Altera DE0 Board
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CONTENTS
Chapter 1 DE0 Package.....................................................................................................................1
1.1 Package Contents.................................................................................................................1
1.2 The DE0 Board Assembly....................................................................................................2
Getting Help.........................................................................................................................2
Chapter 2 Altera DE0 Board.............................................................................................................4
2.1 Layout and Components ......................................................................................................4
2.2 Block Diagram of the DE0 Board........................................................................................5
2.3 Power-up the DE0 Board.....................................................................................................8
Chapter 3 DE0 Control Panel.........................................................................................................10
3.1 Control Panel Setup ...........................................................................................................10
3.2 Controlling the LEDs and 7-Segment Displays.................................................................12
3.3 Switches and Buttons.........................................................................................................14
3.4 SDRAM and Flash Controller and Programmer................................................................15
3.5 PS2 Device.........................................................................................................................16
3.6 SD CARD ..........................................................................................................................17
3.7 VGA...................................................................................................................................
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Chapter 4 Using the DE0 Board.....................................................................................................20
4.1 Configuring the Cyclone III FPGA....................................................................................20
4.2 Using the LEDs and Switches............................................................................................23
4.3 Using the 7-segment Displays............................................................................................26
4.4 Clock Circuitry...................................................................................................................28
4.5 Using the LCD Module......................................................................................................29
4.6 Using the Expansion Header..............................................................................................31
4.7 Using VGA ........................................................................................................................34
4.8 RS-232 Serial Port .............................................................................................................37
4.9 PS/2 Serial Port..................................................................................................................38
4.10 SD Card Socket..................................................................................................................39
4.11 Using SDRAM and Flash ..................................................................................................39
Chapter 5 Examples of Advanced Demonstrations ......................................................................44
5.1 DE0 Factory Configuration................................................................................................44
5.2 SD Card..............................................................................................................................45
5.3 VGA Color Pattern Demonstration....................................................................................49
Chapter 6 Appendix.........................................................................................................................53
6.1 Revision History ................................................................................................................53