General Description ............................................................................................................................... 1-1
Board Component Blocks ................................................................................................................ 1-2
Block Diagram .................................................................................................................................. 1-3
Handling the Board ............................................................................................................................... 1-3
Board Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 2-1
Featured Device ..................................................................................................................................... 2-5
Clocking Circuitry ................................................................................................................................. 2-6
Jumpers ................................................................................................................................................... 2-7
Interfaces ................................................................................................................................................. 2-8
USB Interface ..................................................................................................................................... 2-8
HSMC Expansion Connector .......................................................................................................... 2-9
General User Interfaces ................................................................................................................. 2-10
Push Buttons .............................................................................................................................. 2-13
LEDs ............................................................................................................................................ 2-14
Memory ................................................................................................................................................. 2-16
Parallel Flash ................................................................................................................................... 2-16
DDR SDRAM .................................................................................................................................. 2-18
SSRAM ............................................................................................................................................. 2-19
Power Supply ....................................................................................................................................... 2-22
Revision History ............................................................................................................................... Info-i
How to Contact Altera ..................................................................................................................... Info-i
Typographic Conventions .............................................................................................................. Info-ii
Altera Corporation
October 2007
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