Altera Agilex™ 5 FPGA E-Series 065A Premium Dev Kit
Altera Agilex™ 5 FPGA E-Series 065A Premium Development Kit (DK-A5E065AB32AEA) is a complete platform for developing and validating high-performance FPGA and SoC designs. The Altera DK-A5E065AB32AEA integrates a wide array of connectivity options, including dual QSFP/SFP28 ports, PCIe Gen4 via FMC+, USB 3.1, and multiple Ethernet interfaces. The kit supports three memory types (DDR4 for both FPGA and HPS, and LPDDR4 for high-speed data processing), making the kit ideal for bandwidth-intensive applications.
Designed for flexibility and ease of use, the DK-A5E065AB32AEA kit includes a built-in FPGA Download Cable II, a robust Board Test System GUI, and support for expansion via HPS cards and FMC modules. With rich I/O, programmable clocks, and advanced power/thermal monitoring, the Altera Agilex 5 Premium Kit is well-suited for applications in networking, embedded vision, edge artificial intelligence (AI), and industrial automation.
Features
- Features an Agilex 5 FPGA and SoC E-Series 065A device (Group A) with dual-core Arm® Cortex®-A76 and Arm Cortex-A55 HPS
- Includes dual QSFP and dual SFP28 (25G) ports for high-speed optical connectivity
- Supports PCIe Gen4 x4 via FMC+ connector and USB 3.1 via HPS expansion board
- Offers three memory interfaces
- 8GB DDR4 for FPGA
- 8GB DDR4 for HPS
- 4GB LPDDR4 for FPGA
- Provides multiple Ethernet options, including RGMII and SGMII with PHYs
- Integrated Board Test System (BTS) GUI for diagnostics, clock, power, and transceiver testing
- Built-in FPGA Download Cable II and JTAG header for flexible programming
- Includes MIPI interface, SMA connectors, and user-configurable switches and LEDs
- Ships with preloaded factory images and an SD card for HPS boot, with restore tools included
- Includes HPS Expansion Board (EB-HPSEB), compatible with optional HPS NAND expansion board (EB-HPSNB) and optional HPS Test Board (EB-HPSTB)
Applications
- Cable access
- ASIC proto
- Broadcast
- Consumer
- Data center cloud (public, private, and hybrid)
- Data center OEM (IHV, ISV, SI, and VAR)
- Defense and government
- Industrial
- Energy
- Industrial manufacturing
- Robotics
- Vision
- Test
- Medical
- Imaging
- Lab/life sciences
- Non-imaging patient devices
- Ultrasound
- Video
- Transportation
- Charging and non-charging infrastructures
- Non-automotive transportation
- Wireless
- 5G/6G radio
- DAS/repeater/RIS
- NTN/fixed wireless
Specifications
- Onboard A5ED065AB32AE1V Agilex™ 5 FPGA E-Series device
- Tabletop form factor
- 12VDC input power via keyed 2x4 connector, includes onboard hot-plug circuits and power monitoring
- Interfaces
- USB 3.1 Type-C® via HPS card
- USB 2.0 micro and mini
- PCIe Gen4 x4 via FMC
- GPIO (HVIO and HSIO banks)
- UART via micro USB
- Ethernet (RGMII, SGMII)
- 2x QSFP (4x 10G)
- 2x SFP28 (1x 25G)
- MIPI (3.5G)
- JTAG
- I2C
- FMC+
- SMA (clock and data)
- Memory
- 8GB 2400MHz DDR4 x32 with ECC for FPGA
- 8GB 2400MHx DDR4 x32 with ECC for HPS
- 4GB 3733MHz LPDDR4 x32 for FPGA
- 2Gb QSPI Flash for AS x4 configuration
- 2Gb QSPI Flash for Avalon x8 configuration
- EEPROM
- Micro SD card (pre-programmed)
- Connectors
- FMC+ connector
- 2x QSFP cages
- 2x SFP28 cages
- RJ45 Ethernet (2x onboard, 1x on HPS card)
- Micro USB
- Mini USB
- MIPI 22-pin
- JTAG header
- SMA connectors (clock/data)
- Power input (2x4)
- HPS card connector
- I2C debug headers
- Switches and LEDs
- Power switch
- 4x user DIP switches
- 4x user push buttons
- RS232 selector switch
- HSIO debug switches
- MSEL configuration switches
- Factory reset button
- Save EEPROM button
- FPGA configuration button
- HPS cold reset button
- 4x user LEDs
- Power good LED
- FPGA configuration done LED
- MAX 10 config done LED
- Over-temperature LED
- Link/activity LEDs for QSFP/SFP/Ethernet
Kit Contents
- Main FPGA board, featuring an Agilex™ 5 FPGA and SoC E-Series Group A device
- HPS expansion board included (EB-HPSEB)
- Power supply and cables
- USB cables
- Micro SD card and reader
- Ethernet cable
Overview
Block Diagram
Onboard Components
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