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Chapter 1 VPX-A5SoC Development Kit

The VPX-A5SoC is a high-performance, reconfigurable 6U VPX card based on the Altera Arria V SOC FPGA. The FPGA is also embeded with dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 Processor running up to 1.05 GHz which can be used for control plane interfaces such as Ethenet, USB , SD Card and UART, etc. The board features up to 1 GB of DDR3 SDRAM as well as Flash memory for booting the FPGAs. The PCI Express ports x4 lanes in the VPX expansion plane, with up to PCI Express Gen2 (5Gbps) throughput offers a high performance interface to mainstream peripherals and I/O cards. Tow VITA 57 FMC sites are provided for enhancing the board's I/O and processing capabilities. The A5-VPX-A5SoC is a powerful, feature-rich solution for the next generation of compute-intensive embedded applications.

1.1 Package Contents

The VPX-A5SoC board package includes:

• The VPX-A5SoC board
• Quick Start Guide
• TBD

1.2 Package Contents

The 6U-VPX System CD contains all the documents and supporting materials associated with 6U-VPX, including the user manual, system builder, reference designs, and device datasheets. Users can download this system CD from the link: http://6U-VPX.terasic.com/cd.

1.3 Getting Help

Here are the addresses where you can get help if you encounter any problems:

Terasic Technologies

9F., No.176, Sec.2, Gongdao 5th Rd, East Dist, Hsinchu City, 30070. Taiwan

Email: support@terasic.com

Tel.: +886-3-575-0880

Website: VPX-A5SoC.terasic.com

Chapter 2 Introduction of the VPX-A5SoC Board

This chapter provides an introduction to the features and design characteristics of the board.