Connect Tech FREE FORM/PCI-104 104 Manuel d'utilisateur Page 1

FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Connect Tech, Inc. 42 Arrow Road Guelph, Ontario Canada, N1K 1S6 Tel: 519-836-1291 800-426-8979 Fax

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 10 Hardware Description The following sections describe the function of all switches/jum

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 11 Connector Pinouts PCI-104 Header (P1) Refer to PCI-104 specifications. Note: The F

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 12 High-speed Serial (P4) The high-speed serial connector carries four Rocket (GTP) I/O ch

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 13 Top View RS-485 Headers (P5, P6) Table 7: RS-485 Port 1 Pinout (P5) Pin Signal Direc

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 14 GPIO Header (P7) When in differential mode, the GPIO header positive (P) and negative (

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 15 Side View External Power Connector (P8) The external connector provides 5V to the po

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 16 Connector’s Mating Components and Cables The following table lists the manufacturer a

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 17 Hardware Installation Before installing the FreeForm/PCI-104 into a PCI-104 stack, ensu

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 18 Software Installation FPGA Development Environment FreeForm/PCI-104 has been develope

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 19 FPGA Configuration The Virtex-5 FPGA can be configured via two methods: o JTAG prog

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 2 Limited Lifetime Warranty Connect Tech Inc. provides a Lifetime Warranty for all Conne

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 20 Power and Thermal Considerations The FreeForm/PCI-104’s Virtex-5 FPGA is a versatile,

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 21 Specifications Programmable FPGA Virtex-5 FPGA LX30T Virtex-5 FPGA LX50T Virtex-5 FPGA

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 22 Appendix A: ISE iMPACT Procedures IMPORTANT: As of the writing of this document, the

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 23 5) When prompted with the following messages, click OK and Cancel 6) Right click

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 24 11) Right click on the second device in the JTAG chain and click ‘Assign New Configur

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 25 Programming the FPGA 1) Connect the JTAG programming cable to P2 ensuring that all JT

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 26 7) Once the FPGA has been programmed successfully, you will see ‘Program Succeeded’

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 27 Programming the Flash 1) Connect the JTAG programming cable to P2 ensuring that all

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 28 6) Right click on the flash and perform a blank check. 7) If the part is blank

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 29 9) If the programming is succesful you will see: INFO:iMPACT - Current time: 2013-

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 3 Customer Support Overview If you experience difficulties after reading the manual and/or

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 30 Generating a PROM (MCS) File 1) Double click PROM File Formatter in the Flows windo

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 31 4) Provide a name and location for the output mcs file, the click OK. 5) Click OK

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 32 Appendix B: Power calculations Scenario 1: Heatsink attached, 250 LFM

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 33 Scenario 2: No Heatsink, 250 LFM

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 34 Scenario 3: No heatsink, 0 LFM

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 35 Appendix C: Hardware Changes from Revision B This appendix lists the changes between

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 36 Reference Design The top level reference design contains a generic parameter which wil

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 37 Hardware Description Connector Pinouts High-speed Serial (P4) The sideband LVCMOS sign

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 38 External Power Connector (P8) The connector no longer enables 3.3V regulation – it is

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 39 Appendix D: Identifying Configuration Flash Size The FreeForm/PCI104 is built with eith

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 4 Table of Contents Limited Lifetime Warranty ...

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 5 List of Tables Table 1: FreeForm/PCI-104 Components ...

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 6 Introduction Connect Tech’s FreeForm/PCI-104 features Xilinx’s Virtex-5 multi-platform

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 7 System Overview The following conceptual block diagram provides a high level overview o

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 8 Figure 2: FreeForm/PCI-104 Layout Table 1: FreeForm/PCI-104 Components Connectors Desc

Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.07 9 Reference Design The FreeForm/PCI-104 ships with a pre-installed reference design that i