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Altera Cyclone IV GX Transceiver Starter Board User Manual

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Chapter 1: Overview

1–3

Board Component Blocks

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Cyclone IV GX Transceiver Starter Board Reference Manual

General user I/O

LEDs and display

Four FPGA user LEDs

One configuration done LED

One max error LED

Five Ethernet status LEDs

One USB status LED

One power status LED

Two PGM LEDs

A two-line character LCD display

Push-Button switches

One CPU reset push-button switch

One MAX II configuration reset push-button switch

One PGM configure push-button switch (configure the FPGA from flash
memory)

One PGM select push-button switch (select image to load from flash
memory)

Two general user push-button switches

DIP switches

Board setting DIP switch

Configuration setting DIP switch

Power supply

9-V – 16-V DC input

2.5-mm barrel jack for DC power input

On/Off slide power switch

On-Board power measurement circuitry

Mechanical

6.6” x 2.713” board

PCI Express chassis or bench-top operation