Altera Arria II GX FPGA - Manual (Page 27)

Chapter 6: Board Test System 6–7
Using the Board Test System
July 2010 Altera Corporation Arria II GX FPGA Development Kit, 6G Edition User Guide
The GPIO Tab
The GPIO tab allows you to interact with all the general purpose user I/O
components on your board. You can write to the LCD, read DIP switch settings, turn
LEDs on or off, and detect push button presses.
Figure 6–3 shows the GPIO tab.
The following sections describe the controls on the GPIO tab.
Character LCD
The Character LCD controls allow you to display text strings on the character LCD on
your board. Type text in the text boxes and then click Write.
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If you exceed the 16 character display limit on either line, a warning message appears.
User DIP Switches
The read-only User DIP switches control displays the current positions of the
switches in the user DIP switch bank (SW3). Change the switches on the board to see
the graphical display change accordingly.
Figure 6–3. The GPIO Tab