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15 years ago

Cyclone IV GX Transceiver Starter Kit for PCIe by SOPC

I got Cyclone IV GX Transceiver Starter Kit. Using SOPC Design example from PCIe user guide, I compiled the example. I assigned pins for PCIe tx, rx, and refclock since the example doesn't talk abo...
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15 years ago

In the transceiver tests I have been doing with the Stratix IV GX kit (not PCIe related), reconfig_clk and cal_blk_clk can simply be connected to the 50MHz global clock (which connects to an external oscillator). If the Cyclone IV kit has a global clock pin connected to a 50MHz oscillator, then you can probably use that clock directly.

Cheers,

Dave