Altera PCI Express Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition Getting Started - Manual (Page 3)

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Preliminary
Contents
Chapter 1. About This Kit
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1–1
Kit Features ............................................................................................................................................. 1–1
Documentation ....................................................................................................................................... 1–3
Chapter 2. Getting Started
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 2–1
Before You Begin ................................................................................................................................... 2–1
Check the Kit Contents .................................................................................................................... 2–2
Inspect the Board .............................................................................................................................. 2–2
Hardware Requirements ................................................................................................................. 2–3
Software Requirements ................................................................................................................... 2–4
Software Installation ............................................................................................................................. 2–5
Installing the PCI Express Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition CD-ROM Contents ....... 2–5
Installing the Quartus II Software and MegaCore Functions .................................................... 2–6
Licensing Considerations ..................................................................................................................... 2–7
Using the Demo Application and Example Design .......................................................................... 2–8
Data Flow Block Diagram ............................................................................................................... 2–8
Install Drivers and PCI Express Development Board ................................................................. 2–9
Finish Installing the Drivers and the Development Board, Run the Demo Application ..... 2–10
Developing and Using Applications on the PCI Express Board .................................................. 2–13
Appendix A. Using the Parallel Flash Loader
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... A–1
Hardware Setup .................................................................................................................................... A–1
Parallel Flash Loader Tutorial ............................................................................................................ A–2
Launch the Quartus II Development Tool ................................................................................... A–2
Prepare Application File for Downloading ................................................................................. A–3
Set Up the Programming Download ............................................................................................ A–5
Reprogramming the PCI Express Demonstration Program ................................................... A–12
Additional Information
Revision History ............................................................................................................................... Info–i
How to Contact Altera ..................................................................................................................... Info–i
Typographic Conventions .............................................................................................................. Info–ii