CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
OVERVIEW
........................................................................................................................................ 4
1.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................................ 4
1.2 KEY FEATURES .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3 BLOCK DIAGRAM ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 2
BOARD COMPONENTS
.................................................................................................................. 10
2.1 BOARD OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................. 10
2.2 CONFIGURATION, STATUS AND SETUP ..................................................................................................................... 11
2.3 GENERAL USER INPUT/OUTPUT .............................................................................................................................. 14
2.4 TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND FAN CONTROL ............................................................................................................ 17
2.5 CLOCK CIRCUIT ...................................................................................................................................................... 18
2.6 RS-422 SERIAL PORT ................................ ................................ ................................................................ .............. 21
2.7 FLASH MEMORY ................................................................................................................................................... 22
2.8 DDR3 SO-DIMM ................................................................................................................................................... 25
2.9 QDRII+ SRAM ...................................................................................................................................................... 32
2.10 SPF+ PORTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 39
2.11 PCI EXPRESS ......................................................................................................................................................... 42
2.12 SATA ................................ ................................................................ ................................ .................................... 44
CHAPTER 3
SYSTEM BUILDER
......................................................................................................................... 48
3.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 48
3.2 GENERAL DESIGN FLOW ......................................................................................................................................... 49
3.3 USING SYSTEM BUILDER ........................................................................................................................................ 50
CHAPTER 4
FLASH PROGRAMMING
................................................................................................................. 57
4.1 CFI FLASH MEMORY MAP ...................................................................................................................................... 57
4.2 FPGA CONFIGURE OPERATION ............................................................................................................................... 58
4.3 FLASH PROGRAMMING WITH USERS DESIGN .......................................................................................................... 58
4.4 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................. 60
CHAPTER 5
PROGRAMMABLE OSCILLATOR
................................................................................................. 62
5.1 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................................. 62
5.2 SI570 EXAMPLE BY RTL ......................................................................................................................................... 66