Altera Nios Development Board Cyclone II Edition - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
About this Manual................................................................................... v
How to Contact Altera .............................................................................................................................. v
Typographic Conventions ...................................................................................................................... vi
Chapter 1. Overview
Features Overview ................................................................................................................................. 1–1
General Description ............................................................................................................................... 1–1
Factory-Programmed Reference Design ............................................................................................ 1–2
Chapter 2. Board Components
Component List ...................................................................................................................................... 2–1
Cyclone II EP2C35 Device (U62) ......................................................................................................... 2–3
Push-Button Switches (SW0 - SW3) .................................................................................................... 2–4
Individual LEDs (D0 - D7) .................................................................................................................... 2–5
Seven-Segment LEDs (U8 & U9) ........................................................................................................ 2–5
SSRAM Chip (U74) ................................................................................................................................ 2–6
DDR SDRAM Chip (U63) ..................................................................................................................... 2–9
Flash Memory (U5) .............................................................................................................................. 2–11
Ethernet MAC/PHY (U4) & RJ45 Connector (RJ1) ........................................................................ 2–13
Serial Connector (J19) ......................................................................................................................... 2–15
Expansion Prototype Connectors (PROTO1 & PROTO2) ............................................................. 2–16
CompactFlash Connector (CON3) .................................................................................................... 2–23
PMC Connector (JH1 & JH2) .............................................................................................................. 2–26
Mictor Connector (J25) ........................................................................................................................ 2–29
Test Points (TP1 – TP8) ....................................................................................................................... 2–31
EPCS64 Serial Configuration Device (U69) ..................................................................................... 2–32
Configuration Controller Device (U3) .............................................................................................. 2–33
Configuration-Status LEDs ........................................................................................................... 2–33
Configuration & Reset Buttons .................................................................................................... 2–34
SW8 – CPU Reset ...................................................................................................................... 2–34
SW9 – Factory Config ............................................................................................................... 2–35
SW10 – Reset, Config ................................................................................................................ 2–35
Reset Distribution ........................................................................................................................... 2–36
Starting Configuration ................................................................................................................... 2–36
Factory & User Configurations .................................................................................................... 2–36
Configuration Process ................................................................................................................... 2–37
Flash Memory Partitions ............................................................................................................... 2–38
User Application Space ............................................................................................................ 2–38
User Configuration ................................................................................................................... 2–39
Factory Configuration .............................................................................................................. 2–39
Persistent Data ........................................................................................................................... 2–39