Altera Stratix III - Manual (Page 8)

2–2 Chapter 2: Getting Started
Before You Begin
Stratix III Development Kit User Guide © August 2008 Altera Corporation
■ Stratix III Development Kit CD-ROM, which includes:
■ Reference designs and demonstrations
■ Stratix III development kit application and device drivers
■ Design examples and tutorials
■ Stratix III Development Board Reference Manual
■ Stratix III Development Kit User Guide (this document)
■ Schematic and board design files
■ USB cable
■ Accessory daughter cards:
■ Two loopback high-speed mezzanine connector (HSMC) cards
■ Debug HSMC card
■ 16 character × 2 line Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
■ 128 × 64 dot matrix graphics LCD
■ 16-V DC Power supply and adapters for North America, Europe, the United
Kingdom, and Japan.
f To ensure that you have the most up-to-date information about this product, go to the
Altera website at
www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-siii-host.html .
Inspect the Board
Place the board on an anti-static surface and inspect it to ensure that it has not been
damaged during shipment.
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Without proper anti-static handling, the Stratix III development board can be
damaged.
Verify that all components are on the board and appear intact.
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In typical applications with the Stratix III development board, a heatsink is not
necessary. However, under extreme conditions the board may require additional
cooling to stay within operating temperature guidelines. You may wish to perform
power consumption and thermal modeling to determine whether your application
requires additional cooling.
f For more information about power consumption and thermal modeling, refer to
AN 358: Thermal Management for FPGAs .