Cyclone® V GT FPGA Development Kit

The Cyclone® V GT FPGA Development Kit can be used to prototype Cyclone® V GT FPGA or Cyclone® V GX FPGA applications. It offers a quick and simple way to develop low-cost and low-power FPGA system-level designs and achieve rapid results.

This kit supports a myriad of functionalities such as:

  • FPGA prototyping
  • FPGA power measurement
  • Transceiver I/O performance up to 5.0 Gbps
  • PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 x4 (at 5.0 Gbps per lane)
  • Endpoint or rootport support

Table 1. Ordering Information

Ordering Code Buy Device Contact Distributor for more information
DK-DEV-5CGTD9N-B
 Buy now 5CGT–D9-C7N
  • Step 1: Copy the Dev Kit Ordering Code
  • Step 2: Select an Intel Distributor from Intel® Solutions Marketplace
  • Step 3: Fill out contact form and include the Dev Kit Ordering Code
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Table 2. Development Kit Contents and Features

What is included
Device Cyclone® V GT FPGA development board featured devices
  • Cyclone® V GT FPGA—5CGTFD9E5F35C7N
  • MAX® V CPLD—5M2210ZF256 (System Controller)
  • MAX® II CPLD—EPM570GT100C3N (On-Board USB Blaster™ II)
  • MAX® II CPLD—EPM570ZM100 (ASSP CPLD footprint)
Form Factor PCIe card standard size (4.376" x 6.600")
Features and Connectors
 PCIe x4 edge connector
Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)
One SMA clock output
Two universal high-speed mezzanine card (HSMC) connectors, each with four high-speed serial transceiver channels
One serial digital interface (SDI) channel —1 SMB for RX and 1 SMB for TX
  • Channel shared with HSMA via resistor stuffing option
Memory
  • 384 MB x40 hard memory controller (HMC) DDR3 SDRAM with error correction code (ECC)
  • 512 MB x64 soft memory controller (SMC) DDR3 SDRAM
  • 1 Gb x16 sync flash
Cables and Adapters Laptop DC Input 14 – 20 V adapter, PCIe edge connector
Software A one-year license for the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition design software is included with the purchase of the kit. Refer to Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing for more information
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Table 3. Documentation

Design Files Content Descriptions
Kit Installation (exe) › (Windows)
 A single installation file containing:
  • User Guide - Contains the user guide
  • Design Files - Contains schematics, and layout, Assembly, Bill of Materials
  • Board Test System: BTS GUI, Power GUI and Clock GUI
  • Golden Top project for pinout assignments management
  • Design Examples: Memory, XCVR, GPIO and PCIe Gen4
Download and unzip the Design Files first, then install the Board Test System. Note: You will need to install Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition software Version: 13.0.0.1
Kit Installation (zip) › (Linux)
Cyclone® V GT FPGA Development Kit User Guide (PDF) ›
 Information about setting up the Cyclone® V GT FPGA development board and using the included software.
Cyclone® V GT FPGA Development Board Reference Manual (PDF) › Detailed information about board components and interfaces.
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