User guide

1–2 Altera Corporation
Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit User Guide July 2010
Before You Begin
Before You
Begin
Before proceeding, check the contents of the kit:
■ Cyclone III FPGA Starter Development Board
■ 12-V DC power supply
■ USB cable
f 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.
Further
Information
For other related information, refer to the following websites:
Software
Installation
This section describes the following procedures:
■ “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 page of the Altera website.
Alternatively, you can request a development kit DVD from the
Development Kits, Daughter Cards & Programming Hardware page
of the Altera website.
For More Information About Refer To
Additional daughter cards
available for purchase
www.altera.com/products/devkits/
kit-daughter_boards.jsp
Cyclone III handbook www.altera.com/literature/lit-cyc3.jsp
Cyclone III reference designs http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-
cyc3-starter.html
eStore if you want to
purchase devices
www.altera.com/buy/devices/buy-devices.html
Cyclone III Orcad symbols www.altera.com/support/software/download/pcb/
pcbpcb_index.html
Nios
®
II 32-bit embedded
processor solutions
www.altera.com/technology/embedded/
emb-index.html