Altera PCI Development Kit, Cyclone II Edition Getting Started - Manual (Page 3)

Altera Corporation i
May 2005 Preliminary
Contents
About This User Guide
Revision History ........................................................................................................................................ v
How to Contact Altera .............................................................................................................................. v
Typographic Conventions ...................................................................................................................... vi
Chapter 1. About This Kit
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1–1
Kit Features ............................................................................................................................................. 1–1
Documentation ....................................................................................................................................... 1–3
Chapter 2. Getting Started
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 2–1
Before You Begin ................................................................................................................................... 2–1
PCI Development Kit, Cyclone II Edition Contents .................................................................... 2–2
Inspect the Board .............................................................................................................................. 2–2
Hardware Requirements ................................................................................................................. 2–2
Software Requirements ................................................................................................................... 2–3
Quartus II System Requirements ................................................................................................... 2–3
Software Installation ............................................................................................................................. 2–4
Installing the PCI Development Kit, Cyclone II Edition CD-ROM Contents .......................... 2–4
Installing the Quartus II Software & MegaCore Functions ........................................................ 2–5
Setting Up Licensing ............................................................................................................................. 2–6
Licensing the PCI Development Kit, Cyclone II Edition ............................................................ 2–6
Licensing MegaCore Functions ...................................................................................................... 2–7
Install the Board in Your PC ................................................................................................................ 2–8
Perform PCI Transactions with the Kit’s Demo Application .......................................................... 2–9
PCI Target Write Transaction (Demo Tab) ................................................................................... 2–9
PCI Master Write Transaction (Demo Tab) ................................................................................ 2–10
Latency Timer Configuration Register (Debug Tab) ................................................................ 2–11
PCI Master Loop (Debug Tab) ...................................................................................................... 2–13
Address Offset & Target Loop (Debug Tab) .............................................................................. 2–14
Configuring the Cyclone II Device .................................................................................................... 2–15
Serial Flash Configuration ............................................................................................................ 2–15
JTAG Configuration ....................................................................................................................... 2–15
Programming the EPCS64 Serial Flash ............................................................................................. 2–16
Active Serial Mode ......................................................................................................................... 2–17
JTAG Programming via Serial Flash Loader .............................................................................. 2–17
Restoring the Factory-Programmed Design .................................................................................... 2–18
Using the Board as a Prototyping Platform ..................................................................................... 2–18
Prototyping Walkthrough Files .................................................................................................... 2–19
Prototyping Walkthrough ............................................................................................................. 2–22