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Altera Agilex® 7 F-Series FPGA Dev Kit (2x F-Tile)

Altera Agilex® 7 F-Series FPGA Dev Kit (2x F-Tile) is a comprehensive hardware development platform featuring the Agilex 7 FPGA F-Series with two F-tiles. This PCIe form factor Altera evaluation board facilitates performance and functionality assessment. Use it to develop and assess PCIe 4.0 designs compliant with PCI-SIG standards and to evaluate the capabilities and performance of the Hard Processor System (HPS) for System-on-Chip (SoC) applications.

Features

  • Intel Agilex 7 F-Series (AGFB027) device in 2340A BGA package
    • Quad-core 64-bit Arm® Cortex®-A53 hard processor (HPS)
    • 0.8V VID-adjustable VCC core
    • Dual F-tile transceivers supporting 56Gbps (PAM4) and 32Gbps (NRZ) data rates
    • 2.69M logic elements (LE)
    • 3.65M adaptive logic modules (ALM)
    • 8.5K digital signal processing (DSP) blocks
  • FPGA configuration
    • Avalon®-ST x16 and active serial (AS) x4 configuration modes support
    • 2Gb flash for AS x4
    • Dual 2Gb flash for Avalon-ST x16
    • JTAG header for device programming
    • Built-in Intel FPGA Download Cable II for device programming
  • Programmable clock sources
  • Transceiver interfaces
    • PCI Express (PCIe) x16 interface supporting Gen 4 end-point connected to a PCIe x16 edge connector (gold edge fingers)
    • 1x QSFP optical module interface connected to F-tile transceiver
    • 1x QSFPDD optical module interface connected to F-tile transceiver
    • 1x PCIe/CXL interface supporting x4 interface connected to MCIO connector
  • Memory interfaces
    • Two x72 DIMM sockets supporting DDR4-2666 or DDR-T Intel Optane™ persistent memory module
    • Single x40 DDR4 component interface for HPS processor memory
  • Communication ports
    • JTAG header
    • Micro USB onboard Intel FPGA Download Cable II
    • System I2C header
  • Buttons, switches, and LEDs
    • CPU reset push button
    • PCIe reset push button
    • CXL reset push button
    • HPS reset push button
    • Four dedicated user LEDs
    • Board power good LED
    • FPGA configuration done LED
    • Heatsink and fan
    • Air-cooled heatsink assembly
    • Red over-temperature warning LED
  • Power
    • PCIe input power, including the required 2x4 auxiliary power connector
    • Blue power-good status LED
    • On/off slide power switch for benchtop operation
    • Onboard power and temperature measurement circuitry
  • Mechanical
    • PCIe standard height form factor (full height, 3/4 length, dual-width)
    • 4.375” x 10.0” board size
    • Two slots height with heatsink/fan assembly
  • Maximum ambient temperature of 0°C to +35°C operating environment

Kit Contents

  • Intel Agilex 7 F-Series (Two F-Tiles) FPGA Development Kit
  • 1x DDR4 DIMM module
  • 1x IO48 HPS daughter board
  • USB 2.0 MicroUSB cable
  • 240W power adapter and NA/EU/JP/UK cords

Overview

Altera Agilex® 7 F-Series FPGA Dev Kit (2x F-Tile)

Block Diagram

Altera Agilex® 7 F-Series FPGA Dev Kit (2x F-Tile)

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Software

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Additional Resources

Published: 2024-04-24 | Updated: 2025-06-20