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October 2006 Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit User Guide

Using the Control Panel

VGA Display

For this sample application, three examples illustrate how the

development board produces images on a connected VGA monitor:

■ Example 1 provides a default image previously loaded into an M4K

memory block in the FPGA in the MIF/Hex (Intel) format during the

default bit stream configuration stage (described in “Configuring the

Cyclone II FPGA”section of the “Using the Development Board”

chapter).

■ Example 2 describes how to download another image from a bitmap

file into the SRAM. The file can also load into an M4K memory block

in the FPGA.

■ Example 3 describes how to use other images to generate binary data

patterns that the development board can display on the VGA

monitor.

Displaying the Default Image

Perform the following steps to display a default image:

1. Select the VGA tab in the Control Panel to display the window in

Figure 4–7.

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