Terasic Agilex 7 FPGA Starter Kit

Unleash Unparalleled Performance: Empower Your FPGA Projects with the Terasic Agilex 7 FPGA Starter Kit!

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The Terasic Agilex 7 FPGA Starter Kit leverages the advanced Intel® Agilex™ 7 SoC FPGA F-Series devices, providing two options: one with 800K logic elements and another with 2.7M logic elements. With significant improvements over equivalent Stratix® 10 devices, this kit delivers a remarkable 50% higher fabric performance and a 40% lower power consumption.

 

To meet the needs of compute-intensive applications, the Terasic Agilex 7 FPGA Starter Kit integrates multiple high-end hardware interfaces. These include PCI Express 4.0 x8, a 100G QSFP-28 connector, and an on-board HDMI 2.1 output. The kit ensures optimal acceleration and throughput with up to 16GB of DDR4. Additionally, its on-board FMC+ connector enables extensibility, allowing compatibility with various daughter cards such as Terasic's HDMI-FMC, XTS-FMC, 12G SDI-FMC, and P16E-FMCP daughter card.

 

Developers can take advantage of the Intel® oneAPI and Intel® OpenCL support offered by the Agilex 7 FPGA Starter Kit. These frameworks enable effortless customization of unique acceleration workloads, harnessing the full potential of the Intel® Agilex™ FPGA present on the kit. By leveraging this kit, electrical engineering professionals can unlock unparalleled performance and efficiency in their FPGA-based projects.

Specifications

SYSTEM

  • FPGA:
    • AGFB027R24C2E2V
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  • Board Size: PCIe Full Height and 3/4 Length
  • Onboard USB-Blaster II
  • FPGA Boot Configuration: AS x4 (QSPI Flash 2 or 1 Gbit)
  • Board Management System
    • Power Monitor
    • Temperature Monitor
    • Auto fan Control

FPGA Peripheral

  • PCIe Gen4 x8
  • HDMI 2.1 Output Port
  • DDR4-A: DDR4 SO-DIMM Socket shared with HPS,shipping with 8GB ECC SO-DIMM
  • DDR4-B: On-board components 8GB DDR4 with x72 data bus, support ECC (Note )
  • One FMC+ connectors with 16 transceivers, supporting VADJ 1.2V
  • One QSFP28 Port for 100/40/25/10 GbE network interface
  • 2x5 Timing Expansion Header
  • User LED x2, Button x2, DIP Switch x2

Note. For AGF 006/008/019/023 device, only support 4GB DDR4 with 40-bit data bus, support ECC

HPS Peripheral

  • MicroSD Socket
  • DDR4-A: DDR4 SO-DIMM Socket shared with FPGA
  • Gigabit Ethernet PHY + RJ45
  • UART to USB Port
  • LED x1, Button x1, Cold Reset Button

Software Support

  • FPGA Example Code
  • Linux BSP
  • OpenCL BSP

Block Diagram

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Connect to FMC Daughter Cards

HDMI-FMC Daughter Card

XTS-FMC Daughter Card

HDMI 2.1 FMC Daughter Card

12G-SDI FMC Daughter Card