Overview |
Altium's Desktop NanoBoard NB2DSK01 is a unique, reconfigurable hardware platform that can be used as a system prototyping and development platform, as an educational hands-on teaching tool, or as a complete test bed for FPGA-based embedded system design.
The NanoBoard NB2 architecture is unique in that target programmable devices are housed on plug-in swappable daughter boards, to provide a truly FPGA vendor-independent development board. Altium's LatticeECP3 daughter board DB32 provides an LFECP33E-3FN672C 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
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Key Features of Altium NanoBoard NB2 :
Altium's Desktop NanoBoard NB2DSK01 has the following features:
- Integrated colour 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
- 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
- General purpose switches and LEDs
- Programmable clock, 6 to 200 MHz
- 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
- 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
Key Features of LatticeECP Daughter board DB32:
Altium's LatticeECP daughter board DB32 provides an LFECP33E-3FN672C device, as well as a range of on-board memories available for use by a design running within that device.
The Daughter Board DB32 has the following features:
- LatticeECP FPGA (LFECP33E-3FN672C)
- 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)
- 1-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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Products
Supplier | Part Number |
Altium | 12-400-NB2DSK01-DB3212-400-NB2DSK01-DB32 |
Associated Products
Supplier | Description | Product |
Altium | LatticeECP | Daughter BoardDaughter Board |
Altium | JTAG USB | ADAPTERADAPTER |
ST Micro | Flash Memory | M25P80M25P80 |
Maxim | RS-232RS-232 Transceiver | MAX3232EUEMAX3232EUE |
Maxim | Transceiver | |
Maxim | ADC-IC | |
Maxim | DAC IC | |
Maxim | Current Sense | |
Xilinx | Spartan 3 | FPGAFPGA |
Spansion | Flash | Flash MemoryFlash Memory |
Maxim | Switch Addressable | SwitchSwitch |
Maxim | Power Supply IC | |
Micron | Memory | SDRAMSDRAM |
Altium | AUDIO/VIDEO | BOARD, PERIPHERAL, PB01BOARD, PERIPHERAL, PB01 |
Altium | MASS STORAGE | BOARD, PERIPHERAL, PB02BOARD, PERIPHERAL, PB02 |
Altium | USB / IRDA / ETHERNET | BOARD, PERIPHERAL, PB03BOARD, PERIPHERAL, PB03 |
Similar Products
Supplier | Description | Support Device | Part Number |
Altium | NANOBOARD KIT NB2 SPARTAN-3 | Spartan 3 | 12-401-NB2DS-K01-DB3012-401-NB2DS-K01-DB30 |
Altium | NANOBOARD KIT NB2, CYCLONE II | Cyclone II | 12-400-NB2DSK01-DB3112-400-NB2DSK01-DB31 |
Document List | Back to Top |
Datasheet
Part Number | Description | Size |
LFECP33E-3FN672C | 1.8MB | |
DS2406 | 240KB | |
MT48LC16M16A2TG | 2.9MB | |
S29GL256N11FFIV10 | 4.8MB | |
MAX8860 | 168KB | |
MAX1831EEE.MAX1831EEE. | 106KB |
Application Notes
File Name | Size |
1.4MB | |
865KB | |
TN1194 LatticeECP3 Marvell XAUI 10 Gbps Physical Layer Interoperability | 735KB |
1.9MB |
Hardware & Software
File Name | Size |
129MB | |
31.7MB | |
821KB | |
485KB |