Altera Stratix IV E FPGA - Manual (Page 27)

June 2011 Altera Corporation Stratix IV E FPGA Development Kit User Guide
6. Board Test System
The kit includes a design example and application called the Board Test System to test
the functionality of the Stratix IV E FPGA development board. 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 Stratix IV E FPGA Development Kit” on page 3–2 .
The application provides access to the following Stratix IV E FPGA development
board features:
■ General purpose I/O (GPIO)
■ SRAM
■ Flash memory
■ DDR3, RLDRAM II, and QDR II+ memories
■ HSMC connectors
■ Character LCD
■ Graphics LCD
■ Ethernet
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.