1.4. Hardware Requirements
The reference design requires the following hardware:
- The Arria II GX FPGA Development Kit, the Arria V GT FPGA Development Kit, the Arria 10 GX FPGA Development kit, the Cyclone IV GX FPGA Development Kit, the Cyclone V GT FPGA Development Kit, the Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit, or and Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit.
- A computer running Windows driver with an x8/x4/ x1 PCI Express slot for the Arria II GX, Arria V GT, Arria 10 GX, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone V GT, Stratix IV GX, or Stratix V GX development board. The software application and hardware are installed on this computer, referred to as computer #1 in this document.
- A computer with the Quartus II software for downloading FPGA programming files to the Arria II GX, Arria V GT, Arria 10 GX, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone V GT, Stratix IV GX, or Stratix V GX development board, referred to as computer #2 in this document.
- A USB cable or other Altera download cable.
- A PCI Express x8-to-x4 lane converter for x4 operation or x8 to x1 lane converter for x1 operation.
Note: This reference design uses eight lanes. If the PCI Express slot on your motherboard has fewer than four lanes, you must use a lane converter to transfer data from the higher lanes to the lower available lane.
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