This board offers a flexible platform for serial I/O-based applications with an on-board super clock providing different reference clocks across eight RocketIO GTX transceivers.

Select FPGA IO banks on this board are powered by adjustable 2.5V or 3.3V power supply. This provides flexible access to either 50 pairs of LVDS (2.5V) or 100 single-ended (3.3V) IOs thorough two high-speed connectors.

The on-board 128 Mb Platform Flash XL allows multiboot, high-performance configuration, and extra space for data storage.

Xilinx FPGA and Configuration

• Virtex-5 XC5VFX70T-2FF1136 (LX155T and FX100T based models are supported by HiTech Global)
• 128 Mb Platform Flash XL XCF128XFTG64C (for high-performance configuration and storage)

Serial Interfaces

• x4 PCI Express End-Point (upstream) connector with adjustable PCI Express Jitter Attenuator chip
• x8 data-rate-adjustable RocketIO GTX serial transceivers (with super clock)

Communication

• x1 Tri-Mode Ethernet port (10/100/1000)
• x2 High-speed connectors for Single-Ended (3.3V/2.5V) and LVDS (2.5V) IOs (total of 50 LVDS pairs + 4 clock pairs)

Memory & Configuration

• 512 Mb DDR3 memory
• 512 MB DDR2 SO-DIMM (expandable to 2GB)

Operation Modes

• PCI Express (using 12V supply provided by a PC or server motherboard)
• Standalone (using 5V ATX or wall power supply)

Clocking

• On-board 50 MHz oscillator
• GTX Super Clock for x8 RocketIO GTX transceivers
• PCI Express adjustable input clock

Other Features

• x8 general purpose IO headers
• System monitor
• User LEDs and push buttons
• Switch for setting up to 4 configuration bitstreams
• Board dimensions: 6.6" x 4.25"