Chapter 1. About This Kit; Introduction; Kit Features - Altera Cyclone III Getting Started Manual

Introduction

Welcome to the Altera
a platform for experimenting with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) using Altera's
design environment and intellectual property. Included are a Data Conversion
high-speed mezzanine card (HSMC), a full-featured field-programmable gate array
(FPGA) development board, hardware and software development tools,
documentation, and accessories needed to begin DSP development.

Kit Features

The DSP Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition contains the following:
■ A Data Conversion HSMC—a prototyping platform that allows you to develop
high-performance DSP designs. Key features of the Data Conversion HSMC
include two high-speed analog-to-digital (A/D) converters, a dual
digital-to-analog (D/A) converter and a Stereo Audio coder/decoder (CODEC).
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■ A Cyclone III Development Board—a hardware platform with integrated
USB-Blaster™ and EP3C120 FPGA to support the Data Conversion HSMC. The
board also provides power for the Data Conversion HSMC.
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■ Quartus
DVD) integrates in nearly any design environment, with interfaces to
industry-standard EDA tools. The kit includes:
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© August 2008 Altera Corporation
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DSP Development Kit, Cyclone
For detailed information about the components and interfaces included on
the Data Conversion HSMC, and about their locations on the board, refer
to the Data Conversion HSMC Reference
For information about setting up and powering up the Cyclone III
development board, refer to the
For detailed information about the components and interfaces included on
the Cyclone III development board and about their locations on the board,
refer to the Cyclone III Development Board Reference
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II Web Edition Software—The Quartus II software (available on the
Quartus II Web Edition Software
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MegaCore IP Library
Nios ® II Embedded Design Suite
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ModelSim —Altera Web Edition
DSP Builder
Free Quartus II Web Edition software license, Windows platform only
Preliminary
1. About This Kit
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III Edition. This kit provides
Manual.
Cyclone III Development Kit User
DSP Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition Getting Started User Guide
Guide.
Manual.