Introduction

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The Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) HSMC board is a hardware platform for evaluating the interoperation

of Altera FPGA, specifically Stratix IV GX, Arria GX, and Arria II GX, with generic SFP modules.

The optical

modules that are of particular importance are SGMII Ethernet, Fiber channel, CPRI/OBSAI and SONET.

Furthermore, the SFP HSMC board is intended for customers to implement both telecommunication and data

communications applications.

Figure 1.1 shows the photo of the SFP HSMC board. The important features are listed below:

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8 SFP Connectors

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4 Transceiver Based SFPs

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4 LVDS Bases SFPs

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8 SMAs

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2 Transceiver Receive SMAs

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2 Transceiver Transmit SMAs

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1 LVDS Clock Input SMA pair (2 SMAs)

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2 Single-ended Clock Outputs SMAs

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1 LVDS Clock Output SMA pair (2 SMAs)

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1 LVPECL Clock Output SMA pair (2 SMAs)

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Power

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12V to 4V

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4V to 3.3V

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Clocks

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61.44 MHz

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125 MHz

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155.52 MHz

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156.25 MHz

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Differential SMA

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High Speed Mezzanine Card (HSMC)