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Hardware requirements – Altera Arria GX User Manual

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Altera Corporation

Getting Started User Guide

2–3

October 2007

Arria GX Development Kit

Getting Started

Figure 2–1

shows the Arria GX development board.

Figure 2–1. Arria GX Development Board

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Refer to the Arria GX Development Board Reference Manual (available on
the Arria GX Development Kit CD-ROM) for information on the board
components.

Hardware Requirements

To run the pre-installed demo application design requires only a single
computer, Computer #1, with a x4 PCI Express slot to hold the Arria GX
development board.

For application development, however, it is best to also use a second
computer, Computer #2, that is loaded with the Quartus II software as a
programming host. This setup provides the flexibility needed for
downloading different device programming files to the development
board.

HSMC Connector (J2)

DC Power
Jack (J1)

Power

Switch (SW1)

User DIP

Switch (S3)

Switches (S1, S2, S4)

Configuration

Done LED

(D2)

Configuration
Push Button (S5)

Configuration

DIP Switch (S6)

PCIe Edge

Connector (J14)

PCIe Mode
Select Jumper (J13)

PCIe Power

Mode LEDs

(D19 and D20)

Channel Activity

LEDs (D12 and D13)

User LEDs

(D3 through D10)

MAX II CPLD (U5)

JTAG Chain Bypass

Switches for the

MAX II Device and

the HSMC (SW2, SW3)

Power

LED (D11)

Flash Device (U6)

62.5 MHz

Oscillator (X3)

DDR2 SDRAM (U8)

100 MHz

Oscillator (X1)

SMA Clock

Input (J4)

JTAG Header (J6)

HSMC Present LED (D1)

125 MHz

Oscillator (X2)

Voltage Present LEDs

(D21, D22, D23)