Altera Cyclone II FPGA Starter - Manual (Page 9)

Altera Corporation 1–1
October 2006
1. Getting Started
Introduction Welcome to the Altera Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit, which
includes a full-featured field-programmable gate array (FPGA)
development board, hardware and software development tools,
documentation, and accessories needed to begin FPGA development.
The development board includes an Altera Cyclone II 2C20 FPGA and
comes preconfigured with a hardware reference design stored in flash
memory. Hardware designers can use the development board as a
platform to prototype complex embedded systems.
The Development Kit provides the user with an integrated control
environment that includes a software controller in C++, a USB command
controller, a multi-port SRAM/SDRAM/flash memory controller, and
demonstration circuitry specified in Verilog code. These features enable
users to implement and test designs without the need to implement
complex application programming interfaces (APIs), host control
software, or SRAM/SDRAM/flash memory controllers.
This user guide addresses the following topics:
■ How to set up, power up, and verify correct operation of the
development board
■ How to install the Altera Development Suite Tools and the Cyclone
II FPGA Starter Development Kit CD-ROMs
■ How to set up, and use the Control Panel, a graphical user interface
(GUI), to manipulate components on the board, implement
applications, and display images on a VGA monitor
■ How to configure the Cyclone II FPGA
■ How to set up and run application examples
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For complete details on the development board, refer to the
Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit Reference Manual.
Before You
Begin Before proceeding, check the contents of the Development Kit:
■ Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development board