Altera Arria GX - Manual (Page 5)

Altera Corporation Getting Started User Guide 1–1
October 2007 Arria GX Development Kit
1. About This Kit
Introduction The Arria ® GX Development Kit provides everything you need to
develop and test a complete x1 or x4 PCI Express system based on the
Arria GX device.
The development kit includes these kit features and documentation:
■ The Arria GX development board
■ Altera Complete Design Suite DVD containing:
● Quartus ® II Web Edition Software
● MegaCore ® IP Library
● Nios ® II Embedded Software Design Tools
■ Arria GX Development Kit CD-ROM
■ Design examples
■ Power supply, cables, and documentation
Kit Features This section briefly describes the Arria GX Development Kit features.
■ The Arria GX Development Board —a prototyping platform that
allows you to develop and prototype high-speed bus interfaces as
well as evaluate Arria GX transceiver performance.
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For specific information about board components and interfaces, refer to
the Arria GX Development Board Reference Manual.
■ Quartus II Web Edition Software —The Quartus II software
(available on the DVD) integrates into nearly any design
environment, with interfaces to industry-standard EDA tools. The
kit includes:
● The SOPC Builder system development tool
● Free Quartus II Web Edition software license, Windows
platform only
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For more information, refer to the Altera website at
http://www.altera.com/products/software/products/quartus2web/
sof-quarwebmain.html
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■ MegaCore IP Library —This library (available on the DVD) contains
Altera IP MegaCore functions. You can evaluate MegaCore functions
by using the OpenCore
® Plus feature to do the following:
● Simulate behavior of a MegaCore function within your system