Altera Arria V GX FPGA - Manual (Page 23)

July 2012 Altera Corporation Arria V GX FPGA Development Kit
User Guide
6. Board Test System
The kit includes a design example and an application called the Board Test System to
test the functionality of the Arria V GX FPGA development board and supported
daughtercards. 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. (While using the application, you reconfigure the FPGA several times
with test designs specific to the functionality you are testing.) The application is also
useful as a reference for designing systems. To install the application, follow the steps
in
“Installing the Arria V GX FPGA Development Kit” on page 3–3 .
The Board Test System GUI communicates over the JTAG bus to a test design running
in the Arria V GX device.
Figure 6–1 shows the initial GUI for a board that is in the
factory configuration.
Figure 6–1. Board Test System Graphical User Interface