Altera Stratix III - Manual (Page 5)

© August 2008 Altera Corporation Stratix III Development Kit User Guide
1. About This Kit
Introduction
Welcome to the Altera ® Stratix ® III 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 kit provides an integrated control environment that includes a USB command
controller, a multi-port SRAM/DDR SDRAM/flash memory controller, Ethernet, an
on-board meter, and example designs with demonstration circuitry specified in
Verilog HDL code to help you get started quickly with your own designs.
The development board includes an Altera Stratix III FPGA configured with a
hardware reference design stored in flash memory. You can use the development
board, along with example designs included in the kit, as a platform to prototype
complex embedded systems.
The development kit includes these kit features and documentation:
■ Stratix III development board
■ Altera Complete Design Suite DVD containing:
■ Quartus ® II Software, Development Kit Edition (DKE)
■ MegaCore ® IP Library
■ Nios ® II Embedded Design Suite
■ Stratix III Development Kit CD-ROM including design examples
■ Accessory daughter cards
■ Power supply, cables, and documentation
Kit Features
This section briefly describes the following Stratix III Development Kit features:
■ Stratix III Development Board —a prototyping platform that allows you to
develop and prototype hardware designs running on the Stratix III FPGA.
f For specific information about board components and interfaces, refer to
the
Stratix III Development Board Reference Manual .
■ Quartus II Software, Development Kit Edition (DKE) —The Quartus II software
(available on the DVD) provides a comprehensive environment for
system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) design. The Quartus II software
integrates into nearly any design environment, with interfaces to
industry-standard EDA tools. The kit includes:
■ The SOPC Builder system development tool
■ A one-year Quartus II software license (Windows platform only)