Altera Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition - Manual (Page 23)

© November 2009 Altera Corporation Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide
6. Board Test System
Introduction
The kit includes an example design and application called the Board Test System to
test the functionality of the Stratix IV GX FPGA development board and SDI HSMC
daughtercard. The application provides an easy-to-use interface to alter functional
settings and observe the results. You can use the application to test board
components, modify functional parameters, observe performance, and measure
power usage. The application is also useful as a reference for designing systems. To
install the application, follow the steps in
“Installing the Audio Video Development
Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition” on page 3–2 .
The application provides access to the following Stratix IV GX FPGA development
board features:
■ General purpose I/O (GPIO)
■ SRAM
■ Flash memory
■ DDR3 and QDR II+ memories
■ HSMC connectors
■ High-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) and SDI video
The application allows you to exercise most of the board components. While using the
application, you reconfigure the FPGA several times with test designs specific to the
functionality you are testing.
A GUI runs on the PC which communicates over the JTAG bus to a test design
running in the Stratix IV GX device.
Figure 6–1 shows the initial GUI for a board that
is in the factory configuration.