Altera Nios Development Board - Manual (Page 3)

Altera Corporation iii
About this Manual .................................................................................. v
How to Find Information ......................................................................................................................... v
How to Contact Altera ............................................................................................................................ vi
Typographic Conventions ..................................................................................................................... vii
Introduction ......................................................................................... 1
Features Overview ................................................................................................................................. 1–1
General Description ............................................................................................................................... 1–1
Board Components ................................................................................. 5
Component List ...................................................................................................................................... 2–5
Stratix II Device (U60) ........................................................................................................................... 2–7
Push-Button Switches (SW0 - SW3) .................................................................................................... 2–9
Individual LEDs (D0 - D7) .................................................................................................................... 2–9
Seven-Segment LEDs (U8 & U9) ....................................................................................................... 2–10
SRAM Memory (U35 & U36) ............................................................................................................. 2–10
Flash Memory (U5) .............................................................................................................................. 2–11
Serial Port Connectors (J19 & J27) ..................................................................................................... 2–14
Expansion Prototype Connectors (PROTO1 & PROTO2) ............................................................. 2–15
CompactFlash Connector (CON3) .................................................................................................... 2–20
Mictor Connector (J25) ........................................................................................................................ 2–22
Configuration Controller Device (U3) .............................................................................................. 2–25
Reset Distribution ........................................................................................................................... 2–25
Starting Configuration ................................................................................................................... 2–25
Stratix II Configuration .................................................................................................................. 2–25
Factory & User Configurations .......................................................................................................... 2–26
The Configuration Process ............................................................................................................ 2–26
Flash Memory Partitions ............................................................................................................... 2–27
User Application Space ............................................................................................................ 2–27
User Configuration ................................................................................................................... 2–28
Factory Configuration .............................................................................................................. 2–28
Persistent Data ........................................................................................................................... 2–28
Configuration-Status LEDs ........................................................................................................... 2–29
Configuration & Reset Buttons .................................................................................................... 2–30
SW8 – CPU Reset ...................................................................................................................... 2–30
SW9 – Factory Config ............................................................................................................... 2–30
SW10 – Reset, Config ................................................................................................................ 2–30
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