interfacing a pcie daughter card to development board

[Altera_Forum]

Hello all, I am new here and I'm trying to find out if what I want to do is easy, hard or even possible. 

I want to use an Altera FPGA development board (not yet purchased) to directly control an off the shelf PCIe card. Is there a board that has a PCIe slot already built in?  If not does anyone know of an adapter to connect the PCIe card to any of the standard inputs on the FPGA board?   Then if I can connect to the PCIe card, is there a quick way to set up the interface? Something pre-defined and available from Altera or elsewhere?  As you can see I am just starting with this project any information or tips would be a big help.  Thanks!

[Altera_Forum]

Take a look at some of the SoC development kits, eg., 

 https://www.altera.com/products/boards_and_kits/dev-kits/altera/kit-arria-v-soc.html  Bottom left is a PCIe slot. Not for a large one ... but maybe that is enough for you.  Cheers, Dave

[Altera_Forum]

Thanks Dave I'll check those out.

[Altera_Forum]

You can also buy a PCIe root port FMC card like below, which gives you more options for which dev kit to buy. 

 http://www.hitechglobal.com/fmcmodules/fmc_pciexpress.htm

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  You can also buy a PCIe root port FMC card like below, which gives you more options for which dev kit to buy.  http://www.hitechglobal.com/fmcmodules/fmc_pciexpress.htm  --- Quote End ---    Thanks, this sounds perfect.

[Altera_Forum]

Thanks, this sounds perfect!

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  Thanks, this sounds perfect!  --- Quote End ---    No problem - glad you found it useful. Good luck with your project!