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12 years ago

CYCLONE V Starter Kit to AFE5809EVM

Hi, I'm new to Altera devices, so excuse my simple question. Can the Cyclone V Starter Kit connect to the AFE5809EVM via the HSMC connectors? To simplify, I wish to use the Cyclone V to ...
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12 years ago

Hi Bret,

No, don't buy anything else - you certainly won't do any 'better' with a Cyclone IV kit. The kit you have is arguably better suited anyway. The GX parts have dedicated transceivers capable of very high speed i/o (>6Gbps). These would be ideal interfaces to use to the ADC (operating at a much lower speed).

Have a look through: transceiver architecture in cyclone v devices (http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/cyclone-v/cv_53001.pdf). Cyclone V GX parts will do a lot of the hard work for you.

Regards,

Alex