Tech First Kit-Altium-12-400-NB2DSK01-DB31-FPGA kit

• Audio/Video Peripheral Board (PB01)
  • Composite and S-Video output and capture, 24-bit VGA output, high-performance I2S stereo audio codec
• Mass Storage Peripheral Board (PB02)
  • Compact Flash, SD card slot, ATA hard-drive interfaces
• USB-IrDA-Ethernet Peripheral Board (PB03)
  • 10/100 Ethernet interface, USB 2.0 interface, 4Mbits/sec IrDA

Following are included with NanoBoard NB2DSK01:

The NanoBoard NB2 includes a 12-month subscription to an Altium Designer Soft Design license which is linked to the NanoBoard in the box. This license option provides functionality to quickly start designing FPGA-based embedded systems, including:

• FPGA design entry in C, OpenBus, Schematic, VHDL and Verilog
• VHDL simulation engine, integrated debugger and waveform viewer
• Support for a range of 32-bit soft processors for use in FPGA design
• A rich set of royalty-free IP core libraries including peripherals and user-configurable custom logic
• Full software development tool chain with libraries and source code
• Programmable FPGA-based instruments for hardware debug and deployment
• Support for importing third-party FPGA IP cores, developing and reusing IP libraries

Key Features of Motherboard Altium NanoBoard NB2:

Following are the Major Features for Altium NanoBoard NB2:

• Integrated color TFT LCD panel (320x240) with touch screen that facilitates dynamic application interaction.
• Stereo analog audio system with high-quality on-board amplifiers, mixer, line in/out and stereo speakers
• Variety of standard communication interfaces – RS-232RS-232 serial, CAN,PS/2 mini-DIN
• SD card reader – for additional I/O flexibility including the ability to download a variety of files
• Four channel, 8-bit ADC and 10-bit DAC, I2C-compatible
• User definable PDA-style push button switches that function as generic design inputs
• Variety of general purpose switches and LEDs
• Programmable clock, 6 to 200 MHz, available to target FPGA
• Power sensing system allows real-time monitoring of system and device power consumption
• SPI Real-Time Clock with 3V battery back-up
• Onboard memory accessible by NanoTalk Controller – 256K x 32-bit common-bus SRAM (1MB), 16M x 32-bit common-bus SDRAM (64MB), 16M x 16-bit common-bus 3.0V Page Mode Flash memory (32MB), 256K x 32-bit independent SRAM (1MB)
• Dual User Board JTAG headers for direct interaction and development on production board
• Home/Reset button – Home button enables firmware to take control of TFT panel; Reset provides NanoBoard reset functionality
• NanoTalk Controller – manages real time proprietary communication with Altium Designer, the board, and the NanoBoard firmware using a Xilinx Spartan-3TM (XC3S1500-4FG676C) controller with JTAG accessible Flash configuration PROM
• Master-Slave connectors for chaining multiple development boards – allowing multiple-FPGA system development
• Board ID memory – 1-Wire ID system uniquely identifies each daughter board and peripheral board
• Power – Dual 5V DC power daisy-chain connectors with power switch, 5V DC power output connector, power supply test points for all supply levels available on the board, four GND points
• High-speed PC interconnection through USB 2.0 allows faster downloading and debugging

The following is a list of generic features, common to NB31 board:

• Protective casing –all daughter boards have a protective casing that helps protect the topside of the board.
• 100-way connectors –these 100-way Male docking connectors are used to connect the daughter board to the NB2DSK01 motherboard, which has corresponding 100-way Female docking connectors ('NANOCONNECT' interfaces). Daughter boards available with the Desktop NanoBoard NB2DSK01 and beyond each have three connectors (top, bottom and left). Those available previously for the NanoBoard-NB1 have two such connectors (top and bottom).
• Power LED –this will light (RED) when the daughter board is correctly plugged into the NB2DSK01 motherboard and the NB2DSK01's power is switched on.
• Program LED –this will light (GREEN) when the target device on the daughter board has been successfully programmed with an FPGA design.

3-connector daughter boards also have three holes that align with threaded standoffs on the NB2DSK01. These can be used to affix the board securely to the motherboard.

Key Features of Cyclone-II daughter board DB31:

Altium's Altera Cyclone II daughter board DB31 provides an EP2C35F672C8 device, as well as a range of on-board memories available for use by a design running within that device.

The DB31 has the following features:

• Altera Cyclone II FPGA (EP2C35F672C8)
• On-board memories available for use by FPGA design:
  • 256K x 32-bit common-bus SRAM (1MByte)
  • 16M x 32-bit common-bus SDRAM (64MByte)
  • 16M x 16-bit common-bus Flash memory (32MByte)
  • Dual 256K x 16-bit independent SRAM (512KByte each)
• Wire memory device used to store board ID and related information
• Three 100-way connectors for attachment to NB2DSK01 motherboard. These connectors provide:
  • Interface to resources on the NB2DSK01 motherboard and plugged-in peripheral boards
  • SPI bus interface
  • I2C bus interface
  • 1-Wire bus interface
  • JTAG, power and additional control lines from the motherboard.

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