Chapter 1
DE1-SoC
Development Kit
The DE1-SoC Development Kit presents a robust hardware design platform built around the Altera
System-on-Chip (SoC) FPGA, which combines the latest dual-core Cortex-A9 embedded cores
with industry-leading programmable logic for ultimate design flexibility. Users can now leverage
the power of tremendous re-configurability paired with a high-performance, low-power processor
system. Altera’s SoC integrates an ARM-based hard processor system (HPS) consisting of processor,
peripherals and memory interfaces tied seamlessly with the FPGA fabric using a high-bandwidth
interconnect backbone. The DE1-SoC development board is equipped with high-speed DDR3
memory, video and audio capabilities, Ethernet networking, and much more that promise many
exciting applications.
The DE1-SoC Development Kit contains all the tools needed to use the board in conjunction with a
computer that runs the Microsoft Windows XP or later.
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Figure 1-1 shows a photograph of the DE1-SoC package.
Figure 1-1 The DE1-SoC package contents
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