Altera Cyclone II FPGA Starter User Manual

Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit

User Guide

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Contents

.............................................................................About This User Guide	v
Chapter 1. Getting Started
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................	1–1
Before You Begin ...................................................................................................................................	1–1
Further Information ..............................................................................................................................	1–2
Hardware Installation ...........................................................................................................................	1–3
Software Installation .............................................................................................................................	1–3
Installing the Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit CD-ROM .........................................	1–4
Installing the Quartus II Software ..................................................................................................	1–5
Chapter 2. Development Board Setup
Development Board Overview ............................................................................................................	2–1
Requirements .........................................................................................................................................	2–1
Powering Up the Development Board ...............................................................................................	2–2
Confirming Board Operation ...............................................................................................................	2–2
Chapter 3. Control Panel Setup
Requirements .........................................................................................................................................	3–1
Hardware Setup .....................................................................................................................................	3–1
FPGA Configuration .............................................................................................................................	3–1
Control Panel Start ................................................................................................................................	3–2
Chapter 4. Using the Control Panel
Control Panel Overview .......................................................................................................................	4–1
Controlling the 7-Segment Displays ...................................................................................................	4–2
Lighting the LEDs ..................................................................................................................................	4–3
PS/2 Keyboard .......................................................................................................................................	4–3
SDRAM/SRAM Controller and Programmer ...................................................................................	4–4
Read/Write Data ..............................................................................................................................	4–4
Sequential Write ...............................................................................................................................	4–5
Sequential Read ................................................................................................................................	4–6
Flash Memory Programmer .................................................................................................................	4–6
Read/Write Data ..............................................................................................................................	4–7
Sequential Write ...............................................................................................................................	4–8
Sequential Read ................................................................................................................................	4–8
Configuring User Ports .........................................................................................................................	4–9
Flash Music Player .................................................................................................................................	4–9
VGA Display ........................................................................................................................................	4–11
Displaying the Default Image .......................................................................................................	4–11

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Displaying Another Image from a Downloaded Bitmap File ..................................................	4–12
Displaying Any Image Files .........................................................................................................	4–15

Chapter 5. Using the Development Board

Configuring the Cyclone II FPGA .......................................................................................................	5–1
JTAG Programming .........................................................................................................................	5–1
AS Programming ..............................................................................................................................	5–1
Configuration Procedure .................................................................................................................	5–2
Configuring the FPGA in JTAG Mode .....................................................................................	5–2
Configuring the EPCS4 Device in AS Mode ...........................................................................	5–3

Chapter 6. Advanced Examples

Factory Configuration ...........................................................................................................................	6–1
File Locations ....................................................................................................................................	6–1
Demonstration Setup .......................................................................................................................	6–1
Music Synthesizer Demonstration ......................................................................................................	6–2
File Locations ....................................................................................................................................	6–4
Demonstration Setup .......................................................................................................................	6–4
SD Card Music Player ...........................................................................................................................	6–5
File Locations ....................................................................................................................................	6–6
Demonstration Setup .......................................................................................................................	6–6

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About This User Guide

This user guide describes how to start using the Altera® Cyclone® II FPGA Starter Development Kit, including unpacking the kit, installing required software, connecting the development board to a PC, and running sample software.

For a full description of the development board and its use, refer to the

Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit Reference Manual.

fThe document revision history in Table 1–1 shows this document’s current version. To ensure that you have the most up-to-date information on this product, refer to the readme file on the provided CD_ROM for late-breaking information that is not available in this document.

Table 1–1. Document Revision History

Date	Description

October 2006 Initial publication of the Cyclone II FPGA Starter

Development Kit, version 1.0.0

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How to Contact Altera

To get help regarding this product, use the following contact information:

■Altera Corporation 101 Innovation Drive

San Jose, California, 95134 USA www.altera.com

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1. Getting Started

Introduction

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Before You

Begin

Welcome to the Altera Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit, which includes a full-featured field-programmable gate array (FPGA) development board, hardware and software development tools, documentation, and accessories needed to begin FPGA development.

The development board includes an Altera Cyclone II 2C20 FPGA and comes preconfigured with a hardware reference design stored in flash memory. Hardware designers can use the development board as a platform to prototype complex embedded systems.

The Development Kit provides the user with an integrated control environment that includes a software controller in C++, a USB command controller, a multi-port SRAM/SDRAM/flash memory controller, and demonstration circuitry specified in Verilog code. These features enable users to implement and test designs without the need to implement complex application programming interfaces (APIs), host control software, or SRAM/SDRAM/flash memory controllers.

This user guide addresses the following topics:

■How to set up, power up, and verify correct operation of the development board

■How to install the Altera Development Suite Tools and the Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit CD-ROMs

■How to set up, and use the Control Panel, a graphical user interface (GUI), to manipulate components on the board, implement applications, and display images on a VGA monitor

■How to configure the Cyclone II FPGA

■How to set up and run application examples

For complete details on the development board, refer to the

Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit Reference Manual.

Before proceeding, check the contents of the Development Kit:

■Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development board

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Further

Information

■Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit CD-ROM containing the development board documentation and supporting materials, including the User Guide and Reference Manual, Control Panel utility, reference designs and demonstrations, device datasheets, tutorials, and a set of laboratory exercises

■The Altera Development Suite Tools CD-ROMs containing Altera Quartus® II 6.0 Web Edition design software and the Nios® II 6.0 embedded processor

■Bag of six rubber (silicon) covers for the development board stands and extender pins that facilitate easier probing of the board I/O expansion headers with testing equipment

■7.5 V DC wall-mount power supply

■Clear plastic cover for the board

Other items you will want to have available to work through this user guide are:

■VGA monitor

■Audio source such as a CD player or MP3 player

■Headphones

■PS/2 keyboard

For other related information, refer to the following websites:

■For additional daughter cards available for purchase:

http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/kitdaughter_boards.jsp

■For on-line demonstrations & training:

http://www.altera.com/education/demonstrations/demindex.html and https://mysupport.altera.com/etraining/

■For Cyclone II handbook: http://www.altera.com/literature/lit-cyc2.jsp

■For Cyclone II reference designs:

http://www.altera.com/end- markets/refdesigns/device/cyclone2/cyclone2-index.jsp

■For eStore if wish to purchase devices: http://www.altera.com/buy/devices/buy-devices.html

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Installation

Software

Installation

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■For Cyclone II Orcad symbols:

http://www.altera.com/support/software/download/pcb/pcbpcb_index.html

■For Nios II 32-bit embedded processor solutions: http://www.altera.com/technology/embedded/emb-index.html

w Before beginning any work, prepare the board as follows:

■Assemble a rubber (silicon) cover (Figure 1–1) for each of the six copper stands on the board

■Mount the clear plastic cover over the top of the board for extra protection by using additional stands and screws

Figure 1–1. Board Stand Covers

The instructions in this section describe how to install the following:

■Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development CD-ROM

■The Quartus II Software, Development Kit Edition

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Installing the Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit CD-ROM

The Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit CD-ROM contains the following items:

■Sample design files and board design files for the kit

■Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit User Guide (this document)

■Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Board Reference Manual

To install the Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit CD-ROM, perform the following steps:

1.Insert the Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

1The CD-ROM should start an auto-install process. If it does not, browse to the CD-ROM drive and double-click on the setup.exe file.

2.Follow the online instructions to complete the installation process. The installation program copies the Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit files to the hard-disk and creates a

Programs > Altera > Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit v1.0.0

icon, accessible from the Windows Start menu. Use this icon to launch the Windows-style development kit GUI.

The Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit installation program creates a directory structure for the installed files (Figure 1–2), where <path> is the selected Cyclone II Starter Development Kit installation directory.

Figure 1–2. Cyclone II Starter Kit Installed Directory Structure

CII_Starter_Kit-v1.0.0

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Table 1–1 lists the file directory names and a description of their contents.

Table 1–1. Installed Directory Contents

Directory Name	Description of Contents
BoardDesignFiles	Contains the board design files. Use these files
	as a starting point for a new prototype board
	design.
Docs	Contains the development kit documentation
Examples	Contains the sample design files for the Cyclone
	II FPGA Starter Development Kit

Installing the Quartus II Software

Install the Quartus II Web Edition Software Suite found in the Altera Design

Software Suite by performing the following steps:

1.Insert the Quartus II Web Edition Software Suite CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

1The CD-ROM should start an auto-install process. If it does not, browse to the CD-ROM drive and double-click on the setup.exe file.

2.Follow the online instructions to complete the installation process.

1If you have difficulty installing the Quartus II software, refer to

Installing the Quartus II Software in the Quartus II Installation & Licensing Manual for PCs found at www.altera.com.

The Quartus II software is the primary FPGA development tool used to create the reference designs used in this development kit.

Additionally, you may want to install the Nios II Embedded Design Suite package also found in the Altera Design Software Suite. The Nios II soft-core embedded processor runs on Altera FPGAs. Many of the reference designs included in this development kit use the Nios processor.

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2. Development Board Setup

Development

Board Overview

Altera delivers the development board (Figure 2–1) with a preloaded configuration to demonstrate features of the board. At power up, the preloaded configuration also enables users to confirm quickly that the board is operating correctly.

Figure 2–1. Cyclone II Development Board Layout and Components

Requirements	Preparation for using the development board requires the following
	prerequisite actions:
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