Altera PCI Express Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition Getting Started User Manual
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Getting Started User Guide
Altera Corporation
PCI Express Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition
March 2008
Software Installation
The installation program copies the PCI Express Development Kit,
Stratix II GX Edition files to your hard-disk, installs the software drivers
and application, and creates an icon in Programs > Altera > Stratix II GX
PCI Express Kit
(Windows Start menu), which you can use to
launch the development kit GUI.
When the installation is complete, the PCI Express Development Kit,
Stratix II GX Edition installation program creates the directory structure
shown in
, where <path> is the PCI Express Development Kit,
Stratix II GX Edition installation directory for development kits
associated with a specific version of the Quartus II software.
Figure 2–2. PCI Express Development Kit Installed Directory Structure
lists the file directory names and a description of their contents.
Installing the Quartus II Software and MegaCore Functions
Perform this installation on Computer #2.
Refer to Installing the Quartus II Software in the
installing the software, request and install a license to enable it.
<
path>
SIIGX_PCIe
documents
d rivers
examples
board_design_files
The default Windows installation directory is C:\altera\
Table 2–1. Installed File Directory Names and Description of Contents
Directory Name
Description of Contents
board_design_files
Contains the board design and production test files. You can use the board design
files as a starting point for creating your own prototype board.
documents
Contains the documentation related to the development kit.
drivers
Contains the install.bat file, which installs the demo application’s driver files and the
pcie.exe file.
examples
Contains the example design files for the PCI Express Development Kit, Stratix II GX
Edition.