Altera DE2 Board - Assemble the Rubber Feet

Altera DE2 Board
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CHAPTER 1 ABOUT THE KIT......................................................................................................................................1
1-1 K IT C ONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 1
1-2 A SSEMBLE THE R UBBER F EET ................................................................................................................................2
1-3 G ETTING H ELP ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
CHAPTER 2 ALTERA DE2 BOARD ............................................................................................................................4
2-1 T HE DE2 B OARD .....................................................................................................................................................4
2-2 E XAMINE THE B OARD ..............................................................................................................................................4
2-3 F EATURES ...............................................................................................................................................................5
2-4 DE2 B LOCK D IAGRAM ............................................................................................................................................ 6
2-5 DE2 B LOCK D ESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................................................7
2-6 P OWER U P THE B OARD TO S EE THE D EMO .........................................................................................................10
CHAPTER 3 USING THE SYSTEM ...........................................................................................................................12
3-1 C ONFIGURING THE FPGA IN JTGA M ODE ...........................................................................................................12
3-2 C ONFIGURING THE FPGA IN AS M ODE ................................................................................................................13
3-3 C ONTROLLING THE DE2 USING T ERASIC L INK ..................................................................................................... 14
3-4 XSGA O UTPUT .....................................................................................................................................................14
3-5 24- BIT A UDIO CODEC ......................................................................................................................................... 17
3-6 U SING THE LED S AND S WITCHES .........................................................................................................................18
3-7 U SING THE 7-SEG D ISPLAYS AND LCD M ODULE ................................................................................................21
3-8 U SING THE E XPANSION H EADERS ........................................................................................................................24
3-9 U SING THE S ERIAL P ORTS (RS232).....................................................................................................................26
3-10 U SING THE S ERIAL P ORTS (PS/2).......................................................................................................................27
3-11 U SING THE F AST E THERNET N ETWORK C ONTROLLER ......................................................................................28
3-12 U SING TV D ECODER ........................................................................................................................................... 29
3-13 I MPLEMENTING A TV E NCODER ..........................................................................................................................31
3-14 U SING USB H OST /D EVICE .................................................................................................................................31
3-15 U SING I R DA........................................................................................................................................................ 33
3-16 U SING SDRAM/SRAM/F LASH ..........................................................................................................................33
CHAPTER 4 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ..............................................................................................................33
4-1 I NSTALL Q UARTUS II..............................................................................................................................................33
4-2 C ONNECTING THE USB C ABLE TO THE B OARD - USB B LASTER I NSTALLATION ................................................. 33
4-3 P OTENTIAL P ROBLEMS AND W ORKAROUND FOR U SING USB B LASTER ............................................................. 33
4-4 I NSTALL DE2 L AB CD-ROM.................................................................................................................................33
4-5 T HE T OP - LEVEL V ERILOG M ODULE AND P IN A SSIGNMENT ..................................................................................33
CHAPTER 5 FIRST LAB: DE2 TOP-LEVEL AND DEFAULT BITSTREAM .......................................................33