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Chapter 2: Board Components
Featured Device: Stratix IV GX Device
Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Board, 530 Edition Reference Manual
November 2010
Altera Corporation
I/O Resources
Figure 2–2
shows the bank organization and I/O count for the EP4SGX230 device in
the 1517-pin FineLine BGA package.
Table 2–4
lists the Stratix IV GX device pin count and usage by function on the
development board.
Figure 2–2. EP4SGX530KH40 Device I/O Bank Diagram
Bank 8A
40
Bank 8B
24
Bank 8C
32
Bank 7C
32
Bank 6A
48
Bank 6C
EP4SGX230
EP4SGX290
EP4SGX360
EP4SGX530
Bank
Name
Number
of I/Os
40
Bank 5C
40
Bank 5A
Bank 1A
Bank 1C
Bank 2C
Bank 2A
48
48
40
40
48
Bank 7B
24
Bank 7A
40
Bank
Name
Number
of I/Os
Bank 3A
40
Bank 3B
24
Bank 3C
32
Bank 4C
32
Bank 4B
24
Bank 4A
40
4*
4*
Bank
GXBL2
4*
Bank
GXBL1
Bank
GXBL0
4*
4*
4*
Bank
GXBR2
Bank
GXBR1
Bank
GXBR0
*Number of
Transceiver
Channel
Table 2–4. Stratix IV GX Device Pin Count and Usage (Part 1 of 2)
Function
I/O Standard
I/O Count
Special Pins
DDR3 ×16 Top Port
1.5-V SSTL
49
2 Diff ×8 DQS
DDR3 ×64 Bottom Port
1.5-V SSTL
117
8 Diff ×8 DQS
QDRII+ Top Port 0
1.5-V HSTL
66
1 Diff ×18 DQS
QDRII+ Top Port 1
1.5-V HSTL
66
1 Diff ×18 DQS
Flash, SRAM, MAX FSM Bus
2.5-V CMOS
78
—
PCI Express ×8
2.5-V CMOS + XCVR
38
1 REFCLK, 8 XCVR
HSMC Port A
2.5-V CMOS + LVDS + XCVR
116
8 XCVR, 17 LVDS, 5 Clock Inputs
HSMC Port B
2.5-V CMOS + LVDS + XCVR
116
6 XCVR, 17 LVDS, 5 Clock Inputs
Gigabit Ethernet
2.5-V CMOS + LVDS
8
1 LVDS
HDMI Video
2.5-V CMOS
39
—
SDI Video
XCVR
7
1 XCVR
Buttons
2.5-V CMOS
4
1 DEV_CLRn
Switches
2.5-V CMOS
8
—
LCD
2.5-V CMOS
11
—
LEDs
2.5-V CMOS
24
—