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Max II Micro Kit
MAX® II Micro Kit
User Manual
Version 1.32
Copyright © 2009 Terasic Technologies

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  • Page 1 Max II Micro Kit MAX® II Micro Kit User Manual Version 1.32 Copyright © 2009 Terasic Technologies...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1 .2 A ssemble the MAX II Micro ....................2 1 .3 G etting Help .........................3 C hapter 2 Altera MAX II Micro Board ...................4 2 .1 Layout and Components ......................4 2 .2 B lock Diagram of the MAX II Micro Board ...............5...

  • Page 3: C Hapter 1 Max Ii Micro Package

    Figure 1.1 MAX II Micro package contents. The MAX II Micro package includes: • MAX II Micro board • USB Cable (Type-A-Male to Type-A-Female) for FPGA programming, control, and power source • CD-ROM containing Altera’s Quartus ® II 7.0 Web Edition software.

  • Page 4: A Ssemble The Max Ii Micro

    MMK User Manual A ssemble the MAX II Micro Connect the MAX II Micro to PC either: • Plug-in directly, as shown in Figure 1.2 • Via the USB cable provided in the package, as shown in Figure 1.3 Figure 1.2. Connect to PC directly. Figure 1.3.

  • Page 5: G Etting Help

    MMK User Manual G etting Help Here are the addresses where you can get help if you encounter problems: • Altera Corporation 101 Innovation Drive San Jose, California, 95134 USA Email: u niversity@altera.com • Terasic Technologies No. 356, Sec. 1, Fusing E. Rd.

  • Page 6: C Hapter 2 Altera Max Ii Micro Board

    • USB Blaster (on board) for programming; MAX II Micro can be used as a USB Blaster, and programming mode supported depends on the configuration device of Altera board connected to MAX II Micro. Only JTAG programming mode is supported to configure MAX II Micro.

  • Page 7: B Lock Diagram Of The Max Ii Micro Board

    MMK User Manual • 2 blue user LEDs • 50-MHz oscillator for clock sources • Powered by a USB cable (Type-A-Male to Type-A-Female) B lock Diagram of the MAX II Micro Board Figure 2.2 gives the block diagram of the MAX II Micro board. USB-Blaster JTAG FT245...

  • Page 8: S Chematic Of The Max Ii Micro Board

    • 50-MHz oscillator Prototyping Areas • A 40-pin expansion port area compatible with Altera DE2/DE1 expansion ports. • Prototyping Area A with 68 GPIO, 6 3.3V, 2 5V and 8 GND pins • Prototyping Area B with 20 GPIO, 2 3.3V, and 2 GND pins S chematic of the MAX II Micro Board The complete schematic can be found in the Schematic folder of MAX II Micro System CD-ROM.
  • Page 9 MMK User Manual A list of the pin names on the MAX II CPLD that are connected to the LEDs, pushbuttons, and clock inputs is given in Table 2.1. Signal Name FPGA Pin No. Description LED[0] PIN_U13 Blue LED LED[1] PIN_V13 Green LED LED[2]...

  • Page 10: E Xpansion Port And Prototyping Area

    MMK User Manual Figure 2.4. Schematic diagram of the LEDs, pushbuttons, and clock circuit. 2.3.2 E xpansion Port and Prototyping Area The MAX II Micro board provides users two prototyping area: PROTO_A and PROTO_B, as shown in Figure 2.1. The schematics are shown in Figure 2.5 and Figure 2.6.To help users locate the corresponding GPIOs, we provide a detailed I/O map shown in Figure 2.7.
  • Page 11 MMK User Manual Figure 2.5. Schematic of the prototyping area. Figure 2.6. Schematic of the prototyping area.

  • Page 12: P Ower-Up The Max Ii Micro Board

    LED modes. This bit stream also allows users to see quickly if the board is working properly. For communication between the host and the MAX II Micro board, it is necessary to install the Altera USB Blaster driver software. The driver only supports Windows OS, and if it is not already installed...

  • Page 13: M Ethods To Configure The Max Ii Micro Board

    MMK User Manual M ethods to Configure the MAX II Micro Board The MAX II Micro board provides two modes, JTAG Mode and USB Blaster Mode, which allows users to use the MAX II Micro board as a CPLD development board or as a USB Blaster cable, respectively.

  • Page 14: M Ax Ii Cpld Power Off Mode

    Figure 2.10. Set both switches to UP position to set up the MAX II Micro board as a USB Blaster. Figure 2.11. Use MAX II Micro as a USB Blaster cable and connect to another Altera board (NIOS II Kit in this case).

  • Page 15: C Hapter 3 Max Ii Micro Board Control Panel

    MMK User Manual Chapter 3 MAX II Micro Board Control Panel The MAX II Micro board comes with a Control Panel facility that allows users to access various components on the board through a USB connection from a host computer. This chapter first presents how to setting up the Control Panel, then describes its structure in block diagram form, and finally describes its capabilities.
  • Page 16 MMK User Manual Figure 3.1. Quartus II Programmer window Figure 3.2. The MAX II Micro Board Control Panel window. The concept of the MAX II Micro Control Panel is illustrated in Figure 3.3. The IP that performs the control functions is implemented in the CPLD device. It communicates with the Control Panel window, which is active on the host computer, via the USB Blaster link.

  • Page 17: U Sing The Control Panel

    MMK User Manual Prototyping Area Blaster Pushbutton USER Switches LEDs Figure 3.3. The MAX II Micro Control Panel concept. U sing the Control Panel 1 4 B The interface of the MAX II Micro control panel window matches the real MAX II Micro board. Users can select the components they want to control directly.
  • Page 18 MMK User Manual Figure 3.4 Control panel window for LED controlling. • Detection of the action of the pushbuttons When users press the pushbutton switches on the MAX II Micro board, the MAX II Micro control panel window will indicate which pushbutton switches are pressed with an arrow icon as show in Figure 3.5.
  • Page 19 MMK User Manual panel and prototyping area I/Os. Figure 3.6 Users can configure the GPIOs in the prototyping areas by clicking on the corresponding holes shown in the Control Panel window section. The GPIOs’ color will be marked by yellow to indicate their voltage level is HIGH (3.3V).

  • Page 20: C Hapter 4 Max Ii Micro Board Design Demonstrations

    MMK User Manual Chapter 4 MAX II Micro Board Design Demonstrations This chapter demonstrates several reference designs to help users to understand how to implement their own designs using the MAX II Micro board. D emonstration Setup 1 5 B As mentioned in section 1.2, the MAX II Micro board can be connected to the PC either through the USB cable provided in the package or through the USB slots directly.

  • Page 21: E Xercise 1: Traffic Light Experiment

    MMK User Manual Figure 4.1. Set Switch1 to UP position and Switch2 to DOWN position in normal operation (JTAG mode) E xercise 1: Traffic Light Experiment. 1 7 B The purpose of the exercise is to let users get familiar with logic design, starting from the basics. The experiment simulates the behavior of two traffic lights at the intersection.
  • Page 22 MMK User Manual Traffic Light 1 Traffic Light 2 State Figure 4.3 Behavior of two traffic lights at each state. Simply follow the instructions below to repeat the exercise. Ensure LEDs are flashing after demonstration setup is completed. Please check connection to PC and/or the configuration of the switch if nothing happened.

  • Page 23: E Xercise 2: A Color Pattern Generator Using Lcd Panel

    MMK User Manual E xercise 2: A Color Pattern Generator Using 4.3’’ LCD Panel 1 8 B Users can follow the instructions below to implement a color pattern generator using a 4.3’’ touch panel with the MAX II Micro board. We are using a Terasic 4.3” Ultra-high resolution LCD Touch Panel module for this demonstration.
  • Page 24 MMK User Manual Figure 4.6. The connection setup for the 40-pin cable with MAX II Micro board. Open Quartus II and locate DEN_LTM_TEST.pof under the directory \ DEN_demonstrations \ DEN_LTM_TEST \ of the CD-ROM included. Download the bitstream (DEN_LTM_TEST.pof) to the MAX II Micro board. Once the download is finished, Plug out the USB cable from the MAX II Micro board and re-plug it in to power up and reset the MAX II CPLD device.
  • Page 25 MMK User Manual Please NOTE the orientation of the 40-pin cable when connecting the DIP 40-pin male connector on the PROT_A, as shown in Figure 4.6. Figure 4.7. The connection setup for the pattern generator demo with MAX II Micro board. Open Quartus II and locate DEN_LCM_TEST.pof under the directory \ DEN_demonstrations \ DEN_LCM_TEST \ of the CD-ROM included.

  • Page 26: C Hapter 5 Appendix

    MMK User Manual Chapter 5 Appendix The MAX II Micro System CD ROM contain the following directory and files: Directory name Description of contents Contains the schematic of MAX II DEN_schematics Micro board. Contains the demonstration files of MAX II Micro board such as Traffic DEN_demonstrations Light Experiment, 4.3"...
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