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Chapter 4: DSP Development Kit Hardware Setup
Configuring the FPGA
DSP Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition Getting Started User Guide
© August 2008 Altera Corporation
Preliminary
Power up the development board by performing the following steps:
1. Connect the 16-V DC adapter to the development board and to a power source.
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Use only the supplied 16-V power supply. Power regulation circuitry on the board
could be damaged by supplies greater than 16 V.
2. Slide the POWER switch to ON. The nearby blue POWER light-emitting diode
(LED) lights up.
3. Confirm that user LEDs 0-7 flash in a scrolling, side-to-side pattern. For
customized configurations, the pattern depends on the application.
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For information about custom configurations, refer to
.
Configuring the FPGA
Before configuring the FPGA, ensure that the Quartus II software and the USB-Blaster
driver software are installed on the host computer and the development board is
powered on.
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For USB-Blaster driver installation information, refer to
To configure the Cyclone III FPGA, perform the following steps:
1. Verify that the 4-position SW3 mini-DIP switches and the two jumpers are set to
the default positions shown in
.
2. Connect the USB cable to the development board USB port.
3. Cycle the POWER switch OFF then ON.
4. Start the Quartus II software.
5. On the Tools menu, click
Programmer
. The Quartus II Programmer appears.
6. Click
Add File
and select <
path
>\
examples\
cycloneIII_3c120_dsp_example_ChA\
cycloneIII_3c120_dsp_factory_design_loopback_top.sof
.
7. Turn on the
Program/Configure
option for the added file.
8. Click
Start
to download the selected file to the FPGA. The FPGA is configured
when the progress bar reaches 100%.