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I wonder who has done a project that interface the Cyclone IV GX transceiver starter kit with an ADC module. I need an ADC module having sampling frequency up to at least 20Mhz. What should I consider to choose the ADC module and what ADC module is best compatible to my FPGA.
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How were you planning on interfacing to the ADC? The Starter kit does not have an HSMC connector.
http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-cyclone-iv-starter.html If you are planning on using the kit, then perhaps you can use the transceivers on the board PCIe connector. There are JESD204A/B/C ADCs from Texas Instruments and NXP. Perhaps they have an evaluation kit with SMA connectors that you can use. You would also need to buy a PCIe-to-SMA breakout cable. Samtec sell them.
If you have not purchased your kit yet, then you might want to think about using the Cyclone IV GX Development kit, since that has an HSMC connector.
Terasic have FPGA boards and ADC boards, you should look at their products:
http://www.terasic.com.tw/en/ Cheers,
Dave
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