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

tech2 — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:16:58 GMT

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Overview
Kit Contents
Key Features
Ordering Information
Documents

Overview

Altium's NanoBoard architecture is unique in that target programmable devices are housed on separate satellite boards, referred to as daughter boards. These boards plug-in to the NanoBoard. By keeping each programmable device on its own daughter board, engineers can easily change the target project architecture, while retaining a truly FPGA vendor-independent development board.

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 NanoBoard NB2 provides application-specific plug-in peripheral boards to give complete flexibility in system architecture and provide a simple and cost-effective method for rapid prototyping of hardware concepts.

The NanoBoard NB2 caters for the use of up to three peripheral boards, and is delivered with the following standard peripheral boards:

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

Kit Contents

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

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.

Ordering Information

Products

Supplier	Part Number
Altium	12-400-NB2DSK01-DB3112-400-NB2DSK01-DB31

Associated Products

Supplier	Description	Part Number
Altium	Cyclone-II	12-401-DB3112-401-DB31
Altium	JTAG USB	12-403-DT0112-403-DT01
ST Micro	Serial SPI Flash Memory	M25P80-VMP6GM25P80-VMP6G
Maxim	RS-232RS-232	MAX3232EUE+MAX3232EUE+
Maxim	Transceiver	MAX3051EKA+TMAX3051EKA+T
Maxim	ADC-IC	MAX1037EKA+TMAX1037EKA+T
Maxim	DAC IC	MAX5841MEUBMAX5841MEUB
Maxim	Current Sense	MAX4372TEUK+TMAX4372TEUK+T
Xilinx	Spartan 3	XC3S1500-4FG456CXC3S1500-4FG456C
Spansion	Flash	S29GL256N11TFI010S29GL256N11TFI010
Maxim	Switch Addressable	DS2406P+DS2406P+
Maxim	Power Supply IC	MAX1831EEE+MAX1831EEE+
Micron	Memory	MT48LC16M16A2P-75:DMT48LC16M16A2P-75:D
Altium	Cyclone III	12-401-DB4012-401-DB40
Altium	Spartan 3AN	12-401-DB4112-401-DB41
Altium	Spartan 3A	12-401-DB4212-401-DB42
Altium	Virtex-4	12-401-DB4612-401-DB46
Altium	Spartan-3	12-401-DB3012-401-DB30
Altium	AUDIO/VIDEO	12-404-PB0112-404-PB01
Altium	MASS STORAGE	12-404-PB0212-404-PB02
Altium	USB / IRDA / ETHERNET	12-404-PB0312-404-PB03

Similar Products

Supplier	Description	Support Device	Part Number
Altium	DESKTOP NANOBOARD WITH ALTERA CYCLONE II	Cyclone II	12-400-NB2DSK0112-400-NB2DSK01
Altium	DESKTOP NANOBOARD WITH LATTICE ECP	Lattice ECP	12-400-NB2DSK0112-400-NB2DSK01
Altium	DESKTOP NANOBOARD WITH XILINX SPARTAN-3	Spartan 3	12-400-NB2DSK0112-400-NB2DSK01
Altium	NANOBOARD KIT NB2 SPARTAN-3	Spartan 3	12-400-NB2DSK01-DB3012-400-NB2DSK01-DB30
Altium	NANOBOARD KIT NB2, CYCLONE II	Cyclone II	12-400-NB2DSK01-DB3112-400-NB2DSK01-DB31
Altium	NANOBOARD KIT NB2, LATTICE ECP	Lattice ECP	12-400-NB2DSK01-DB3212-400-NB2DSK01-DB32
Altium	ALTERA CYCLONE III DB40 DAUGHTER BOARD	Cyclone III	12-401-DB4012-401-DB40
Altium	XILINX SPARTAN-3AN DB41 DAUGHTER BOARD	Spartan 3AN	12-401-DB4112-401-DB41
Altium	XILINX SPARTAN-3A DSP DB42 DAUGHTER BOARD	Spartan 3A	12-401-DB4212-401-DB42
Altium	BOARD, DAUGHTER, DB46, VIRTEX-4 SX	Virtex-4	12-401-DB4612-401-DB46

Document List

Data Sheet

Part Number	Description	Size
Altera’s Cyclone II series	Cyclone II Handbook	6MB
Altera’s Cyclone II series	Cyclone II Datasheet	2MB
DS2406	Dual Addressable Switch Plus 1Kb Memory	240KB
MT48LC16M16A2TG	Common-Bus SDRAM	2.9MB
S29GL256N11FFIV10	Common-Bus Flash memory	4.8MB
MAX8860	Linear Regulator	168KB
MAX1831EEE.MAX1831EEE.	Voltage Regulator	106KB

Application Notes

File Name	Size
AN 479: Design Guidelines for Implementing LVDS Interfaces in Cyclone Series Devices	435KB
AN 357: Error Detection & Recovery Using CRC in Altera FPGA Devices	371KB
AN 114: Designing with High-Density BGA Packages for Altera Devices	574KB
AN 477: Designing RGMII Interface with FPGA and HardCopy Devices	261KB
AN 366: Understanding I/O Output Timing for Altera Devices	311KB

Hardware & Software

File Name	Size
Download the latest release of Altium Designer Viewer	129MB
Download the Altium Instrument Dashboard	31.7MB
Autotrax Freeware Version Download	821KB
Easytrax Freeware Download	485KB

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