Altera Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit - Manual (Page 3)

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Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit User Guide
Contents
Chapter 1. Getting Started
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1–1
Before You Begin ................................................................................................................................... 1–2
Further Information .............................................................................................................................. 1–2
Software Installation ............................................................................................................................. 1–2
Installing the Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit .................................................................................. 1–2
Installing the Quartus II Web Edition Software .......................................................................... 1–4
Chapter 2. Development Board and Control Panel Setup
Development Board Setup ................................................................................................................... 2–1
Requirements .................................................................................................................................... 2–2
Powering Up the Development Board .......................................................................................... 2–2
Installing the USB-Blaster Driver ........................................................................................................ 2–2
Control Panel Setup ............................................................................................................................... 2–3
Configuring the FPGA Using the Quartus II Programmer ............................................................. 2–3
Chapter 3. Using the Control Panel
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 3–1
Control Panel Start ................................................................................................................................ 3–1
LEDs and Buttons .................................................................................................................................. 3–2
Illuminating LEDs ............................................................................................................................ 3–2
Buttons Indicators ............................................................................................................................ 3–3
DDR SDRAM/
SSRAM/On-Chip Controller ............................................................................................................... 3–3
Read/Write Data .............................................................................................................................. 3–4
Read from a File ................................................................................................................................ 3–5
Write to a File ................................................................................................................................... 3–5
Flash Memory Programmer ................................................................................................................. 3–5
Flash Memory Tab ........................................................................................................................... 3–6
CFI Query .......................................................................................................................................... 3–6
Read/Write Data .............................................................................................................................. 3–7