Is there an IP I can use to do Bit Error Ratio Tester for Gigbit transceivers?

Use the Transceiver Toolkit ... its part of the Quartus GUI

http://www.altera.com/products/software/quartus-ii/transceiver/swf-transceiver-toolkit.html

http://www.altera.com/support/examples/on-chip-debugging/on-chip-debugging.html

Basically the examples create a Qsys system with a PHY, a PRBS pattern generator and a checker. You can then the Quartus Transceiver Toolkit GUI to control the Qsys system and generate bath-tub plots, etc.

Cheers,

Dave

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Use the Transceiver Toolkit ... its part of the Quartus GUI

http://www.altera.com/products/software/quartus-ii/transceiver/swf-transceiver-toolkit.html

http://www.altera.com/support/examples/on-chip-debugging/on-chip-debugging.html

Basically the examples create a Qsys system with a PHY, a PRBS pattern generator and a checker. You can then the Quartus Transceiver Toolkit GUI to control the Qsys system and generate bath-tub plots, etc.

Cheers,

Dave

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Thanks very much, Dave.

Now Altera website is in maintenance which I can't check them now. It seems the PRBS pattern generator and checker, these two IPs are not in Quartus II as default, we have to download them and install, right?

Thanks.

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It seems the PRBS pattern generator and checker, these two IPs are not in Quartus II as default, we have to download them and install, right?

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They are standard components.

Open Qsys, type "Pattern" in the IP Catalog search box, and you'll see the Avalon-ST pattern generator/checker components.

There are several components. Read the documentation for each to determine which ones you want. Better yet, just open the examples at the link I provided above and see what they used (once the Altera site comes back online).

Cheers,

Dave