Altera Embedded Systems Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition - Manual (Page 24)

Altera Corporation Development Board Version 1.0. 3–2
July 2010 Altera Embedded Systems Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition
Development Board Setup
3. Slide the POWER switch to ON. The nearby blue POWER light-
emitting diode (LED) lights up. Confirm that the user LEDs 0-7 light
up.
4. A Welcome screen displays as shown in Figure 3–1 .
Figure 3–1. Welcome Screen
Run the
Application
Selector The Application selector is the factory system design which boots up on
power-on and allows users to quickly select, load, and run different
Ready-to-Run
applications stored on an SD Card using the LCD touch
panel.
There are a couple of ways the application selector can update your board
1. In system update via the on board SD Card: This is where
applications are stored in the system, in this case on the SD Card
and updated by updating the Flash and reconfiguring the FPGA
device
2. Remote-System Update via Ethernet: This is where applications are
stored on your local PC or any remote location and downloaded to
the Flash via an Ethernet Link to the board.
In order to run the application selector and load and view demos stored
on the SD Card (in-system update) follow the instructions below: