Koheron Alpha250, User Manual

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Alpha250 User Guide
PDF version (https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/koheronalpha250-public/koheron_alpha250_user_guide.pdf)
Koheron Alpha250 250 MSPS acquisition board (/fpga/alpha250-signal-acquisition-generation)
Getting started
Warnings
The Alpha250 power supply must be turned off before connecting or disconnecting:
the micro-SD card
peripherals on the expansion connector
Turn on the board
First, insert the micro-SD card into the micro-SD slot. Then connect the 12V jack of the power supply. The power good green LED
(PWGD) and the FPGA done orange LED (DONE) indicate the system has correctly started.
Communicating with the board
LAN
The ethernet port is the main communication interface with the Alpha250. It can be connected to a local network via a router
(/support/tutorials/ nd-dynamic-ip) or directly to a computer (/support/tutorials/setup-direct-ethernet-static-ip). The last 8 bits of
the IP address are displayed on the 8 user LEDs.
Serial interface
The serial UART debugging interface can be accessed by the micro USB connector. The required steps are described here
(/support/tutorials/setup-usb-serial-connection).
Connectors