The Intel® Agilex™ Transceiver-SoC Development Kit offers a complete design enviornment that includes oth hardware and software for developing Intel Agilex F-Series FPGA designs. This kit is recommended for developing custom Arm* processor-based SoC designs and evaluating transceiver performance. For more information about the benefits of Intel Agilex F-Series FPGAs and the technology, visit the following page.
Intel® Agilex™ F-Series Transceiver-SoC Development Kit


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Table 1. Ordering Information
Buyer represents that it is a product developer, software developer or system integrator and acknowledges that this product is an evaluation kit that is not FCC authorized, is made available solely for evaluation and software development, and may not be resold.
You can use this development kit to:
- Evaluate SoC designs with the hard processor system (HPS)
- Evaluate transceiver performance up to 58 Gbps for E-Tile
- Generate and check pseudo-random binary sequence (PRBS) patterns
- Dynamically change differential output voltage (VOD) pre-emphasis and equalization settings to optimize tranceiver performance for your channel
- Perform jitter analysis
Table 2. Development Kit Contents
Hardware | Software1 |
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- Download and unzip the Intel Agilex F-Series Transceiver-SoC Development Kit installer first. Install the Board Test System.
- A one-year license for the Intel Quartus Prime Pro Edition design software is available upon purchase of the kit. License activation instructions and FAQs.
Table 3. Intel® Agilex™ FPGA Documentation
Files | Description |
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Intel® Agilex® F-Series Transceiver-SoC Installer Package
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A single installation file containing:
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Quick Start Guide (Coming soon) |
Documentation summarizing the usage of the development kit and its features. |
User Guide |
Documentation about setting up the development kit and using the included software (Intel Quartus Prime software and installer package). |
Board Schematic |
Latest board schematic. |
Intel Agilex F-Series GSRD (Golden System Reference Design)1 |
The Agilex F-Series GSRD (Golden System Reference Design) page on Rocketboards.org has instructions for getting started on hardware and software designs that utilize the HPS (hard processor system) on Intel Agilex F-Series FPGA. |
SoC EDS Installer | Comprehensive tool suite for embedded software development on Intel FPGA SoC devices. |
Intel Quartus Prime software | The Intel Quartus Prime software suite provides the necessary tools used for developing hardware and software for Intel FPGAs. Included in the Intel Quartus Prime software suite are the Intel Quartus Prime software, the Nios® II EDS, and the Intel FPGA IP Library. |
1 Please refer to the GSRD compatibility matrix to pick the correct GSRD version for your board.
Table 4: Daughter Card Files
Daughtercard |
Ordering Code | Schematic | Last Updated |
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IO48 OOBE Daughtercard | HPS-OOBE-A | Rev A | 12/3/17 |
IO48 NAND Daughtercard | HPS-NAND-A | Rev A | 12/3/17 |
SDM QSPI Boot Flash Daughtercard | QSHDC-SDM-QSPI-A | Rev A | 12/3/17 |
SDM MicroSD Boot Flash Daughtercard1 | QSHDC-SDM-MSD-A | Rev A | 12/3/17 |
SDM eMMC Boot Flash Daughtercard1 | QSHDC-SDM-EMMC-A | Rev A | 12/3/17 |
1 Not included with the development kit - please contact your local Intel sales representative for ordering information.