Altera Arria II GX FPGA - Manual (Page 21)

February 2011 Altera Corporation Arria II GX FPGA Development Kit User Guide
6. Board Test System
The kit includes a design example and application called the Board Test System to test
the functionality of the Arria II GX FPGA development board. The application
provides an easy-to-use interface to alter functional settings and observe the results.
You can use the application to test board components, modify functional parameters,
observe performance, and measure power usage. The application is also useful as a
reference for designing systems. To install the application, follow the steps in
“Installing the Arria II GX FPGA Development Kit” on page 3–2 .
The application provides access to the following Arria II GX FPGA development
board features:
■ General purpose I/O (GPIO)
■ SRAM
■ Flash memory
■ DDR2 and DDR3 memories
■ HSMC connectors
■ Character LCD
■ Programmable oscillator
The application allows you to exercise most of the board components. While using the
application, you reconfigure the FPGA several times with test designs specific to the
functionality you are testing.