Chapter 2 Altera De2-70 Board; Layout And Components - Altera DE2-70 User Manual

This chapter presents the features and design characteristics of the DE2-70 board.

2.1 Layout and Components

A photograph of the DE2-70 board is shown in Figure 2.1. It depicts the layout of the board and
indicates the location of the connectors and key components.
USB Device Port
USB Blaster Port
12V DC Power Supply
Connector
Power ON/OFF Switch
USB Host/Slave
Controller
Audio CODEC
Altera USB Blaster
Controller chipset
Altera EPCS16
Configuration Device
RUN/PROG Switch for
JTAG/AS Modes
16x2 LCD Module
7-Segment Displays
18 Red LEDs
18 Toggle Switches
The DE2-70 board has many features that allow the user to implement a wide range of designed
circuits, from simple circuits to various multimedia projects.
The following hardware is provided on the DE2-70 board:
• Altera Cyclone
• Altera Serial Configuration device - EPCS16
• USB Blaster (on board) for programming and user API control; both JTAG and Active Serial
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Mic in Line In Line Out
Video In 1
USB Host Port
32Mbyte SDRAMx2
Figure 2.1. The DE2-70 board.
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II 2C70 FPGA device
Ethernet 10/100M Port
VGA Out
Video In 2
28Mhz Oscillator 2Mbyte SSRAM
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RS-232 Port
TV Decoder (NTSC/PAL) X2 TV Decoder (NTSC/PAL)
PS2 Port
VGA 10-bit DAC
Ethernet 10/100M Controller
50Mhz Oscillator
Expansion Header 2
Expansion Header 1
SD Card Slot
(SD Card Not Included)
Altera Cyclone II
FPGA with 70K LEs
IrDA Transceiver
8Mbyte Flash Memory
8 Green LEDs
SMA Extemal Clock
4 Push-button Switches
Lock