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12 years ago

Selection of high speed ADC and FPGA

Hello, I'm new to the FPGA world and I'm looking for the right FPGA evaluation kit that can interface with a high speed ADC with at least 6 channels and 100MSPS. I've found the linear technolog...
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12 years ago

Linear may have some development boards that connect to Altera's development boards over an hsmc connector. I just googled it and found this link (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0cdoqfjac&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.linear.com%2fdocs%2f39231&ei=pqxiuyqldsau0qgk3ygacg&usg=afqjcnf5_phxfurnh4eyi5svj4951ouypg&bvm=bv.48293060,d.dmq&cad=rjt). These seem like are made by Arrow. Check out page 25.

If you plan to use DPA, make sure you get an altera dev board that has hsmc connections to the DPA SERDES i/os on the fpga. Based on my limited experience, I would hazard a guess that if you cannot find dev boards with the devices of your choice, select the dev board with the fpga from the family of your choice and get an A/D board with digital interface that is similar to what you will be using.

-sanjay