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15 years ago

Extension cable for PCIe

Hi, I have a Arria II GX dev kit and want to use the PCIe interface. I am planning to connect it using an extension cable instead of connecting it directly on the mother board. Any suggestions...
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15 years ago

For testing my Stratix IV GX development kit from my laptop, I use the following setup:

1. HP Elitebook laptop with ExpressCard slot.

2. OneStopSystems ExpressCard-to-PCIe x1 cable

(the ExpressCard only has a x1 lane in it)

OSS-PCIe-HIB2-EC-x1

http://www.onestopsystems.com/pcie_over_cable_z6.php

3. OSS-PCIe-CBL-x1/x4-2M Two meter x1 to x4 PCIe cable

http://www.onestopsystems.com/pciex1tox4cable.php

4. OneStopSystems 3 slot PCIe motherboard

OSS-PCIe-uATX-BP-2018

http://www.onestopsystems.com/pcie_atx_bp.php

The motherboard uses a PLX PEX8533 PCIe bridge. The datasheet is available under NDA from PLX.

Cheers,

Dave