Altera Cyclone II FPGA Starter User Manual download pdf (Page 9)

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1. Getting Started

Introduction

Welcome to the Altera Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit, which

includes a full-featured field-programmable gate array (FPGA)

development board, hardware and software development tools,

documentation, and accessories needed to begin FPGA development.

The development board includes an Altera Cyclone II 2C20 FPGA and

comes preconfigured with a hardware reference design stored in flash

memory. Hardware designers can use the development board as a

platform to prototype complex embedded systems.

The Development Kit provides the user with an integrated control

environment that includes a software controller in C++, a USB command

controller, a multi-port SRAM/SDRAM/flash memory controller, and

demonstration circuitry specified in Verilog code. These features enable

users to implement and test designs without the need to implement

complex application programming interfaces (APIs), host control

software, or SRAM/SDRAM/flash memory controllers.

This user guide addresses the following topics:

■ How to set up, power up, and verify correct operation of the

development board

■ How to install the Altera Development Suite Tools and the Cyclone

II FPGA Starter Development Kit CD-ROMs

■ How to set up, and use the Control Panel, a graphical user interface

(GUI), to manipulate components on the board, implement

applications, and display images on a VGA monitor

■ How to configure the Cyclone II FPGA

■ How to set up and run application examples

f For complete details on the development board, refer to the

Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit Reference Manual.

Before You

Begin

Before proceeding, check the contents of the Development Kit:

■ Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development board

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