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3Gb/s SDI Demo Board: Altera Version User Guide 3Gb/s SDI Demo Board: Altera Version www.semtech.com 1 of 45 User Guide 53018 - 1 June 2012 Proprietary & ConfidentialVersion ECR Date Changes and / or Modifications 1 158228 June 2012 Correction in Table 7-1: Bill of Materials. 0 152180 July 2009 New document. Contents 1. Overview..........................................................................................................................................................3 1.1 Features ...............................................................................................................................................3 1.2 Featured Devices ..............................................................................................................................3 2. Hardware .........................................................................................................................................................4 2.1 3Gb/s SDI Demo Board ...................................................................................................................4 2.2 Mother Boards ...................................................................................................................................8 3. Detailed Description.....................................................................................................................................9 3.1 Operating Modes (FPGA Board) ...................................................................................................9 3.2 Hardware Description ................................................................................................................. 11 3.2.1 Jumpers................................................................................................................................. 11 3.2.2 LED Indicators .................................................................................................................... 11 3.2.3 Connectors........................................................................................................................... 12 3.2.4 Push Buttons........................................................................................................................ 17 3.3 FPGA .................................................................................................................................................. 18 3.3.1 Programming from Flash Memory .............................................................................. 18 3.3.2 JTAG Programming........................................................................................................... 18 4. Getting Started............................................................................................................................................. 19 4.1 Quick Start Guide .......................................................................................................................... 19 5. Advanced User Guide ............................................................................................................................... 21 5.1 Top Level Architecture ................................................................................................................ 21 5.2 Clock Tree and Data Path ............................................................................................................ 22 5.3 Pattern Generator .......................................................................................................................... 23 5.3.1 Top Level Architecture ....................................................................................................24 5.3.2 Colour Bar Generator ....................................................................................................... 24 5.3.3 20b to 10b Mux................................................................................................................... 25 5.4 Optical Module ............................................................................................................................... 26 5.5 Clock Termination ......................................................................................................................... 27 5.6 Host Interface and Register Map .............................................................................................. 28 5.6.1 Graphical User Interface (GUI)...................................................................................... 29 6. Related Documents.................................................................................................................................... 30 6.1 Gennum's Documentation .......................................................................................................... 30 6.2 Altera's Documentation ............................................................................................................... 30 7. Appendix....................................................................................................................................................... 31 7.1 Schematics ....................................................................................................................................... 31 7.2 Board Layout ................................................................................................................................... 40 7.3 Bill of Materials ............................................................................................................................... 42 3Gb/s SDI Demo Board: Altera Version 2 of 45 User Guide 53018 - 1 June 2012 Proprietary & Confidential