Altera Arria V GT FPGA - Manual (Page 28)

6–6 Chapter 6: Board Test System
Using the Board Test System
Arria V GT FPGA Development Kit November 2012 Altera Corporation
User Guide
The GPIO FPGA 1 Tab
The GPIO FPGA 1 tab allows you to interact with all the general purpose user I/O
components on your board. You can write to the character LCD, read DIP switch
settings, turn LEDs on or off
, and detect push button presses. Figure 6–3 shows the
GPIO FPGA 1 tab.
The following sections describe the controls on the GPIO FPGA 1 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 Display. Click Read to read the
currently shown on the LCD display.
1
If you exceed the 16 character display limit on either line, a warning message appears.
Figure 6–3. The GPIO FPGA 1 Tab