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Altera Corporation Core Version a.b.c variable 2–3
April 2007 Cyclone III FPGA Starter Development Kit User
Development Board & Control Panel Setup
1
At this point, the Quartus II software and the USB-Blaster driver
software should be installed. In addition, the development
board should be powered up and working.
FPGA
Configuration
Before using the control panel, configure a corresponding circuit in the
Cyclone III FPGA by downloading the
CIII_Control_Panel.sof
configuration file from the < kit path > \Examples\CIII_Control_Panel\
HW directory.
To configure the Cyclone III device, perform the following steps:
1. Start the Quartus II software.
2. On the Tools menu, click Programmer . See Figure 2–2 .
Figure 2–2. Quartus II Programmer Window