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Overview
The Altera’s DK-N2EVAL-3C25NDK-N2EVAL-3C25N Nios
II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition includes a full-featured FPGA development board, LCD Multimedia High Speed Mezzanine Card (HSMC), hardware and software development tools, documentation, and accessories needed to begin embedded and system on a programmable chip (SOPC) designs using FPGAs.
The development board includes an Altera Cyclone III FPGA and comes preconfigured with an FPGA hardware reference design stored in flash memory as well as several ready-to-run demonstration applications stored on the SD-Card Flash provided. Hardware designers can use the FPGA reference design as a platform to build complex embedded systems. Software developers can use the hardware reference design plus sample software applications as a starting point for their own applications.
Success for an embedded system start rights from the evaluation stage. Choosing the right platform, development tools, operating systems may be the difference between success and failure. The Altera Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition is an evaluation kit that enables you to make these critical decisions with minimal investment.
The Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition makes evaluating Altera’s embedded solutions easy. Processor systems targeting the low-cost, low-power Cyclone III FPGA can be evaluated by simply using the LCD Color Touch Panel to scroll through and load your demonstration of choice.These processor systems showcase the unique benefits of FPGA-based processors such as reducing BOM costs by integrating powerful graphics engines within the FPGA, reducing operating costs by upgrading your system over the Internet, or increasing system performance while reducing power using C-to-Hardware (C2H) acceleration.
Key Applications: Automotive, Consumer, Industrial, Military, Video and image processing, Wireless communications
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 Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit |
| Reference Manual | Altera: Reference Manual for Cyclone III FPGA Starter Board |
| Datasheet | Altera: Data Sheet for Nios II 3C25 Microprocessor with LCD Controller |
| Tutorials | Altera: Creating Multiprocessor Nios II Systems |
| Tutorials | Altera: Nios II System Architect Design Tutorial |
| Product Brief | Altera: Altera Product Catalog |
| Application Note | AN548: Nios II Compact Configuration System for Cyclone III |
Design Elements
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Application Library | Altera: Design files for the Nios II system architect design tutorial |
| Application Library | Altera: Software code for Cyclone III Application selector utility |
| Application Library | AN548: Software code for Nios II Compact Configuration System for Cyclone III |
Video
Kit Features
- Cyclone III EP3C25F324 FPGA
- Configuration
- Embedded USB-Blaster
circuitry (includes an Altera EPM3128A CPLD) allowing download of FPGA configuration files via your USB port
- Embedded USB-Blaster
- Memory
- 32 MB of DDR SDRAM
- 1 MB of synchronous SRAM
- 16 MB of Intel P30/P33 flash
- Clocking
- 50-MHz, on-board oscillator
- Switches and indicators
- Six push buttons total, four user controlled
- Seven LEDs total, four user controlled
- Color LCD touch-screen display
- 800 x 480 resolution
- 24-bit CD-quality audio coder/decoder (CODEC) with line-in, line-out, and microphone-in jacks
- 10/100 Ethernet physical layer/media access control (PHY/MAC)
Kit Contents
- Cyclone III starter board
- LCD daughtercard
- NEEK CD-ROM
- Complete documentation
- Quick Start Guide
- User guide
- Reference manual
- Board schematic, layout, and BOM
- Product and partner information
- Cables and accessories
- 128-MB SD card and USB-to-SD card adapter
- USB cable
- 9-V power supply
- International power cords
- Ethernet (RJ-45) cable (7 ft.)
- Ethernet crossover adapter
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