Altera Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit Cyclone III Edition - Manual (Page 3)

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July 2010 Preliminary
Contents
Chapter 1. Getting Started
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1–1
Kit Contents ............................................................................................................................................ 1–2
About the Nios II Processor ............................................................................................................ 1–3
About the Nios II Standard Design ............................................................................................... 1–3
About this User Guide .......................................................................................................................... 1–6
Before You Begin .............................................................................................................................. 1–7
Software Installation ............................................................................................................................. 1–7
Installing the Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition ...................................... 1–7
Installing the Quartus II Web Edition Software .......................................................................... 1–9
Licensing the IP .............................................................................................................................. 1–11
Licensing the EL Camino SD Card Core ..................................................................................... 1–13
Chapter 2. Development Board Setup
Features ................................................................................................................................................... 2–1
Requirements ......................................................................................................................................... 2–2
Power Up the Development Board ..................................................................................................... 2–2
Chapter 3. Nios II Processor Systems
Where to find the Nios II Processor Systems ..................................................................................... 3–3
Nios II 3C25 Standard Processor System ...................................................................................... 3–3
Nios II 3C25 Video Processor System ........................................................................................... 3–4
Chapter 4. Application Selector Utility
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 4–1
Ready-to-Run SD Card Demonstrations ....................................................................................... 4–1
Running the Application Selector ....................................................................................................... 4–1
In system Update using SD Card ................................................................................................... 4–2
Remote System Update using Ethernet .............................................................................................. 4–3
About Remote System Update ....................................................................................................... 4–3
Requirements .................................................................................................................................... 4–4
Operating Instructions ..................................................................................................................... 4–4
Creating Flash files for Remote System update ................................................................................ 4–6
Chapter 5. Design Examples
About Design Examples ....................................................................................................................... 5–1
Picture Viewer Application .................................................................................................................. 5–1
Picture Viewer .................................................................................................................................. 5–1
Operation ........................................................................................................................................... 5–2
Mandelbrot Application ....................................................................................................................... 5–6