Altera Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit - Manual (Page 13)

Altera Corporation 2–3
July 2010 Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit User Guide
Development Board and Control Panel Setup
Control Panel
Setup Setting up the control panel involves the following:
■ Configuring the FPGA
■ Starting the control panel
1 Power up the board and ensure that is is operational.
For more information about using the control panel, refer to the “Using
the Control Panel” chapter.
Configuring the
FPGA Using the
Quartus II
Programmer You can use the Quartus II Programmer to configure the FPGA with a
specific .sof. Before configuring the FPGA, ensure that the Quartus II
Programmer and the USB-Blaster driver are installed on the host
computer, the USB cable is connected to the development board, power
to the board is on, and no other applications that use the JTAG chain are
running.
To configure the Cyclone III FPGA, follow these steps:
1. Start the Quartus II Programmer.
2. Click Add File and select the path to the desired .sof.
3. Turn on the Program/Configure option for the added file.
4. Click Start to configure the selected file to the FPGA. Configuration
is complete when the progress bar reaches 100%.