OpalKelly USB3 Altera Board

OpalKelly ZEM4310

Zem4310 – USB3 development board

The ZEM4310 is a USB 3.0 integration module based on the Altera Cyclone IV FPGA (55kLE), able to get a performance over 340 MiB/s

Main Features :

  • SUPERSPEED USB 3.0
  • 128 MiB DDR2
  • BOOTABLE SERIAL FLASH (2x 16 MiB)
  • SWITCHING POWER SUPPLIES
Block diagram is the following :
OpalKelly ZEM4310 Block diagram
All Features :

  • Altera Cyclone IV FPGA (EP4CE55F23C8N)
  • 2x 32-MiB serial flash (Numonyx N25Q128A)
  • 128-MiByte DDR2 (Micron MT47H64M16HR)
  • Small form-factor, smaller than a credit card at 80mm x 60mm x 15.98mm (3.15″ x 2.36″ x 0.63″)
  • High-speed USB 3.0 interface (Cypress FX3) for configuration and data transfer
  • Measured performance over 340 MiB/s
  • Self-powered by external DC source
  • 50 MHz clock oscillator
  • Two LEDs
  • Two HSMC-compatible 180-pin 0.5mm Samtec board-to-board connectors (QSH-090)
  • Over 160 user I/O and 4 GCLK pins on expansion connectors
  • Full FrontPanel virtual control panel support
  • Complete Application Programmer’s Interface (API) in C, C++, C#, Ruby, Python, and Java
OpalKelly ZEM4310 Bottom
HSMC Bottom connectors :

  • Two HSMC-compatible 180-pin 0.5mm Samtec board-to-board connectors (QSH-090)
  • Over 160 user I/O and 4 GCLK pins on expansion connectors
OpalKelly ZEM4310 Slide

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