Before You Begin
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Further
Information
Software
Installation
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Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit User Guide
Before proceeding, check the contents of the kit:
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Cyclone III FPGA Starter Development Board
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12-V DC power supply
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USB cable
For the most up-to-date information on this product, visit the Altera
website at
www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-cyc3-
starter.html.
For other related information, refer to the following websites:
For More Information About
Additional daughter cards
available for purchase
Cyclone III handbook
Cyclone III reference designs
eStore if you want to
purchase devices
Cyclone III Orcad symbols
®
Nios
II 32-bit embedded
processor solutions
This section describes the following procedures:
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"Installing the Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit"
■
"Installing the Quartus II Web Edition Software" on page 1–4
Installing the Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit
The license-free Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit installer includes all the
documentation and design examples for the kit.
To install the Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit, follow these steps:
1.
Download the Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit installer from the
Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit
Alternatively, you can request a development kit DVD from the
Development Kits, Daughter Cards & Programming Hardware
of the Altera website.
Refer To
www.altera.com/products/devkits/
kit-daughter_boards.jsp
www.altera.com/literature/lit-cyc3.jsp
http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-
cyc3-starter.html
www.altera.com/buy/devices/buy-devices.html
www.altera.com/support/software/download/pcb/
pcbpcb_index.html
www.altera.com/technology/embedded/
emb-index.html
page of the Altera website.
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Altera Corporation
July 2010