Example Designs and How-to Videos
Example designs
Single SSD designs
Use the single SSD designs if you only intend on loading the FPGA Drive FMC with 1x SSD. The SSD should be connected to the first slot (SSD1).
Dual SSD designs
Use the dual SSD designs if you intend on loading the FPGA Drive FMC with 2x SSDs. The SSDs will connect to both slots SSD1 and SSD2.
Our Github repo contains example designs for these FPGA/MPSoC evaluation boards.
| Target board | Single SSD design | Dual SSD design |
|---|---|---|
| PicoZed FMC Carrier Card V2 with PicoZed 7015/30 | LPC: Yes | Not supported |
| KC705 Evaluation board | HPC: Yes LPC: Yes | Not supported |
| KCU105 Evaluation board | HPC: Yes LPC: Yes | HPC: Yes LPC: Not supported |
| VC707 Evaluation board | HPC1: Yes HPC2: Yes | Coming soon for HPC1 and HPC2 |
| VC709 Evaluation board | HPC: Yes | Coming soon |
| ZC706 Evaluation board | HPC: Yes LPC: Yes | Not supported (Zynq-7000 devices only have 1x PCIe block) |
| ZCU106 Evaluation board | HPC0: Yes HPC1: Yes | HPC0: Yes HPC1: Not supported |
Notes:
- If you are using the older version (Rev-B) of FPGA Drive FMC with only one M.2 connector, then you will only be able to use the single SSD designs.
How-to Videos
Hardware Installation Guide
Loopback Testing with IBERT
Part 1: Hardware setup
How to attach the M.2 loopback modules and prepare your hardware for the IBERT loopback test.
Part 2: Using IBERT in Vivado
Download the pre-built IBERT bitstreams here: https://opsero.com/downloads/fpgadrive/ibert. Try this: disable the DFE (decision feedback equalizer) when doing a 2D eye scan – the gigabit traces on the FPGA Drive FMC have very low losses, so the performance is generally better without the DFE.
Part 3: Generate your own IBERT
How to generate an IBERT bitstream for your own hardware if you can’t find a pre-built bitstream here.