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14 years ago

Stratix IV GX dev kit

Hi all, I am looking at buying the Stratix IV dev kit. It comes with 8 transceivers routed to SMA connectors, but I need 16. Is it feasible to (with a decent performance) synchronize two of thi...
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14 years ago

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Does that make sense?

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If you want the same sequence on all 16 channels, then you might be better off using an RF splitter.

If you want different sequences on all 16 channels, then you will have to use multiple transmitter channels.

You should be able to enable data synchronously across channels, and if you can't, if you can tell they are misaligned, you can always insert a bit-slip component that shifts the serial stream 1-bit at a time.

Cheers,

Dave