Altera Stratix IV GX FPGA - Manual (Page 26)

6–2 Chapter 6: Board Test System
Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit User Guide March 2014 Altera Corporation
A GUI runs on the PC which communicates over the JTAG bus to a test design
running in the Stratix IV GX 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.
After a successful FPGA configuration, the appropriate tab appears that allows you to
exercise the related board features. Highlights appear in the board picture around the
corresponding components.
The Power Monitor button starts the Power Monitor application that measures and
reports current power and temperature information for the board. Because the
application communicates over the JTAG bus to the MAX II device, you can measure
the power of any design in the FPGA, including your own designs.
Figure 6–1. Board Test System Graphical User Interface