Altera: DK-CYCII-2C20N - Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit

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Kit Overview

Development Tools

Technical Documents

Video

Features

Kit Contents

Overview

The Altera’s DK-CYCII-2C20NDK-CYCII-2C20N Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit, which includes a full-featured field-programmable gate array (FPGA) development board, hardware and software development tools, documentation, and accessories needed to begin FPGA development. The development board includes an Altera Cyclone II 2C20 FPGA and comes preconfigured with a hardware reference design stored in flash memory. Hardware designers can use the development board as a platform to prototype complex embedded systems.

The Development Kit provides the user with an integrated control environment that includes a software controller in C++, a USB command controller, a multi-port SRAM/SDRAM/flash memory controller, and demonstration circuitry specified in Verilog code. These features enable users to implement and test designs without the need to implement complex application programming interfaces (APIs), host control software, or SRAM/SDRAM/flash memory controllers.

The low-cost Cyclone® II FPGA Starter Development Kit is ideal for evaluating Altera's high-performance, low-power, 90-nm technology. By using this RoHS-compliant starter development kit, you will see 60 percent (on average) higher performance and 50 percent (on average) lower power than competing 90-nm, low-cost FPGAs.

The Cyclone II family offers devices with the Fast-On feature, which offers a faster power-on-reset (POR) time. Cyclone II devices can also expand the peripheral set, memory, I/O, or performance of embedded processors. Single or multiple Nios II embedded processors can be designed into a Cyclone II device to provide additional co-processing power or even replace existing embedded processors in your system. Using Cyclone II and Nios II together allow for low-cost, high-performance embedded processing solutions, which allow you to extend your product's life cycle and improve time to market over standard product solutions.

Key Applications: Broadcast and Consumer (Plasma Displays, HDTV, Set-Top Boxes, Cameras, Audio/Visual Conference Equipment, HDTV Camcorders), Wireline and Wireless communications (Wireless Basestations, Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) Systems, Wireless LAN Access Point), Automotive(Navigation Systems, Satellite Radio Receiver, Hybrid Television Receiver, Telematics, Entertainment), Military, Industrial, and Medical (Medical Imaging (e.g., MRI, X-ray), Video Displays, Video Surveillance, Radars, Software Defined Radio, Network Test Equipment)

Development Tools

Software Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	Supported Family	MPN	Description
IDE	Altera	ALL Altera Devices	Altera Quartus II	It's the industry's number one software in performance and productivity for CPLD, FPGA, and HardCopy ASIC designs. The Altera Quartus II software, the industry's number one software in performance and productivity for CPLD, FPGA, and HardCopy ASIC designs. Learn More

Hardware Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	Support?ed Family	MPN	Description
Download Cable	Altera	ALL Altera Devices	PL-BYTEBLASTER2NPL-BYTEBLASTER2N	The ByteBlaster II enables a PC to configure or program Altera devices. The download cable drives configuration or programming data using a standard parallel printer port from the PC.
Download Cable	Altera	ALL Altera Devices	PL-USB-BLASTER-RCNPL-USB-BLASTER-RCN	The USB-Blaster drives configuration or programming data from the PC to configure or program Altera devices. The download cable interfaces to a standard USB PC port.
Download Cable	Altera	ALL Altera Devices	PL-ETH2-BLASTERPL-ETH2-BLASTER	The EthernetBlaster can receive configuration or programming data from the Ethernet network to remotely configure or program Altera devices. The communications cable connects to a standard Ethernet network port with an RJ-45 connector.

Technical Documents

Learning Center

Type	Description
User Guide	Altera: User Guide For DK-CYCII-2C20N
Reference Manual	Altera: Reference Manual For DK-CYCII-2C20N
Revision Note	Altera: Eratta For Cyclone CII Starter
Datasheet	Altera: Datasheet for CycloneII Architecture
Datasheet	Altera: Package Information for Cyclone II Devices
User Guide	Altera: User Guide for PowerPlay Early Power Estimator
Whitepaper	Altera: FPGAs for High-Performance DSP Applications

Design Elements

Type	Description
Schematics	Altera: Schematics For Cyclone II Starter Kit
Application Library	Altera: Software code for Active Serial Memory Interface Controller Reference

Video

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Kit Features

Altera Cyclone II EP2C20Cyclone II EP2C20 FPGA device
Altera EPCS4EPCS4 Serial Configuration device
USB-Blaster controller chip set for programming and user API control, supporting both JTAG and Active Serial (AS) programming modes
512-KByte SRAM, 8-MByte SDRAM, 4-MByte Flash memory
SD Flash Card socket
4 Push button switches
10 Toggle switches
50 MHz, 27 MHz, and 24 MHz oscillators for clock sources
24-bit CD-quality audio CODEC with line-in, line-out, and microphone-in jacks
VGA DAC (4-bit resistor network) with VGA-out connector
RS-232 transceiver and 9-pin connector
PS/2 mouse/keyboard connector
Two 40-pin expansion headers with resistor protection
7.5V DC adapter or a USB cable (provided in the kit) for power

Kit Contents

Cyclone II Starter Development Board
Cables/power
- Power from USB cable or external power supply (recommended when using the kit with accessory daughtercards, U.S.-style adapter provided)
Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Kit CD-ROM
- Reference designs and demonstrations targeted for the Cyclone II FPGA Starter Development Board
- User manual
- Reference guide
Quartus II Web Edition CD-ROM
Nios II EDS CD-ROM
- Nios II evaluation license included

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