Environmental requirements – Altera Stratix II EP2S180 DSP Development Board User Manual
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Stratix II EP2S180 DSP Development Board Reference Manual
Board Components & Interfaces
Environmental Requirements
The Stratix II EP2S180 DSP development board must be stored between
–40° C and 100° C. The recommended operating temperature is between
0° C and 55° C.
w
The Stratix II EP2S180 DSP development board can be damaged
without proper anti-static handling.
f
The DSP Development Kit, Stratix II Professional Edition includes a heat
sink and fan combination, also known as an active heat sink. Depending
on the specific requirements of your application, this level of cooling
may not be necessary.
VGA D/A Converter
I/O
U45
One 8-bit, 180 megapixels-per-second triple D/A
converter for VGA output
Audio CODEC
I/O
U5
96-KHz stereo audio CODEC
CompactFlash card
connector
I/O
CON1
CompactFlash card connector
Debugging Interfaces
Mictor connectors
I/O
J20
One Mictor header connected to 33 pins on the Stratix II
device (32 data signals, 1 clock signal) for use with an
external logic analyzer.
Expansion Interfaces
Analog Devices
connector
(1)
Expansion
J5, J6
Interface to Analog Device’s A/D converters via two
40-pin connectors.
TI-EVM connectors
Expansion
J31, J33
Interface to the TI-EVM. (The connectors are on the
reverse side of the board.)
Expansion Prototype
Connectors
Expansion
J23 - J25,
J26 - J28
The board provides two custom interfaces to daughter
cards via 74-pin headers. (These pins can also be used
for general I/O.)
These connectors are referred to on the board as
“Santa Cruz Daughter Card 1“ and “Santa Cruz
Daughter Card 2”
Note to
Table 2–1
:
(1)
These headers can be used to interface to Analog Devices A/D converter evaluation boards. They are designated
as J5 and J6, and interface to Analog Devices AD6645/9433/9430 external A/D converters.
Table 2–1. Stratix II EP2S180 DSP Development Board Components & Interfaces (Part 2 of 2)
Component/
Interface
Type
Board
Designation
Description