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An Introduction to FPGA and SOPC

Development Board

SoC Design Flow and Tools Course

Chih-Hao Tseng

2003/11/11

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FPGA & SOPC Development Kit in Embedded Systems Lab

1. Altera Nios Development Kit – Cyclone EditionFor low cost SOPC

2. Altera Nios Development Kit – Stratix EditionFor high performance SOPC

3. Altera University Program Design Laboratory Package(UP2)For teaching purpose or beginner

4. Microtime PreSOC Development Kit - CreatorFor SOPC and ICE supported

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Altera Nios Development Kit –Cyclone Edition

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Altera Nios Development Kit, Cyclone Edition

Nios development board, Cyclone edition Nios embedded processor configurable CPU core GNUPro compiler and debugger from Red Hat Library of standard microprocessor peripherals SOPC Builder system development tool Quartus® II design software

Figure 1. Nios Development Kit, Cyclone Edition (source: http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-nios_1C20.html)

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Altera UP2 Development Board

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Altera University Program Design Laboratory Package

MAX+PLUS II development software, version 10.1

UP2 development board with a FLEX 10K®EPF10K70 device

ByteBlaster™ download cable Power supply Rapid Prototyping of Digital Design t

extbook by James O. Hamblen & Michael D. Furman

Figure source: http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~hamblen/ALTERA/altera.htm

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Microtime PreSOC Development Kit

- Creator board

Figure source:http://www.microtime.com.tw/product/SOC/Creator.pdf

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Microtime PreSOC Development Kit

- Creator

S3C4510 ARM7 TDMI RISC CPU Running uClinux (For no MMU processor) CMOS Camera Module Current measurement Module Codec function with speaker .Microphone circ

uit Graphic LCD, 4X4 Keypad, RS232C, RJ-45 10/100 Eth

ernet, USB 1.1

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Microtime - WINeZ ARM ICE

Domingo IDE Support ARM7 Series O.S. debug Real-time trace Full screen on-line asse

mble, disassemble

Figure source: http://www.microtime.com.tw/product/arm-m.htm

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Reference Websites

Altera Nios Development Kit – Cyclone Editionhttp://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-nios_1C20.html

Altera University Program Design Laboratory Packagehttp://www.altera.com/education/univ/kits/unv-kits.html

http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~hamblen/ALTERA/altera.htm

Microtime PreSOC Development Kit - Creatorhttp://www.microtime.com.tw/product/product.htm