Installing The Board In A Pc Chassis - Xilinx EK-U1-VCU128-G-J User Manual

Installing the Board in a PC Chassis

The VCU128 board 12V power input circuitry allows 12V to be applied through one of two
connectors, J16 (typically used with the stand-alone VCU128 power adapter) or JP1, as shown in
the following figure.
Installation of the VCU128 board inside a computer chassis is required when developing or
testing PCI Express
(i.e., plugged in to a PCIe slot), power is provided by choosing one of two mutually exclusive ATX
power supply cables as described in this section (use one cable or the other).
• The ATX power supply 4-pin (1x4) peripheral connector, which requires using the ATX
adapter cable (see the following figure) to connect to J16 on the VCU128 board. The Xilinx
part number for this cable is 2600304. See
UG1302 (v1.1) April 21, 2021
VCU128 Board User Guide
Figure 3: 12V Power Entry
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functionality. When the VCU128 board is used inside a computer chassis
Chapter 2: Board Setup and Configuration
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