Appendix a. programming the development board, Introduction, Hardware setup – Altera Arria GX User Manual
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Altera Corporation
Getting Started User Guide
A–1
October 2007
Arria GX Development Kit
Appendix A. Programming the
Development Board
Introduction
This appendix describes the method for programming the development
board when using the board for application development.
, describes the procedure for starting up and
running a pre-installed example design using Computer #1, the
development board host computer. You can also use this computer for
application development, but it involves a cumbersome process because
it requires repeatedly powering down and restarting the computer as
well as removing and reinserting the development board.
Therefore, for application development, Altera recommends that along
with the development board host computer, Computer #1, you also use a
second computer, Computer #2, as the Quartus II programming host and
as a parallel flash loader (PFL). From Computer #2, you can download a
programming file to the development board that is different from the kit’s
pre-installed example design file.
This appendix guides you through the following tasks:
■
Installing the Altera PFL provided for flash memory programming
and FPGA configuration.
■
Using the PFL to write your application to the flash device, which
then configures the FPGA.
Hardware Setup
Altera provides a USB-Blaster cable with the kit. You need this cable for
the PFL to download an application to the on-board flash device. Prepare
the Arria GX development board for downloading by performing the
following steps:
1.
Connect the 10-pin female plug of the USB-Blaster cable to the
10-pin male JTAG header (J6) visible through the bracket on the side
of the development board.
2.
Connect the other end of the USB-Blaster cable to the USB port of
the computer running the Quartus II software.
3.
Connect the 16 V power supply, provided in the kit, to the DC
power input (J1) on the development board and to a power source.
4.
Set the power switch (SW1) to ON to power up the Arria GX
development board.