User guide

September 2010 Altera Corporation Cyclone III FPGA Development Kit User Guide
1. About This Kit
Introduction
Welcome to the Altera
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Cyclone
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III Development Kit, which includes a full-featured
FPGA development board, hardware and software development tools,
documentation, and accessories needed to begin FPGA development.
The kit provides an integrated control environment that includes a USB command
controller, a multi-port SRAM/DDR SDRAM/flash memory controller, Ethernet, an
on-board meter, and example designs with demonstration circuitry specified in
Verilog code to help you get started quickly with your own designs.
The development board includes an Altera Cyclone III FPGA configured with a
hardware reference design stored in flash memory. Hardware designers can use the
development board, along with example designs included in the kit, as a platform to
prototype complex embedded systems.
The development kit includes these kit features and documentation:
■ Cyclone III development board
■ Accessory daughter cards
■ Power supply, cables, and documentation
Kit Features
This section briefly describes the Cyclone III Development Kit features.
■ Cyclone III Development Board—a prototyping platform that allows you to
develop and prototype high-speed bus interfaces as well as evaluate Cyclone III
transceiver performance.
f For specific information about board components and interfaces, refer to
the Cyclone III 3C120 Development Board Reference Manual.
■ Quartus II Web Edition Software—The Quartus II software integrates into nearly
any design environment, with interfaces to industry-standard EDA tools. The kit
includes:
■ The SOPC Builder system development tool
■ Quartus II Web Edition software