Power Up Procedure; Pre Loaded Diagnostic Tests - Altera Stratix Memory Board II User Manual

Stratix Memory Board II
ByteBlaster
Ethernet

2.2 Power up procedure

Insert the power connector into the socket on the back side of the board. A bright
blue LED (D19) on the corner of the board should light up. This indicates that power
is available to the board.
Move the power switch (SW1) to the ON position. Several LEDs on the SMB2 come
on.

3 Pre Loaded Diagnostic Tests

The User IO and NIOS stamp functions are exercised using a prototype of the Board
Test System (BTS). This design is the "safe" image that is loaded by pressing the
SAFE button. This loads a NIOS based system design that will communicate with the
host using a RS232 link. The user interface is TCL based. The GUI has several
"pages" for the various features that are tested.
The memory tests are hardware based at this point and are stored as pages in the on-
board flash memory. These are loaded by setting the MPGM DIP switch settings
then pressing pushbutton S2 (SYS_RESET). The memory tests consist of a state
Figure 2 SMB2 with cables
User Guide
Power
(on back)
RS232
Proto1 Test
Card
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