About this kit, Introduction, Kit features – Altera Stratix III User Manual

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Altera Corporation

Stratix III Development Kit User Guide

1. About This Kit

Introduction

Welcome to the Altera

Stratix

III Development Kit, which includes a full-featured

field-programmable gate array (FPGA) development board, hardware and software
development tools, documentation, and accessories needed to begin FPGA
development.

The kit provides an integrated control environment that includes a USB command
controller, a multi-port SRAM/DDR SDRAM/flash memory controller, Ethernet, an
on-board meter, and example designs with demonstration circuitry specified in
Verilog HDL code to help you get started quickly with your own designs.

The development board includes an Altera Stratix III FPGA configured with a
hardware reference design stored in flash memory. You can use the development
board, along with example designs included in the kit, as a platform to prototype
complex embedded systems.

The development kit includes these kit features and documentation:

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Stratix III development board

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Altera Complete Design Suite DVD containing:

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Quartus

II Software, Development Kit Edition (DKE)

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MegaCore

IP Library

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Nios

II Embedded Design Suite

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Stratix III Development Kit CD-ROM including design examples

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Accessory daughter cards

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Power supply, cables, and documentation

Kit Features

This section briefly describes the following Stratix III Development Kit features:

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Stratix III Development Board

—a prototyping platform that allows you to

develop and prototype hardware designs running on the Stratix III FPGA.

For specific information about board components and interfaces, refer to
the

Stratix III Development Board Reference Manual

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Quartus II Software, Development Kit Edition (DKE)

—The Quartus II software

(available on the DVD) provides a comprehensive environment for
system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) design. The Quartus II software
integrates into nearly any design environment, with interfaces to
industry-standard EDA tools. The kit includes:

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The SOPC Builder system development tool

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A one-year Quartus II software license (Windows platform only)