Table Of Contents - Altera Cyclone III FPGA User Manual

Chapter 1. Getting Started
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1-1
Before You Begin ................................................................................................................................... 1-2
Further Information .............................................................................................................................. 1-2
Software Installation ............................................................................................................................. 1-2
Installing the Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit .................................................................................. 1-2
Installing the Quartus II Web Edition Software .......................................................................... 1-4
Chapter 2. Development Board and Control Panel Setup
Development Board Setup ................................................................................................................... 2-1
Requirements .................................................................................................................................... 2-2
Powering Up the Development Board .......................................................................................... 2-2
Installing the USB-Blaster Driver ........................................................................................................ 2-2
Control Panel Setup ............................................................................................................................... 2-3
Configuring the FPGA Using the Quartus II Programmer ............................................................. 2-3
Chapter 3. Using the Control Panel
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 3-1
Control Panel Start ................................................................................................................................ 3-1
LEDs and Buttons .................................................................................................................................. 3-2
Illuminating LEDs ............................................................................................................................ 3-2
Buttons Indicators ............................................................................................................................ 3-3
DDR SDRAM/
SSRAM/On-Chip Controller ............................................................................................................... 3-3
Read/Write Data .............................................................................................................................. 3-4
Read from a File ................................................................................................................................ 3-5
Write to a File ................................................................................................................................... 3-5
Flash Memory Programmer ................................................................................................................. 3-5
Flash Memory Tab ........................................................................................................................... 3-6
CFI Query .......................................................................................................................................... 3-6
Read/Write Data .............................................................................................................................. 3-7
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