SOPC
System On Programmable Chip
Via Rocca di Papa, 21 –00179 Roma, Italy
Email: info@geb-enterprise.com - Web: www.geb-enterprise.com

PCI Express Mini: PCIEM-15-IO
MiniCard standard is also known as Mini PCI Express standard. The Minicard pcb is a small form factor board used to
implement the PCI Express interface to a remote PCIe peripheral. The card size is 30mm wide by 50.95mm long by
5mm high. The Minicard standard defines a 52-pin card edge connector, the card pins are fingers at the edge of the
pcb board.

Features
Mini-PCIe size
Single 3.3V power supply voltage.
Two I/O connectors, 34+26 pins, dual rows, 50 mills header
connectors (Samtech FTS series).
53 user digital I/O channels, 3.3V LVTTL compliant, each one
having independent sense, drive, bi-directional, and tri-state
capabilities.
2 user output clock signals, 3.3V LVTTL compliant, with dedicated
PLLs.
1 user input clock signal, 3.3V LVTTL compliant, with dedicated
PLL
User available FPGA resources in EP4CGX30 version [*1]:
Logic Element: 29440LE (1440LE)
Ram: 1080 Kbits (540Kbits)
PLLs: 4 (3)
18x18 bit multipliers: 80 (none)
Boot device with ISP (In System Programming) using Altera USB
Blaster
Power on monitor and reset circuitry.
Test Access Ports (TAPs) allows on board programming
On board crystal oscillator provides accurate clock reference.
Fully-compatible with JTAG/IEEE 1149.1 boundary-scan standard.
Compliat to PCI
Express Mini Card Electromechanical
Specifications revision 1.2 (30mm x 51mm x 4,85mm, Doublesided).
Peripheral to host wake-up support
Note[*1] Number in parentheses are referred to low cost version equipped with
EP4CGX15BF14C7N FPGA

Description
GEB High Performance System On Card (Sopc-Card) package includes whatever needed for using the advanced
features of Altera CycloneIV-GX family and features a socketed board with an EP4CGX15/EP4CGX30 device in a
BGA169 package.
All FPGA power management, distribution and decoupling, fine pitch BGA package connection, multilayer PCB
manufacturing, double side PCB mounting and testing requirements are met by Sopc-Card board.
One programming interface port, on the board support in-system programming (ISP), and using Altera Byte Blaster
and JTAG programming and testing, is available as well.
The hardware design can be easily implemented using QSYS Altera tools, VHDL language, or a combination of them.
The pre-compiled FPGA Systems offer you an admirable advantage to use the PCIe I/O, starting from a simple parallel
I/O up to high speed data transfer in both directions.
Linux and Windows drivers make immediately possible the access to FPGA resources writing the application at user
level.
The 50 mills header connectors allow the user to easily interface user boards using a flat cable.