Xilinx® Virtex™-5 LXT/SXT PCI Express Development Kit

The Xilinx Virtex-5 LXT/SXT Development Kit provides a complete development platform for designing and verifying applications based on the Xilinx Virtex-5 LXT and SXT FPGA families. Available with the Virtex-5 LXT or SXT, the kit enables designers to prototype high-performance, multi-gigabit serial transceiver based designs with ease, while providing expandability and customization through the EXP expansion slot. 

The Virtex-5 LXT/SXT system board is available with the LX50T, LX110T, SX50T or SX95T device (XC5Vxxx-1FF676). Serial gigabit transceiver interfaces (GTPs) provide connection to the on-chip PCI Express x8 hard macro, two SFP connectors, and a SATA Host interface. The LX110T and SX95T versions of the board also support a CX4 connector with up to 10Gbps data throughput. The system board includes DDR2 SDRAM, Flash memory, two 10/100/1000 Ethernet PHYs, and a serial port. The LX110T and SX95T versions add support for a 256 MB DDR2 SODIMM socket. Other board features include a USB port, two programmable LVDS clocks, user switches, and LEDs. The board also provides a full EXP expansion slot, providing a total of 168 high-speed, single-ended and differential user I/O. EXP modules can be easily added to the board for additional application specific functions.

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Key Features

• Xilinx XC5VLX50T, XC5VSX50T, XC5VLX110T, or XC5VSX95T-1FF1136 Virtex-5 FPGA
• Multiple GTP Interfaces
  • PCI Express x8 interface
  • Two SFP connectors
  • SATA host
  • CX4 (LX110T & SX95T only)
• 64 MB DDR2 SDRAM
• 256 MB DDR2 SODIMM socket (LX110T & SX95T only)
• 16 MB Flash
• Two GbE PHYs
• Cypress USB 2.0
• RS-232 serial port
• EXP expansion slot
• Two programmable LVDS clock generators
• On-board 100 MHz LVTTL oscillator
• On-board LVTTL oscillator socket
• JTAG programming/configuration port
• BPI configuration port
• System ACE
• Eight LEDs
• 8-position DIP switch
• Four push-button switches

Target Applications

• PCI Express bridges
• General-purpose prototyping
• Networking and communications
• Storage and servers
• DSP and video processing

Kit Includes

• Development board
• Downloadable documentation and reference design
• Wall mount power