Lattice ECP3 Serial Protocol Evaluation Board

The Lattice ECP3 Serial Protocol Evaluation Board allows designers to investigate and experiment with the features of the LatticeECP3 high-speed SERDES transceivers. It is available for full and detailed characterization of the high speed I/O channels and includes interfaces for some of the latest protocol interconnections.

Board Features

• PCI Express x4 edge connector interfaces
  
  • Allow demonstration of PCI Express (x4) interfaces
  • This board is larger than the standard PCIe form-factor, but will demonstrate PCIe x4 functionality with an open-frame motherboard
• Allow control of SERDES PCS registers using the Serial Client Interface (ORCAstra)
• Serial ATA interfaces for host and target configurations
• RJ45 interface to 10/100/1000 Ethernet
• On-board Boot Flash.
  
  • 64M Serial SPI Flash
  • Parallel Flash via MachXO™ Crossover PLD programming bridge
• Switches, LEDs, displays for demo purposes
• Several debug and analysis connections
• Input connection for lab-power supply
• Power connections and power sources
• ispVM™ programming support
• On-board and external reference clock sources.