QL80FC - QuickFCTM
REFERENCE DEVELOPMENT KIT
Reference Development Kit
QuickLogic has designed an evaluation board, which
will allow the system designer to test their designs in
hardware. The board plugs into a PCI expansion slot
in a Windows PC and allows the user to communi-
cate with the QuickLogic ENDEC chip via a user
modifiable software script and the PCI bus. The block
diagram for the board is shown below. PCI speeds of
up to 64 bits at 75 MHz are supported via Quick-
Logic's QL5064 device, enabling system read/write
speeds matching those of the Fibre Channel link.
There is a socket for the ENDEC chip, and connec-
tion points for a logic analyzer on the board. There is
also a GBIC Fibre Channel connector on the board
to allow communication with other Fibre Channel
devices.
A Reference Design is supplied by QuickLogic to
load into the programmable portion of the ENDEC
chip. The Reference Design code will allow the sys-
tem designer to immediately have an operational
chip for use on the reference board. The source code
for the reference design and software is available to
the system designer for use or modification as he or
she wishes, free of charge.
LED Indicators
PCI
Bus
QuickLogic
QL5064
75MHz/64 bit
PCI Controller
Transmit
FIFO
Receive
FIFO
8 Bit Data
Bus
QuickLogic QL80FC Programmable
ENDEC Chip
User Customizable
Logic
FIFO Control
Glue Logic
for FIFO
Interface
Embedded
Fibre Channel
ENDEC
FIGURE 10. Reference Board Block Diagram
125 MHz
Oscillator
Transmit/
Receive
SERDES
GBIC
Media
I/O
2.5 Gb/s
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