
2–20 Chapter 2: Board Components
Clock Circuitry
Cyclone V GT FPGA Development Board September 2014 Altera Corporation
Reference Manual
Off-Board Clock Input/Output
The development board has input and output clocks which can be driven onto the
board. The output clocks can be programmed to different levels and I/O standards
according to the FPGA device’s specification.
Table 2–12 lists the clock inputs for the development board.
X4 to U3
CLKINTOP_P
100.000 MHz
(Programmable
between 10–810 MHz)
LVDS
(fanout
buffer)
H19
Top edge (CLK10p) for general
purpose logic
CLKINTOP_N
H18
Top edge (CLK10n) for general
purpose logic
CLKINBOT_P
AF18 Bottom edge (CLK2p)
CLKINBOT_N
AG18 Bottom edge (CLK2n)
CLKIN_R_P
W26
Right edge (CLK7p) for general
purpose logic
CLKIN_R_N
W27
Right edge (CLK7n) for general
purpose logic
REFCLK_QL1_P
AA11
Transceiver bank QL0 for PCI
Express edge connector
REFCLK_QL1_N
AB10
REFCLK_QL3_P
R11
Transceiver bank QL3 for
HSMC port B transceivers
REFCLK_QL3_N
P10
SMA_CLKOUT_P
—
Oscilloscope trigger output
SMA_CLKOUT_N
—
X3
REFCLK_QL2_P
148.500 MHz
(Programmable
between 10–810 MHz)
LVDS
U11
SDI video or HSMC port A
transceivers
REFCLK_QL2_N
T10
X1
ENET_XTAL_25MHZ
25.000 MHz 2.5-V CMOS —
Reference clock for the
Ethernet PHY
Table 2–11. On-Board Oscillators (Part 2 of 2)
Source
Schematic Signal
Name
Frequency I/O Standard
Cyclone V GT
Pin Number
Application
Table 2–12. Off-Board Clock Inputs (Part 1 of 2)
Source
Schematic Signal
Name
I/O Standard
Cyclone V GT
Pin Number
Description
SMA
CLKIN_SMA_P
LVPECL —
Input to LVDS fan-out buffer (drives two reference
clocks and three GPLL inputs)
CLKIN_SMA_N
LVPECL —
Samtec HSMC
HSMA_CLK_IN0
2.5-V G11
Single-ended input from the installed HSMC cable
or board.
HSMA_CLK_IN_P1
LVDS/2.5-V G18
LVDS input from the installed HSMC cable or
board. Can also support 2x LVTTL inputs.
HSMA_CLK_IN_N1
LVDS/LVTTL F18
HSMA_CLK_IN_P2
LVDS/LVTTL H17
LVDS input from the installed HSMC cable or
board. Can also support 2x LVTTL inputs.
HSMA_CLK_IN_N2
LVDS/LVTTL H16
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