The Xilinx ChipScope™ Pro Serial I/O Toolkit is an optional add-on to the popular ChipScope Pro verification toolset for use with Virtex™-4 FX, Virtex-5 LXT, and Virtex-5 SXT FPGAs.
Key Benefits
Shorter debug and setup for serial I/O designs
Costing less than 1% of comparable BERT hardware test equipment
Supports all the major serial I/O standards including PCI Express®, Serial RapidIO, Gigabit Ethernet, XAUI, Fibre Channel, and more
Part of the complete high-speed serial design solution from Xilinx
Key Features
Fast and easy interactive setup and debug of Virtex-4 FX, Virtex-5 LXT, and Virtex-5 SXT serial I/O channels
Measure bit-error ratios on multiple channels, adjust high-speed serial transceiver parameters in real-time while your serial I/O channels are interacting with the rest of the system
Built-in pattern generator and pattern receiver with all the standard Serial I/O data packets
Requires only JTAG programming port access to your board, no extra pins need for dedicated high-speed serial debug or setup
Runs on any Virtex-4 FX, Virtex-5 LXT, and Virtex-5 SXT based design or development board