Altera Cyclone V E FPGA - Manual (Page 17)

December 2014 Altera Corporation Cyclone V E FPGA Development Kit
User Guide
6. Board Test System
The kit includes an application called the Board Test System (BTS). The BTS provides
an easy-to-use interface to alter functional settings and observe the results. You can
use the BTS to test board components, modify functional parameters, observe
performance, and measure power usage. While using the BTS, you reconfigure the
FPGA several times with test designs specific to the functionality you are testing. (You
can also use the BTS as a reference source for designing systems.)
To install the BTS, follow the steps in “Installing the Development Kit” on page 3–1 .
The Board Test System GUI communicates over the JTAG bus to a test design running
in the Cyclone V E device.
Figure 6–1 shows the initial GUI for a board that is in the
factory configuration.
Several designs are provided to test the major board features. Each design provides
data for one or more tabs in the application. The Configure menu identifies the
appropriate design to download to the FPGA for each tab.
Figure 6–1. Board Test System Graphical User Interface