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Tech First Kit-Altium-12-400-NB2DSK01-DB32-FPGA Board

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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

 

Key FeaturesBack to Top

 

 

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 XilinxRegistered 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-WireRegistered 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-WireRegistered 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 InformationBack to Top

 

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

CAN Bus

Maxim

ADC-IC

ADC

Maxim

DAC IC

DAC

Maxim

Current Sense

Amplifier

Xilinx

Spartan 3

FPGAFPGA

Spansion

Flash

Flash MemoryFlash Memory

Maxim

Switch Addressable

SwitchSwitch

Maxim

Power Supply IC

Power Supply

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

 

SupplierDescriptionSupport DevicePart 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 ListBack to Top

 

Datasheet

 

Part Number
Description
Size

LFECP33E-3FN672C

LatticeECP3 Family Datasheet

1.8MB

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

TN1178 LatticeECP3 sysCLOCK PLL/DLL Design and Usage Guide

1.4MB

TN1182 LatticeECP3 sysDSP Usage Guide

865KB

TN1194 LatticeECP3 Marvell XAUI 10 Gbps Physical Layer Interoperability

735KB

TN1180 LatticeECP3 High-Speed I/O Interface

1.9MB

 

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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