Altera Transceiver Signal Integrity - Manual (Page 8)

2–2 Chapter 2: Getting Started
References
Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit, December 2011 Altera Corporation
Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide
f For more information about power consumption and thermal modeling, refer to
AN 358: Thermal Management for FPGAs .
Hardware Requirements
The kit provides all the hardware you need to use the board.
Software Requirements
The kit requires the following software:
■ Quartus II Subscription Edition software (to run the demonstration GUI)
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Certain DLLs that are required for the demonstration application
(stratixIVGX_si_demo.exe) to function properly are not included with the
kit installation software. These needed DLLs are installed with the Quartus
II Subscription Edition software, versions 9.1, 9.1sp1, or 9.1sp2. Make sure
you successfully display the main Quartus II GUI at least once. If you don’t
want to purchase a license, you can uninstall the Quartus II software; the
demonstration application will continue to function properly. Refer to
“Installing the Quartus II Software” on page 3–2 .
■ Quartus II Programmer
■ Windows XP operating system or later
Quartus II Programmer System Requirements
The Quartus II Programmer has some minimum system requirements.
f For Quartus II Programmer system requirements, refer to the Altera website at:
www.altera.com/products/software/products/quartus2web/sof-
quarwebmain.html
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References
For other related information, refer to the following websites:
■ For additional daughter cards available for purchase:
www.altera.com/products/devkits/kit-daughter_boards.jsp
■ For the Stratix IV device documentation:
www.altera.com/literature/lit-stratix-iv.jsp
■ For the eStore if you want to purchase devices:
www.altera.com/buy/devices/buy-devices.html
■ For Stratix IV GX OrCAD symbols:
www.altera.com/support/software/download/pcb/pcb-pcb_index.html
■ For Nios II 32-bit embedded processor solutions:
www.altera.com/technology/embedded/emb-index.htm
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