Altera Cyclone IV GX FPGA Development Board - Manual (Page 5)

May 2013 Altera Corporation Cyclone IV GX FPGA Development Board
Reference Manual
1. Overview
This document describes the hardware features of the Cyclone ® IV GX FPGA
development board, including the detailed pin-out and component reference
information required to create custom FPGA designs that interface with all
components of the board.
General Description
The Cyclone IV GX FPGA development board provides a hardware platform for
developing and prototyping low-power, high-volume, feature-rich designs as well as
to demonstrate the Cyclone IV GX device's on-chip memory, embedded multipliers,
and the Nios
® II embedded soft processor. The board provides peripherals and
memory interfaces to facilitate the development of the Cyclone IV GX FPGA designs.
f For more information on the Cyclone IV device family, refer to the Cyclone IV Device
Handbook .
Board Component Blocks
The board features the following major component blocks:
■ Cyclone IV GX EP4CGX150DF31 FPGA in the 896-pin FineLine BGA (FBGA)
package
■ 1.2-V core power
■ MAX ® II EPM2210GF256 CPLD in the 256-pin FBGA package
■ 1.8-V core power
■ FPGA configuration circuitry
■ MAX II CPLD EPM2210 System Controller and flash fast passive parallel (FPP)
configuration
■ Active serial configuration
■ On-board USB-Blaster TM for use with the Quartus ® II Programmer
■ JTAG header for external USB-Blaster with the Quartus II Programmer
■ On-Board ports
■ Embedded USB-Blaster
■ One gigabit Ethernet port
■ Communication ports
■ PCI Express (PCIe) edge connector
■ 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet PHY with RJ-45 connector
■ Two High-Speed Mezzanine Card (HSMC) interfaces