Altera Arria V GX - Manual (Page 23)

November 2014 Altera Corporation Arria V GX Starter Kit
User Guide
6. Board Test System
The development kit includes an application called the Board Test System (BTS) and
related design examples. The BTS provides an easy-to-use interface to alter functional
settings and observe the results. You can use the BTS to test board components,
modify functional parameters, observe performance, and measure power usage.
(While using the BTS, you reconfigure the FPGA several times with test designs
specific to the functionality you are testing.) To install the BTS, follow the steps in
“Installing the Arria V GX Starter Kit” on page 3–2 .
The Board Test System GUI communicates over the JTAG bus to a test design running
in the Arria V GX device.
Figure 6–1 shows the initial GUI for a board that is in the
factory configuration.
Several designs are provided to test the major board features. Each design provides
data for one or more tabs in the application. The Configure menu identifies the
appropriate design to download to the FPGA for each tab.
Figure 6–1. Board Test System Graphical User Interface