Transceiver Toolkit Design Example

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The board I was thinking about getting was the Stratix V transceiver dev kit ( altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-transceiver-si-stratix-v.html ). Is this what you were suggesting too?

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There are three Stratix V kits, two have web pages, and the one I was recommending does not. Go to the Stratix V handbook page, and look down the bottom under development kits:

http://www.altera.com/literature/lit-stratix-v.jsp

You'll see links there. There is the SI kit, the 100G kit, and the Stratix V GX Development kit (the one I was recommending). I have the Stratix IV GX Development kit. There are also kits for the Stratix IV GT FPGAs.

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Thanks for the advice on differential->single-ended conversion. Suppose I'm given the p and n SMA outputs on a dev board, what do you think is the easiest way to appropriately terminate the n output? e.g. does there exist some pre-made conversion board that I can buy, or will I need to make my own little PCB with the appropriate matching network?

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I haven't seen anything pre-made. You'll have to make something up.

Cheers,

Dave