P0305 Terasic Technologies Inc, P0305 Datasheet - Page 15

• Manufacturer Part Number: P0305
• Description: KIT MAX II MICRO
• Manufacturer: Terasic Technologies Inc
• Series: MAX® IIr
• Type: FPGAr

Specifications of P0305

• Contents: Evaluation Board, Cable(s), Software and Documentation
• For Use With/related Products: EPM2210F324
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

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.
3.1
To run the Control Panel application, it is first necessary to configure a corresponding circuit in the
MAX II CPLD. This is done by downloading the configuration file DEN_Control_Panel.pof into
the CPLD. The downloading procedure is described as followed.
In addition to the DEN_Control_Panel.pof file, it is necessary to execute on the host computer the
program DEN_Control_Panel.exe. Both of these files are available under the directory
DEN_control_panel of the MAX II Micro system CD-ROM included..
To activate the Control Panel, perform the following steps:
The Control Panel will occupy the USB port , you cannot use Quartus II to download a
configuration file into the CPLD until you close the Control Panel.
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MAX II Micro Board Control Panel
C ontrol Panel Setup
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Configure the dip switch on the MAX II Micro board as shown in Figure 2.8.
Connect the USB cable to the USB port on your PC and to the USB-Blaster port of MAX
II Micro board.
Start the Quartus II software.
Select Tools > Programmer to reach the window in Figure 3.1. Click on Add File and in
the pop-up window that appears select the DEN_Control_Panel.pof file. Next, click on
the three check boxes in the Program/Configure columns. Now, click Start to download
the configuration file into the CPLD.
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.
Start the executable DEN_Control_Panel.exe on the host computer. The Control Panel
user interface shown in Figure 3.2 will appear.
The Control Panel also can download the configuration file DEN_Control_Panel.pof into
the CPLD by clicking the icon of Download . POF as shown in Figure 3.2.
The Control Panel is now ready for use.
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