Chapter 2 Altera De2 Board; The De2 Board; Examine The Board - Altera DE2 Board Getting Started Manual

Altera DE2 Board
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Chapter 2
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Altera DE2 Board
This chapter will walk you through each part of your DE2 board to illustrate the
features equipped.

The DE2 Board

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The DE2 board is designed using the same strict design and layout practices
used in high-end volume production products such as high-density PC
motherboards and car infotainment systems with the highest QC standard. Major
design and layout considerations are listed below:
Layout traces and components are carefully arranged so that they are properly
aligned. This nice alignment will increase the yield for manufacturing and ease
board debugging procedure.
Jumper-free design for robustness. Jumpers are a great point of failure and might
cause frustration for users who don't keep the manuals with them all the time.
Components' selection was made according to the volume shipped. We selected
the most common component configuration used in PC and DVD players to
ensure the continuous supply of the component resource in the future.
Protection on Power and IOs are considered to cover most of the accidental
cases in the field.

Examine the Board

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Examine your board with the following diagram in Figure 2.1.
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