Altera Cyclone V E FPGA - Manual (Page 22)

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Using the Board Test System
Cyclone V E FPGA Development Kit December 2014 Altera Corporation
User Guide
The GPIO Tab
The GPIO 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 6–2 shows the
GPIO tab.
The following sections describe the controls on the GPIO 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.
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If you exceed the 16 character display limit on either line, a warning message appears.
User DIP Switches
The read-only User DIP switches control displays the current positions of the
switches in the user DIP switch bank. Change the switches on the board to see the
graphical display change accordingly.
Figure 6–2. The GPIO Tab