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... Innovation Drive San Jose, CA 95134 www.altera.com P25-36210-01 Stratix III Development Kit User Guide Document Version: Document Date: 1.1 August 2008 ...
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... Altera warrants performance of its semiconductor products to current specifications in accordance with Altera's standard warranty, but reserves the right to make changes to any products and services at any time without notice. Altera assumes no responsibility or liability arising out of the application or use of any information, product, or service described herein except as expressly agreed to in writing by Altera Corporation ...
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... My First FPGA Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1 My First Nios II Software Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1 Appendix A. Programming the Flash Device Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–1 Creating a Flash File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–1 Parallel Flash Loader Instantiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–3 Programming the Flash Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–3 © August 2008 Altera Corporation Stratix III Development Kit User Guide Preliminary Contents ...
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... Restoring the Factory Design to the Flash Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–5 Additional Information Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Info–1 How to Contact Altera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Info–1 Typographic Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Info–2 Stratix III Development Kit User Guide © August 2008 Altera Corporation Preliminary Contents ...
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... For specific information about board components and interfaces, refer to the ■ Quartus II Software, Development Kit Edition (DKE)—The Quartus II software (available on the DVD) provides a comprehensive environment for system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) design. The Quartus II software integrates into nearly any design environment, with interfaces to industry-standard EDA tools ...
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... The Quartus II DKE software license allows you to use the product for 12 months. After 12 months, you must purchase a renewal subscription to continue using the software. For more information, refer to the Altera website at www.altera.com. ■ MegaCore IP Library—This library (available on the DVD) contains Altera IP MegaCore functions ...
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... If any of the items are missing, contact Altera before you proceed. Check the Kit Contents The Stratix III Development Kit (ordering code: DK-DEV-3SL150N) contains the following items: ■ Stratix III development board with an EP3SL150C3N Stratix III device Altera Complete Design Suite DVD containing: ■ ...
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... For more information about power consumption and thermal modeling, refer to AN 358: Thermal Management for Stratix III Development Kit User Guide Chapter 2: Getting Started FPGAs. © August 2008 Altera Corporation Before You Begin ...
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... Hardware Requirements The Quartus II software has some minimum system requirements. Otherwise, the Stratix III development kit provides all of the hardware needed to use the board. f For Quartus II software requirements, refer to the Altera website at: www.altera.com/products/software/products/quartus2web/sof- quarwebmain.html. Software Requirements This kit requires the following software: ■ ...
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... Stratix III Development Kit User Guide Chapter 2: Getting Started References © August 2008 Altera Corporation ...
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... Stratix III Development Kit CD-ROM Stratix III Development Kit demo application and drivers ■ ■ The Quartus II Software (DKE) on the DVD, including MegaCore functions from the MegaCore IP Library 1 Before starting the installation, verify that you have complied with the conditions described in “ ...
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... Altera FPGAs. Some of the reference designs included in this development kit use the Nios II processor. Insert the Altera Complete Design Suite DVD into the DVD drive, and click Install subscription package on the startup window. Follow the on-screen instructions and accept all default settings ...
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... To install it blaster-xp.html. Licensing Considerations Before using the Quartus II software, you must request a license file from the Altera website at www.altera.com/licensing request a license file, Altera emails you a license.dat file that enables the software. To license the Quartus II software, you need your network interface card (NIC) ID, which is a 12-digit hexadecimal number that identifies your computer ...
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... Stratix III Development Kit User Guide Chapter 3: Software Installation Licensing Considerations © August 2008 Altera Corporation ...
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... USB-Blaster driver software installed. For installation information, refer to “Installing the USB-Blaster Driver” on page Powering Up the Board Figure 4–1 shows the Stratix III development board and its components. © August 2008 Altera Corporation 4. Development Board Setup and have completed the 3–3. Stratix III Development Kit User Guide ...
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... Clock In/Out SMAs (J16, J17) Factory Configuration Push Button (S1) Power Switch (SW4) Power LED (D16) DC Power Jack (J21) User Display (U28) Reset Configuration Push Button (S7) Board-Specific User LEDs (D20 through D27) Table 4–1. Default Position 1 Position © August 2008 Altera Corporation ...
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... Before configuring the FPGA, ensure that the Quartus II software and the USB-Blaster driver software are installed on the host computer and the development board is powered on. f For USB-Blaster driver installation information, refer to Driver” on page © August 2008 Altera Corporation Function Name Position 0 MAX0 PFL Disable ...
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... Click Start to download the selected file to the FPGA. The FPGA is configured when the progress bar reaches 100%. 9. Confirm that user LEDs 0-3 flash in a slow binary counting pattern. Stratix III Development Kit User Guide Chapter 4: Development Board Setup Table 4–2. © August 2008 Altera Corporation Configuring the FPGA ...
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... User_PB2 A16 Toggle User_PB3 K17 Toggle © August 2008 Altera Corporation Table 5–3 on page 5–2, respectively, represent the percent of full design Description Resets the demo to the beginning, i_nrst Advances the design example to the next higher frequency, i_nfreq_next Advances the design example to the next higher resource utilization, ...
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... Similarly, the overall design 5–2) sets the toggle frequency of these I/O pins. Chapter 5: Power Measurement Power Design Example LED2 Resources Number of (B23) (%) Outputs 104 1 70 112 0 75 120 1 80 128 0 85 136 1 90 144 0 95 152 1 100 160 © August 2008 Altera Corporation ...
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... FPGA” on page <path>\demos\stratixIII_3sl150_dev_power. 3. Set the POWER SELECT rotary switch SW6 Observe the 4-digit hexadecimal POWER DISPLAY for the I/O output power in watts on banks 4, 5, and 6. © August 2008 Altera Corporation FPGA Power Core: VCCL, TBD V I/O: 2.5 V I/O: 2.5 V Table 4– ...
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... Banks 4, 5 and 6 2.5 V Core: VCCL 1.1 V Table 5–5. Chapter 5: Power Measurement Measuring Power 5–1), advance through the 5–2. Notice how power increases Manual. Sense Resistor Resistor Value 0.009 Ω R214 0.009 Ω R218 0.009 Ω R215 , SENSE © August 2008 Altera Corporation ...
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... J18. To change the number of outputs, modify the design example and assign the pins appropriately. 1 Power should track linearly with frequency and percentage resources. If you observe superlinear power measurements, some temperature issue may be the cause. © August 2008 Altera Corporation V SUPPLY × ...
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... Stratix III Development Kit User Guide Chapter 5: Power Measurement Changing the Design Example © August 2008 Altera Corporation ...
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... My First Nios II Software Tutorial provide step-by-step guidance for the first-time user. My First FPGA Tutorial My First FPGA Tutorial describes how to create a simple Altera FPGA design. The tutorial takes less than an hour to complete and provides an overview of the design flow using Quartus II software to build a simple logic counter which drives LEDs to flash on the development board ...
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... Stratix III Development Kit User Guide Chapter 6: Design Tutorials My First Nios II Software Tutorial © August 2008 Altera Corporation ...
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... SRAM Object File (.sof), then first you must convert the .sof to a .pof. Programming the flash device also requires the use of the Altera parallel flash loader (PFL). Using this appendix, you can do the following: ■ ...
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... Figure A–1. Convert Programming Files Settings Stratix III Development Kit User Guide AN 386: Using the Parallel Flash Loader with the Software. shows the Convert Programming Files dialog box updated with the Appendix A: Programming the Flash Device Creating a Flash File © August 2008 Altera Corporation ...
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... Click Start to download the selected configuration file to FPGA FPGA is configured when the progress bar reaches 100%, after which it is ready to access and program the flash device. © August 2008 Altera Corporation “Programming the Flash Device” on page Software. “Creating a Flash File” on page A– ...
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... Turn on Page_0 and OPTION_BITS options in the Program/Configure column that correspond to the CFI_512MB device to the flash page zero and the option bit register. Stratix III Development Kit User Guide Appendix A: Programming the Flash Device Programming the Flash Device (Figure A–3). This results in writes only © August 2008 Altera Corporation ...
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... To restore the development board to factory conditions, repeat the steps for writing a new .pof to the flash device as described in page A–3, except select the stratixIII_3sl150_dev_factory_recovery.pof file. © August 2008 Altera Corporation 4–1. “Programming the Flash Device” on Stratix III Development Kit User Guide ...
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... A–6 Stratix III Development Kit User Guide Appendix A: Programming the Flash Device Restoring the Factory Design to the Flash Device © August 2008 Altera Corporation ...
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... Contact Technical support Technical training Product literature Non-technical support (General) Email (Software Licensing) Email Note to Table: (1) You can also contact your local Altera sales office or sales representative. © August 2008 Altera Corporation Changes Made “Introduction” section. and “Software Requirements” ...
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... The feet direct you to more information on a particular topic. Stratix III Development Kit User Guide Meaning , e.g., n resetn . Also, sections of an actual file, such as a Report ) are shown in Courier. TRI Additional Information Typographic Conventions , MAX , PIA , , data1 tdi input well as logic function SUBDESIGN © August 2008 Altera Corporation ...