CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Overview .......................................................................................................... 3
1.1 General Description ............................................................................................................................... 3
1.2 Key Features........................................................................................................................................... 3
1.3 Block Diagram ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Chapter 2 Board Components ......................................................................................... 5
2.1 Board Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Power Input and Switch ......................................................................................................................... 6
2.3 General User Input and Output .............................................................................................................. 6
2.4 Clock Generator ................................................................................................................................... 11
2.5 QSFP28 Ports ....................................................................................................................................... 12
2.6 PCI Express .......................................................................................................................................... 14
2.7 USB Downstream Port ......................................................................................................................... 15
2.8 HDMI Transmitter Port ........................................................................................................................ 17
Chapter 3 Board Assembly ........................................................................................... 19
3.1 SAMTEC JSOM .................................................................................................................................. 19
3.2 Assembly .............................................................................................................................................. 20
3.3 Disassembly ......................................................................................................................................... 22
Chapter 4 Setup Thunderbolt 3 ................................................................................... 25
4.1 Hardware Requirement ........................................................................................................................ 25
4.2 Thunderbolt 3 Test on Windows OS .................................................................................................... 26
4.3 Detect PCIe Device in the FPGA ......................................................................................................... 28
Chapter 5 HDMI TX Reference Design ........................................................................ 30
5.1 HDMI TX in 4K Resolution ................................................................................................................. 30
Chapter 6 PCI Express Reference Design for Windows .............................................. 32
6.1 PCI Express System Infrastructure ...................................................................................................... 32
6.2 PC PCI Express Software SDK ............................................................................................................ 33
6.3 PCI Express Software Stack ................................................................................................................. 33