Altera Embedded Systems Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition - Manual (Page 9)

1–3 Development Board Version 1.0. Altera Corporation
Altera Embedded Systems Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition July 2010
About the Development Board
About the
Development
Board The development board is comprised of the components shown in the
Figure 1–1 below:
Figure 1–1. Block Diagram of Altera Embedded Systems Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition
1 The HSMC Connector between the base board and the LCD
Multimedia daughter card shown in
Figure 1–1 is actually a flex
extension cable with HSMC connectors on each end going
between the two boards. This detail was removed for simplicity.
Hardware Features
■ Cyclone III FPGA Development board
● Cyclone III EP3C120F780 FPGA
● Embedded USB-Blaster™ circuitry (includes an Altera MAX® II
CPLD) allowing download of FPGA configuration files via the
flash device or the host computer
● Memory
• 256 Mbytes of dual-channel DDR2 SDRAM with ECC
• 8 Mbytes of Pseudo SRAM (PSRAM)
• 64 Mbytes of flash
● Communication ports
• 10/100/1000 Ethernet
● Power and analog devices from Linear Technology
• Switching power supply LTM4601
Application
Selector
Bus
Controller
24-Bit AUDIO CODEC
10-Bit VGA VIDEO DAC
Video Decoder
PS2 and RS232 Ports
LCD TOUCH PANEL
10/100 ETHERNET PHY
SD CARD
I2C EEPROM
Cyclone III FPGA
Base Board
HS
M
C
CO
N
N
E
C
TO
R
USB 2.0 PHY
4-Wire
SD Card
MICTOR
CONNECTOR
DDR2
SDRAM
Max II CPLD
FLASH
Buttons
& LEDs
Config
Controller
Santa Cruz
Header
LCD Multimedia
HSMC
Santa Cruz
-USB-
Mictor
H2SUM
HS
MC
CO
NN
E
C
TO
R
Cyclone III FPGA
Max II CPLD
10- PIN HEADER
Application
Selector
Bus
Controller
24-Bit AUDIO CODEC
10-Bit VGA VIDEO DAC
Video Decoder
PS2 and RS232 Ports
LCD TOUCH PANEL
10/100 ETHERNET PHY
SD CARD
I2C EEPROM
Cyclone III FPGA
Base Board
HS
M
C
CO
N
N
E
C
TO
R
USB 2.0 PHY
4-Wire
SD Card
MICTOR
CONNECTOR
DDR2
SDRAM
Max II CPLD
FLASH
Buttons
& LEDs
Config
Controller
Santa Cruz
Header
LCD Multimedia
HSMC
Santa Cruz
-USB-
Mictor
H2SUM
HS
MC
CO
NN
E
C
TO
R
Cyclone III FPGA
Max II CPLD
10- PIN HEADER