22 www.xilinx.com RocketIO™ X Transceiver User Guide1-800-255-7778 UG035 (v1.5) November 22, 2004Preface: About This GuideR• Chapter 4, “Analog Design Considerations” – RocketIO X serial overview; pre-emphasis; jitter; clock/data recovery; PCB design requirements.• Chapter 5, “Simulation and Implementation” – Simulation models andconsiderations; implementation tools; and debugging and diagnostics.• Appendix A, “RocketIO X Transceiver Timing Model” – Timing parametersassociated with the RocketIO X transceiver core.• Appendix B, “8B/10B Valid Characters” – Valid data and K characters table.• Appendix C, “PMA Attribute Programming Bus” – RocketIO X transceiver simple,parallel programming bus for dynamically configuring the PMA attribute settings.For Advanced Users Only.• Appendix D, “Virtex-II Pro to Virtex-II Pro X FPGA Design Migration” – Importantdifferences regarding migration from Virtex-II Pro™ to the Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs.Highlights relevant PCB, power supply, and reference clock differences.• Appendix E, “Serial Backplane System Design” – Additional PCB design guidelines tomeet the demands of the RocketIO X transceiver for operation above 3.125 Gb/s.Related InformationFor a complete menu of online information resources available on the Xilinx website, visithttp://www.xilinx.com/virtex2pro x/.For a comprehensive listing of available tutorials and resources on network technologiesand communications protocols, visit http://www.iol.unh.edu/training/.Additional ResourcesFor additional information, go to http://support.xilinx.com. The following table listssome of the resources available on this website. Use the URLs to access these resourcesdirectly.Resource Description/URLTutorials Tutorials covering Xilinx design flows, from design entry toverification and debugginghttp://support.xilinx.com/support/techsup/tutorials/index.htmAnswer Browser Database of Xilinx solution recordshttp://support.xilinx.com/xlnx/xil_ans_browser.jspApplication Notes Descriptions of device-specific design techniques and approacheshttp://support.xilinx.com/apps/appsweb.htmData Sheets Device-specific information on Xilinx device characteristics,including readback, boundary scan, configuration, length count,and debugginghttp://support.xilinx.com/xlnx/xweb/xil_publications_index.jspProblem Solvers Interactive tools that allow you to troubleshoot your design issueshttp://support.xilinx.com/support/troubleshoot/psolvers.htmTech Tips Latest news, design tips, and patch information for the Xilinxdesign environmenthttp://www.support.xilinx.com/xlnx/xil_tt_home.jsp