User guide

September 2010 Altera Corporation Cyclone III FPGA Development Kit User Guide
6. Board Test System
Introduction
The kit includes a design example and application called the Board Test System to test
the functionality of the Cyclone III FPGA development board. The application
provides an easy-to-use interface to alter functional settings and observe the results.
You can use the application to test board components, modify functional parameters,
observe performance, and measure power usage. The application is also useful as a
reference for designing systems. To install the application, follow the steps in
“Installing the Cyclone III Development Kit” on page 3–1.
The application provides access to the following Cyclone III FPGA development
board features:
■ General purpose I/O (GPIO)
■ SRAM
■ Flash memory
■ DDR2 memory
■ Graphic LCD
The application allows you to exercise most of the board components. While using the
application, you reconfigure the FPGA several times with test designs specific to the
functionality you are testing.