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12 years ago

connect Altera FPGA to ADC with serial LVDS interface

Is there an app note on how to connect Altera FPGA (preferably Stratrix IV or V) to ADCs with high-speed serial LVDS interface (e.g. Analog device AD9637)? I'm quite new to high speed ADCs and DAC...
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12 years ago

Thank you Dave. I will also check out Analog Devices app notes.

I am hoping for more of a step-by-step instruction of how to connect the ADC to the FPGA [for both serial LVDS and JESD204B]: (1) Which Megacore function/IP to use, (2) How to set it up, (3) How/good ways to synchronize data across multiple channels of multiple ADCs , ...

Xilinx has this app note that is quite helpful. I hope Altera has a similar app note. http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/application_notes/xapp1071_v6_adc_dac_lvds.pdf