congurationstothe“user”portionoftheboard’sash
memory. If you cannot connect to the Board Update Portal,
refer to the kit’s user guide for other options to update the
ashmemory.
Toupdatetheuserportionofashmemoryonyourboard,
follow these steps:
1. Type the IP address shown on the board’s LCD into your
PC’s web browser to display the Board Update Portal
web page.
2. IntheHardwareFileNameeld,specifythe.ashle
(<installation directory>\kits\arria10GX_10ax115sf45_
si\examples\board_test_system\qts_sma_amphenol\
bts_sma_amphenol.ash) that you downloaded from
the Intel website. Because the design does not have a
softwarecomponent,leavetheSoftwareFileNameeld
blank.
3. Click Upload.
4. ReconguretheFPGAwiththenewlesbychanging
SW3 position 2 back to the close position,then
repowering your board or pushing MAX_RESETn (S11) to
reconguretheFPGA.
The demonstration design now runs in the FPGA.
You can also use the Board Update Portal to upload your
custom designs. The kit’s user guide describes how to
prepare your designs for use with the Board Update Portal.
Files are installed in the following directory structure:
Step 2. Install the development kit software
Install the latest development kit software tools from
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/program-
mable/fpga.html and follow the on-screen instructions to
complete the installation.
The Transceiver Signal Integrity Demonstration consists of
a Java-based GUI and an FPGA design. After updating your
board as described in Step 3, your board’s FPGA contains
the Transceiver Signal Integrity Demonstration design,
which communicates with the GUI through the On-Board
Intel FPGA Download Cable II circuitry.
To run the demonstration, follow these steps:
1. Connect the Intel FPGA Download Cable II type A to B
cable from your PC to the board.
2. If the Intel FPGA Download Cable II driver is not installed
on your PC, install the driver using the instructions in the
user guide.
3. Connect SMA cables from one or more channels on the
board to an oscilloscope capable of displaying the data
rates you wish to observe.
4. Make sure SW3 position 2 is set to close position (User
Hardware #1) and power up the board
5.LaunchtheBoardTestSystem.exele,locatedat
<installation directory>\kits\arria10GX_10ax115sf45_
si\examples\board_test_system. For optimal viewing,
your screen resolution must be 1024x768 or greater.
6. Select SMA port and desired Data Type, and then click
“Start” to run the test on the activated XCVR #2
tab (If XCVR #2 is not activated automatically, please
manuallycongureXCVR#2designfromthe 
conguremenu)
7. Observe the resulting eye diagram on the oscilloscope
and monitor the link statistics shown on the
screen.
For information on bit error rate (BER) calculation,
equalization settings, and other details regarding this
demonstration, refer to the user guide. Visit the Transceiver
Signal Integrity Development Kit page (www.intel.com/
content/www/us/en/programmable/products/boards_
and_kits/dev-kits/altera/kit-a10-gx-si.html) for the latest
documentation and designs.

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Kit-specic Resources
• Intel Arria 10 GX Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/products/boards_and_kits/dev-kits/altera/kit-a10-gx-si.html
• Intel Arria 10 FPGAs
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/programmable/fpga/arria-10.html
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• Board Design Resource Center
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guidelines.html
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