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A-UG-APEXDSPKIT-1.1

Getting Started

APEX DSP Development Kit

User Guide

November 2001

P25-06920-01

Summary of Contents for APEX DSP Development Kit

Page 1: ...101 Innovation Drive San Jose CA 95134 408 544 7000 http www altera com A UG APEXDSPKIT 1 1 Getting Started APEX DSP Development Kit User Guide November 2001 P25 06920 01 ...

Page 2: ...d under numerous U S and foreign patents and pending applications maskwork rights and copyrights Altera warrants performance of its semiconductor products to current specifications in accordance with Altera s standard warranty but reserves the right to make changes to any products and services at any time without notice Altera assumes no responsibility or liability arising out of the application o...

Page 3: ...this user guide How to Find Information The Adobe Acrobat Find feature allows you to search the contents of a PDF file Click on the binoculars icon in the top toolbar to open the Find dialog box Bookmarks serve as an additional table of contents Thumbnail icons which provide miniature previews of each page provide a link to the pages Numerous links shown in green text allow you to jump to related ...

Page 4: ... Altera Information Type Access USA Canada All Other Locations Altera Literature Services Electronic mail lit_req altera com 1 lit_req altera com 1 Non technical customer service Telephone hotline 800 SOS EPLD 408 544 7000 7 30 a m to 5 30 p m Pacific Time Fax 408 544 7606 408 544 7606 Technical support Telephone hotline 800 800 EPLD 6 00 a m to 6 00 p m Pacific Time 408 544 7000 1 7 30 a m to 5 3...

Page 5: ...project name pof file Initial Capital Letters Keyboard keys and menu names are shown with initial capital letters Examples Delete key the Options menu Subheading Title References to sections within a document and titles of Quartus II Help topics are shown in quotation marks Example Configuring a FLEX 10K or FLEX 8000 Device with the BitBlaster Download Cable Courier type Signal and port names are ...

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Page 7: ...uirements Included with the Starter Version Only 13 Software Installation 14 Installing the Quartus II Limited Edition Software Included with the Starter Version Only 14 Installing the MegaCore Functions Reference Designs Labs 14 Install the DSP Builder 15 Set Up Licensing 16 Install the Starter Kit License 16 Windows NT 17 Windows 2000 17 Windows 98 17 Install the Professional Kit License 18 Conn...

Page 8: ... Appendix Installing the ByteBlaster Driver 25 Install the Altera ByteBlaster Driver for Windows NT 25 Installing the Altera ByteBlaster Driver for Windows 2000 26 Set Up the ByteBlasterMV Download Cable in the Quartus II Software 27 ...

Page 9: ... APEX DSP Development Kit The DSP Builder CD ROM and the Quartus II Limited Edition CD ROM only provided with the starter version of the kit and additional power cables are not shown The APEX DSP development kit includes APEX DSP Development Board The APEX DSP development board is a prototyping platform that provides wireless system designers with a solution for signal processing design The profes...

Page 10: ...btain a license for the software from the Altera web site 1 The APEX DSP development kit starter version includes the Quartus II Limited Edition software the professional version of the kit requires that you purchase a full version of the software Evaluation MegaCore IP Functions The kit contains evaluation versions of Altera DSP MegaCore functions You can evaluate the functions using the OpenCore...

Page 11: ... with an EP20K1500E device ByteBlasterMV cable Power cable and adapters for North America Europe United Kingdom and Japan SMA cable RS 232 cable APEX DSP Development Kit CD ROM DSP Builder Quartus II MATLAB Simulink Interface CD ROM The MathWorks Product Documentation CDs APEX DSP Development Kit Starter Version Contents The starter kit contains the following items APEX DSP development board with ...

Page 12: ...u should install the following software before you begin developing designs for the kit Quartus II software version 1 1 or later the limited edition provided with the starter kit the web edition or a purchased version See Installing the Quartus II Limited Edition Software Included with the Starter Version Only on page 14 1 To develop designs for the professional kit only you must have purchased th...

Page 13: ...ic ipm dsp jsp You need administrative privileges to install parts of the Quartus II software on Windows NT or Windows 2000 Quartus II Limited Edition System Requirements Included with the Starter Version Only To use the APEX DSP development kit with the Quartus II Limited Edition software provided with the starter version your system must meet the following minimum requirements 1 Contact your loc...

Page 14: ...pment Software CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The Setup program starts automatically and guides you through the installation process 1 If the Setup program is not already running you can start it manually Choose Run Windows Start menu type the following command and click OK CD ROM drive install exe r 2 Click the Install Quartus II Limited Edition Software button 3 After the software finishes instal...

Page 15: ...ontains the Reed Solomon MegaCore function files and documentation intlv v1 0 0 Contains the symbol interleaver deinterleaver MegaCore function files and documentation fft v1 1 0 Contains the FFT MegaCore function files and documentation nco v1 3 0 Contains the NCO compiler MegaCore function files and documentation dsp_development_kit v1 0 0 Contains the APEX DSP Development Kit documentation exam...

Page 16: ...ensing and install it on your PC When you request a license file Altera e mails you a license dat file that enables the software To obtain a license perform the following steps 1 Point your web browser to the Altera web site at http www altera com licensing 2 Click the APEX DSP Development Kit Licensing Starter Version or APEX DSP Development Kit Licensing Professional Version link depending on wh...

Page 17: ...indows 2000 1 Choose Settings Control Panel Windows Start menu 2 Double click the System icon in the Control Panel window 3 In the System Properties dialog box click the Advanced tab 4 Click the Environment Variables button 5 Click the System Variable list to highlight it and then click New 6 In the Variable Name box type LM_LICENSE_FILE 7 In the Variable Value box type path to license file licens...

Page 18: ...3 Open your Quartus II license dat file in a text editor 4 Copy the FEATURE lines from the DSP Builder OpenCore Plus license file and paste them into the Quartus II license file 1 Do not delete any FEATURE lines from the Quartus II license file 5 Save the Quartus II license file 1 When using editors such as Microsoft Word or Notepad ensure that the file does not have extra extensions appended to i...

Page 19: ...EX device directly or v Connect the ByteBlasterMV cable s 10 pin female plug to the EPC16 JTAG header on the board JP7 and connect the other end to your PC to program the EPC16 device using a Programmer Object File pof The EPC16 device configures the APEX device when power to the board is turned off and then on again 1 Align the ByteBlasterMV connector so that the red stripe is oriented towards th...

Page 20: ...re 3 Connect the RS 232 Cable SMA Cable Connect both ends of the SMA cable to the APEX DSP development board This cable connects the digital to analog D A 0 and D A 1 and analog to digital A D 0 and A D 1 connectors on the board Power Supply Cable Connect the power cable to the board as shown in Figure 4 on page 21 and plug the other end into a power outlet After the board powers up the EPC16 conf...

Page 21: ...nals without an oscilloscope To run the Windows application perform the following steps 1 Press push button SW1 or SW2 to make the user LED 2 D8 blink verifying that the filtering design is loaded into the board 2 Connect the SMA cable to D A 1 and A D 1 See Figure 4 on page 21 3 Choose Run Windows Start menu 4 Click Browse 5 Browse to the c MegaCore dsp_development_kit v1 0 0 labs filtering appli...

Page 22: ...ou are using the professional board choose 1500E Board menu If you are using the starter board the 200E option which enables the starter board is turned on by default 1 If you are using the starter board and 200E is selected in the Board menu do not select it again If you do so the application selects the 1500E instead 14 Enter 1000000 6 zeros in the frequency 1 box and click Apply to set the NCO ...

Page 23: ...d oscillator NCO functions to generate two sine waves The design filters out one of the sine waves This design uses a compiled Windows application to communicate with the APEX DSP development board The filtering design is loaded into the APEX DSP development board when you receive the kit Reed Solomon Design This design consists of a Windows application in which you specify a picture to transmit o...

Page 24: ...Plus Hardware Evaluation with the APEX DSP Development Kit White Paper This white paper describes the operation of the evaluation MegaCore functions provided in the kit when performing OpenCore Plus hardware evaluation Filtering Lab White Paper DSSS Modem Lab White Paper and Reed Solomon Lab White Paper These white papers describe how to perform the labs provided with the kit The white papers are ...

Page 25: ...indows 98 2 Set up the ByteBlasterMV download cable in the Quartus II software Install the Altera ByteBlaster Driver for Windows NT The Altera ByteBlaster driver is required for PCs running Windows NT 4 0 that use the ByteBlasterMV download cable You must install the Altera ByteBlaster driver separately from the Quartus II software 1 You do not need to install the ByteBlasterMV download cable befo...

Page 26: ... installing the Altera ByteBlaster driver Installing the Altera ByteBlaster driver requires that you have system administration Administrator privileges To install the ByteBlaster driver for Windows 2000 follow these steps 1 Choose Settings Control Panel Windows Start menu 2 In the Control Panel window double click the Add Remove Hardware icon and click Next 3 In the Choose a Hardware Task dialog ...

Page 27: ... Set Up the ByteBlasterMV Download Cable in the Quartus II Software To set up the ByteBlasterMV parallel port download cable in the Quartus II software for device configuration or programming follow these steps 1 Open the Quartus II Programmer v Choose Open Programmer Processing menu or v Choose New File menu Click the Other Files tab select Chain Description File and click OK 2 In the Programmer ...

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