User guide

December 2014 Altera Corporation Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit
User Guide
6. Board Test System
The kit includes design examples and an application called the Board Test System to
test the functionality of the Stratix V GX 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. (While using the application, you
reconfigure the FPGA several times with test designs specific to the functionality you
are testing.) To install the Board Test System, follow the steps in “Installing the
Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit” on page 3–2.
The Board Test System communicates over the JTAG bus to a test designs running in
the Stratix V GX device. Figure 6–1 shows the initial GUI for a board that is in the
factory configuration.
Several designs are provided to test the major board features. Each design provides
data for one or more tabs in the application. The Configure menu identifies the
appropriate design to download to the FPGA for each tab.
Figure 6–1. Board Test System Graphical User Interface