User guide

Altera DE2 Board

used for a standard IDE device.

USB Blaster Circuits and Configuration Devices

 Built-in USB Blaster circuits on board with enhanced features to provide

DE2 Control Panel API Link.

 Provide both JTAG and AS mode programming mode

 Contains a 16Mbit (EPCS16) serial configuration device

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Power Up the Board to See the Demo

DE2 board comes with a preloaded bitstream to demostrate some features of the

board. This bitstream also allows users to check if the board is working properly in

seconds. Perform the following steps:

1. Connect the USB cable from PC to your DE2 board

2. Connect the 9V adapter cable to the DE2 board

3. Connect your LCD Monitor to your DE2.

4. Connect your headset to your DE2.

5. Press the Power ON/OFF Switch on DE2

6. Make sure the [RUN<->PROG] switch is set to RUN position (Note that

PROG position is only used for AS Mode programming). Please refer to

Figure 2.2.

Figure 2.2. JTAG/Operation (RUN) mode and AS Mode (PROG) switch settting.

What you should see and hear

 All user LEDs are flashing.

 All the 7-SEG displays are cycling through 0-F.

 The LCD display shows “Welcome to the Altera DE2 Board”.

 LCD Monitor displays a color pattern shown in Figure 2.3.

 Switch SW17 position to OFF (down), you should hear a 1-khz sound.

 Switch SW17 position to ON(up) and connect the output of a MP3 player

to the line-in connector of the DE2 board, you should hear the music from

your headset if you play music from your MP3 player (or PC/iPod).

 You can also connect your microphone to the MIC connector of the DE2