DE3 User Manual
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Chapter 2
Using the DE3 Board
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This chapter gives instructions for using the DE3 board and its components.
It is strongly recommended that users should read the Getting Started with the Altera DE3 board.pdf
before using the DE3 board. The document is located in the DE3_usermanual folder on the DE3
System CD. The contents of the document includes following:
1.
Purpose of the DE3 Board
2.
Scope of the DE3 Board and Supporting Material
3.
Installing the Altera Design Software
4.
Obtain a License File from Altera’s website
5.
Setup the License File for Terasic Power Controller IP.
6.
Install the USB Blaster Driver
7.
Power up the DE3 Board
8.
Programming the FPGA Device on the DE3 Board
2.1
Configuring the FPGA and Serial Configuration Device
Programming the FPGA device:
The DE3 board has a built-in USB Blaster circuit, which allows users to program the FPGA
device using USB cable and Quartus II programmer in JTAG mode. Current configuration will
be lost when the power is turned off.
To download a configuration bit stream into the Stratix III FPGA, perform the following steps:
•
Make sure that power is provided to the DE3 board
•
Connect the USB cable supplied to the USB Blaster port of the DE3 board (see
Figure 2.1
)
•
The FPGA can now be programmed in the Quartus II Programmer by selecting a
configuration bit stream file with the .sof filename extension.
Please refer to Getting Started with the Altera DE3 board.pdf for more detailed procedure of
FPGA programming.
Summary of Contents for Altera DE3
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