Output raw high speed signal to SMA

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Output raw high speed signal to SMA

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Hello all, I have a test design with a simple ring oscillator. I want to measure its freq. externally with an oscilloscope. I want to export this signal to an SMA connector (single or differential).
I currently have an Arria 10 GX board and a Terasic HSMC daughter board with several SMA outputs.

My problem is that when I try to route the output signal through the HSMC connector I get fitment errors since the pins are not compatible with GPIO only high speed differential. Is there a way around this? Does it require using a transceiver PHY? This would not be ideal as I do not want to sample the signal. I want to observe a raw signal on the scope.

Is there another way to export my signal without using a transceiver? Or the High Speed Differential pins? My understanding is that GPIO pins are limited to 300Mhz.

Looking for any suggestions.

Thanks!

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Output raw high speed signal to SMA

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