PCIe adapter for TMS320C6678 EVM board

I've found a passive pcie backplane here : http://www.trentontechnology.com/products/backplanes/picmg-13-backplanes/pci-express-backplane-bpx6806 

Does that kind of backplanes require any configuration ? is it transparent when connecting the boards ? does it include any latency ?

Thanks

I need to do the same thing and this was the exact solution I arrived at.  I have ordered boards...  did you get this to work?  Which backplane model did you use and which connectors did you plug your boards into?

Hi people,

I also have your problem (I need to connect a C6678 EVM to a FPGA by PCIe). Instead of the backplane suggested by Mnr Bht, I am trying to use a SPE-4S-R10 backplane, with no success until now.

Have you had any success with your backplane?

Regards

Hi Alejandro,

We found that a passive PCI backplane will not work as the TX/RX/CLK signals on the "motherboard" slot in the PCIe passive backplane is not wired compatible with TI and FPGA cards. 

Ultimetely we layed out and manufactured a custom backplane with TX->RX, RX->TX and a clock driver (just in case).  We were able to get C6678 and FPGA communicating succesfully with the custom backplane.  I am not sure what the "rules" are with the "TI E2E Community", but let me know if you need a custom backplane. 

Another gotcha is to make sure you handle the PCIe Reset signal in the FPGA.  We tied the Reset in hardware on the backplane.  I have also had success tieing it in my VHDL code.

Regards,

Joel.