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most PCIe PHY datasheets are still under NDA, but Marco Groeneveld has
already made freely available the schematic of the SENDERO board that
includes the PX1011A chip with its connection - downloadable from

http://www.fpga.nl/

and PLX tech just announced PCIe to generic local bus bridge PEX8311, it
looks like having 4 GPIOs so those could be used to bootstrap FPGA ?

Antti

Hi Antti Lukats,

> most PCIe PHY datasheets are still under NDA, but Marco Groeneveld has
> already made freely available the schematic of the SENDERO board that
> includes the PX1011A chip with its connection - downloadable from
>
> http://www.fpga.nl/
>

Actually, I just got word that the Sendero board passed the PCI Plugfest in
the US with flying colours this week, with an 85% score, and that the
motherboards on which it didn't work well had problems with most other x1
cards too.

Ready-made Sendero boards can be ordered from Sascoholz and other Arrow
subsidiaries.

Best regards,


Ben

"Ben Twijnstra" <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:cfaf2$43992f17$d52e23a9$[email protected]. .
> Hi Antti Lukats,
>
>> most PCIe PHY datasheets are still under NDA, but Marco Groeneveld has
>> already made freely available the schematic of the SENDERO board that
>> includes the PX1011A chip with its connection - downloadable from
>>
>> http://www.fpga.nl/
>>
>
> Actually, I just got word that the Sendero board passed the PCI Plugfest
> in
> the US with flying colours this week, with an 85% score, and that the
> motherboards on which it didn't work well had problems with most other x1
> cards too.
>
> Ready-made Sendero boards can be ordered from Sascoholz and other Arrow
> subsidiaries.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Ben
>
Hi Ben,

thats another Altera FPGA Based PCIe board passing plugfest then!
I was reading the Sendero stuff and they only say "PCIe physical interface"
tested
so I assumed it was actually not tested in full. Real cool nice board !

it really seems that Xilinx is behind with PCIe, Stratix-GX passed plugfest
looong time ago.
And the promised Spartan3E+PhilipsPHY solution well havent seen much
pictures of
such boards yet. (except the northwest board that can use different phys).
There was some notice on Xilinx web that they have it working also (with
PX1011) but
where are the boards for Spartan3+PX1011 evaluation? I had the impression
Avnet
was targetting to have them ready by July (this YEAR!) - but nothing there.
Ah ok
it was possible delayed as the board was supposed to be S3e based. And I
guess
the Philips PHY delayed also it still says only samples available and DS
under NDA.

So for those who want lowcost PCIe today its Cyclone-II + PX1011A Go!
(or Lattice, they also just advertized low cost PCIe stuff)

Antti

Antti Lukats wrote:

> where are the boards for Spartan3+PX1011 evaluation?

I ran across this one. Not exactly cheap.

http://www.tentmakersystems.com/PXSurfboard.htm

"Jeff Cunningham" <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:439975d5$0$8182$[email protected]..
> Antti Lukats wrote:
>
>> where are the boards for Spartan3+PX1011 evaluation?
>
> I ran across this one. Not exactly cheap.
>
> http://www.tentmakersystems.com/PXSurfboard.htm

possible the only one ever made is offered for sales.

http://www.ge-research.com/PCIe.html

another sub 1000USD PCIe board

Antti