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Altera_Forum
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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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it's all different sequences, so I do need the different channels.

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Ok.

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I have checked the Samtec interfaces and it does not seem obvious to get that up and running quickly. This should be a quick-development initial prototype, so I think I will buy one Stratix IV GX with the 8 transceivers to SMA and figure out if that can do what I want. After that I will bug you again with the synchronization :)

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The Samtec interfaces are just breakout cables. You just plug them in :)

Cheers,

Dave