Altera DE2 Board
ii
Page Index
CHAPTER 1 ABOUT THE KIT......................................................................................................................................1
1-1
K
IT
C
ONTENTS
........................................................................................................................................................1
1-2
A
SSEMBLE THE
R
UBBER
F
EET
................................................................................................................................2
1-3
G
ETTING
H
ELP
........................................................................................................................................................3
CHAPTER 2 ALTERA DE2 BOARD ............................................................................................................................4
2-1
T
HE
DE2
B
OARD
.....................................................................................................................................................4
2-2
E
XAMINE THE
B
OARD
..............................................................................................................................................4
2-3
F
EATURES
...............................................................................................................................................................5
2-4
DE2
B
LOCK
D
IAGRAM
............................................................................................................................................6
2-5
DE2
B
LOCK
D
ESCRIPTION
......................................................................................................................................7
2-6
P
OWER
U
P THE
B
OARD TO
S
EE THE
D
EMO
.........................................................................................................10
CHAPTER 3 USING THE SYSTEM ...........................................................................................................................12
3-1
C
ONFIGURING THE
FPGA
IN
JTGA
M
ODE
...........................................................................................................12
3-2
C
ONFIGURING THE
FPGA
IN
AS
M
ODE
................................................................................................................13
3-3
C
ONTROLLING THE
DE2
USING
T
ERASIC
L
INK
.....................................................................................................14
3-4
XSGA
O
UTPUT
.....................................................................................................................................................14
3-5
24-
BIT
A
UDIO
CODEC .........................................................................................................................................17
3-6
U
SING THE
LED
S AND
S
WITCHES
.........................................................................................................................18
3-7
U
SING THE
7-SEG
D
ISPLAYS AND
LCD
M
ODULE
................................................................................................21
3-8
U
SING THE
E
XPANSION
H
EADERS
........................................................................................................................24
3-9
U
SING THE
S
ERIAL
P
ORTS
(RS232).....................................................................................................................26
3-10
U
SING THE
S
ERIAL
P
ORTS
(PS/2).......................................................................................................................27
3-11
U
SING THE
F
AST
E
THERNET
N
ETWORK
C
ONTROLLER
......................................................................................28
3-12
U
SING
TV
D
ECODER
...........................................................................................................................................29
3-13
I
MPLEMENTING A
TV
E
NCODER
..........................................................................................................................31
3-14
U
SING
USB
H
OST
/D
EVICE
.................................................................................................................................31
3-15
U
SING
I
R
DA........................................................................................................................................................33
3-16
U
SING
SDRAM/SRAM/F
LASH
..........................................................................................................................33
CHAPTER 4 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ..............................................................................................................33
4-1
I
NSTALL
Q
UARTUS
II..............................................................................................................................................33
4-2
C
ONNECTING THE
USB
C
ABLE TO THE
B
OARD
-
USB
B
LASTER
I
NSTALLATION
.................................................33
4-3
P
OTENTIAL
P
ROBLEMS AND
W
ORKAROUND FOR
U
SING
USB
B
LASTER
.............................................................33
4-4
I
NSTALL
DE2
L
AB
CD-ROM.................................................................................................................................33
4-5
T
HE
T
OP
-
LEVEL
V
ERILOG
M
ODULE AND
P
IN
A
SSIGNMENT
..................................................................................33
CHAPTER 5 FIRST LAB: DE2 TOP-LEVEL AND DEFAULT BITSTREAM .......................................................33