Altera's Cyclone? IV GX Transceiver Starter Kit provides a low-cost platform for developing transceiver I/O-based FPGA designs. This kit includes the complete hardware and software for you to: Develop your FPGA design for cost-sensitive applications, measure the FPGA's low power consumption, test signal quality of the FPGA transceiver I/Os (up to 2.5Gbps) develop and test PCI Express? 1.0 endpoint x1 lane designs (~250Mbps transfer rate).
Cyclone IV GX EP4CGX15BF14C8N FPGA
MAX? II CPLD EPM2210 System Controller enabling passive serial (PS) configuration from Flash
Embedded USB-Blaster? for using the Quartus II Programmer
JTAG header for external USB-Blaster
Altera EPCS serial configuration device
FPGA clock sources: 50MHz, 125MHz, and SMA clock input
Other on-board oscillators: 6MHz, 24MHz, and 25MHz
LEDs
Two-line character LCD display
Push-buttons
16MB of Flash memory
2MB of synchronous SRAM
PCI Express edge connector
10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet PHY with RJ-45 connector or one transceiver to SMA connectors (requires a minor board modification)
On-board power measurement circuitry
Laptop DC power input
PCI Express edge power connector
Power regulators: LT3027 and LT3023
Step-down switching regulator: LT3510
ADC: LTC2418
PCI Express low-profile (6.6 x 2.713in) board form factor
CDs/DVDs are no longer included in Altera development kits. All development kit content can be downloaded from the Altera web site.