Introduction, Overview, Chapter 1. introduction – Altera Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Board User Manual

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October 2006

1. Introduction

Overview

The Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Board (

Figure 1–1

) provides

integrated features that enable users to develop and test designs that
range from simple circuits to various multimedia projects, all without the
need to implement complex application programming interfaces (APIs),
host control software, or SRAM/SDRAM/flash memory controllers.

Figure 1–1. Starter Development Board

The following sections of the manual introduce the board features,
describe the configuration methods available, and highlight the
characteristics of the board components.

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