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15 years ago

Cyclone IV GX Tranceivers

I am trying to interface a tranceiver link to a fiber link. The fiber link expects lvpecl. How exactly would I interface that. The tranceivers on the Cyclone IV transmit 1.5 PCML, and th...
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15 years ago

Yeah It is AC coupled, and in the past we used external tranceivers with a cyclone II, These tranceivers were 8B/10 encoded. I am pretty certain it would work. Is there are place to find the voltage levels for these standards. I have been searching and haven't really found much.

And I have seen LV-PECL to LVDS schematics, so if you know of any PCML to LV-PECL schematics that would be helpful. thanks