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Altera Corporation
Development Board Version 1.0.
2–2
July 2010
Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition
Development Board Setup
Requirements
If not already installed, you should:
■
Install the Quartus II Web Edition software on the host computer. For
more information, refer to
“Installing the Quartus II Web Edition
■
Install the Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition. For
more information, refer to
“Installing the Nios II Embedded
Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition” on page 1–7
.
■
Install the USB-Blaster
™
driver software on the host computer. The
Cyclone III FPGA starter development board includes integrated
USB-Blaster circuitry for FPGA programming.
1
The USB Blaster driver software is provided with the Quartus II
software installation
.
Communication between the host
computer and the development board requires that the
USB-Blaster driver software be set up.
Power Up the
Development
Board
To power up the development board, perform the following steps:
1.
Ensure that the red on/off switch (SW1)
-
on the back-side of the
development board is in the OFF
position (up).
2.
Connect the USB-Blaster cable from the host computer to the
USB-Blaster port on the development board.
3.
Connect the 12-V DC adapter to the development board and to a
power source.
c
Only use the supplied 12-V power supply. Power regulation
circuitry on the board could be damaged by supplies greater
than 12 V.
4.
Press the Power Switch (SW1).
5.
A Welcome screen appears as shown in
Figure 2–1
.