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Reference Manual
Altera Corporation
Nios Development Board Stratix II Edition
May 2007
Board Components
Table 2–17
lists the connections between the FPGA, U3, and the test
points.
EPCS64 Serial
Configuration
Device (U69)
U69 is a serial configuration device connected to the FPGA. Serial
configuration devices are flash memory devices with a serial interface
which can store configuration data, and load the data into the FPGA upon
power up or reconfiguration. U69 can store FPGA configuration data, or
Nios II program data, or both.
Table 2–18
lists the connections between U69 and the FPGA.
The SOPC Builder EPCS Serial Flash Controller component enables
Nios II processor systems to access the EPCS device. Nios II processor
systems can read program code or data from the device, and can write
new data into the EPCS device.
U69 is blank by default. The Quartus II software can program FPGA
configuration data (a
.pof
file) into U69 through an Altera download
cable connected to J27. Alternately, software running on a Nios II
processor design can write configuration data to U69.
Table 2–17. Test Point Pin Table
Test Point
FPGA Pin
CPLD Pin
Board Net Name
TP1
V18
75
pld_user0
TP2
AC19
76
pld_user1
TP3
W16
77
pld_user2
TP4
W17
78
pld_user3
TP5
AE17
79
pld_user4
TP6
AE18
80
pld_user5
TP7
AE20
81
pld_user6
TP8
AE21
83
pld_user7
Table 2–18. EPCS64 Pin Table
FPGA Pin
U69 Pin
Board Net Name
C24
16
pld_dclk
E16
8
fe_d0
E14
7
pld_cs_n
G14
15
pld_asdo