6 www.xilinx.com VC709 Evaluation Board
UG887 (v1.0) February 4, 2013
Chapter 1: VC709 Evaluation Board Features
• Gen2 8-lane (x8)
• Gen3 8-lane (x8)
• 4 X SFP+ connectors
• USB-to-UART bridge
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C bus
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C MUX
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C EEPROM (1 KB)
•USER I
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C programmable LVDS oscillator
• 2 X DDR3 SODIMM socket
• FMC HPC connector
• 4 X SFP+ connector
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C programmable jitter-attenuating precision clock multiplier
• Status LEDs
• 12VDC power on
• TI controlled power good
• Linear power good
•FPGA INIT
•FPGA DONE
•User I/O
• User LEDs (eight GPIO)
• User pushbuttons (five directional)
• CPU reset pushbutton
•User DIP switch (8-pole GPIO)
•Switches
• Power on/off slide switch
•FPGA_PROG_B pushbutton
• Configuration mode DIP switch
• VITA 57.1 FMC HPC connector
• Power management
• PMBus voltage and current monitoring through TI power controllers
•XADC header
• Configuration options
• Linear BPI flash memory
• USB JTAG (Digilent) configuration port
The VC709 board block diagram is shown in Figure 1-1.
Caution!
The VC709 board can be damaged by electrostatic discharge (ESD). Follow
standard ESD prevention measures when handling the board.