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Honored ContributorCyclone V + ALTLVDS + Multi-channel ADC
Dear all, I am trying to fit a design in a Cyclone V FPGA (E series, A7, FBGA 484 pins). The FPGA receives 16 LVDS channels at 875 Mbps each. The data comes from a LTM9011-14 ADC from Linear Tec...
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Honored ContributorAccording to Cyclone V datasheet, -7 speedgrade doesn't handle 875 MBPS. It's the maximum achievable bitrate with -6 speedgrade.
Operating the serial receiver near the speed limit suggests to use a PLL dynamic phase shift feature and implemenent an automatical clock phase adjustment. I haven't yet implement serial ADC interfaces with Cyclone V, thus I can't help you with the device related details. With Cyclone III and IV, that only have software SERDES, I found it more convenient to build my own SERDES block based on DDIO and PLL function, because the ALTLVDS_RX implementation has several restrictions.
