
Chapter 1: Overview
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General Description
Altera Corporation
Stratix III 3SL150 Development Board
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On-board clocking circuitry
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Two clock oscillators to support Stratix III device user logic
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125 MHz
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50 MHz
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SMA connector for external clock input and output
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General user and configuration interfaces
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LEDs/displays:
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Eight user LEDs
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One configuration-done LED
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One transmit/receive LED (TX/RX) per HSMC interface
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One HSMC-present LED per HSMC interface
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Six Ethernet LEDs
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User Quad 7-segment display
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Power consumption display
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Push-buttons:
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User reset push-button (CPU reset)
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Four general user push-buttons
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System reset push-button (user configuration)
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One factory push-button switch (factory configuration)
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DIP switches:
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MAX II control DIP switch
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Eight user DIP switches
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Speaker header
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Displays
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128 × 64 graphics LCD
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16 × 2 line character LCD
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Power supply
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14-V – 20-V DC input
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On-board power measurement circuitry
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Up to 20 W per HSMC interface
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Mechanical
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7 in. × 8.25 in. board
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Bench-top design