Altera Cyclone II FPGA Starter - Manual (Page 43)

Altera Corporation 6–1
October 2006
6. Advanced Examples
This chapter provides a number of examples of advanced circuits
implemented on the development board. These circuits provide
demonstrations of the major features on the board, such as its audio and
video capabilities. For each demonstration, the kit includes the Cyclone II
FPGA (or EPCS4 serial EEPROM) configuration file, as well as the full
source code in Verilog HDL code.
All of the associated files reside in the <kit path>\Examples directory
after installation. The section describing each demonstration provides the
location for the example files.
Factory
Configuration The development board is shipped from the factory with a default
configuration that demonstrates some of the basic features of the board.
File Locations
■ Project directory: CII_Starter_Default
■ Bit stream used: CII_Starter_Default.sof or CII_Starter_Default.pof
Demonstration Setup
To set up the demonstration, perform the following steps:
1. Power up the development board with the USB cable connected to
the USB-Blaster port. If necessary (that is, if the default factory
configuration of the development board is not currently stored in
EPCS4 device), download the bit stream to the board by using either
JTAG or AS programming
2. Observe that the 7-segment displays display a sequence of
characters and that the red and green LEDs flash.
3. Optionally, connect a VGA display to the VGA D-SUB connector.
When connected, the VGA display should show a pattern of colors.
4. Optionally, connect a powered speaker to the stereo audio-out jack.