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Reference Manual
Altera Corporation
Nios Development Board Stratix II Edition
May 2007
Board Components
Memory
U74
SSRAM memory
2 MBytes of synchronous SRAM.
U5, LED7
Flash memory
16 MBytes of nonvolatile memory for use by both the
FPGA and the configuration controller. LED7 lights
whenever the flash chip-enable is asserted.
U63
DDR SDRAM memory
32 MBytes of DDR SDRAM.
Connections & Interfaces
U4, RJ1
Ethernet MAC/PHY
10/100 Ethernet MAC/PHY chip connected to an RJ-
45 Ethernet connector.
J19
Serial connector
RS-232 serial connector with 5V-tolerant buffers.
Supports all RS-232 signals.
PROTO1 (J11, J12, J13) Expansion prototype
connector
Expansion headers connecting to 41 I/O pins on the
FPGA. Supplies 3.3 V and 5.0 V for use by a
daughter card.
PROTO2 (J15, J16, J17) Expansion prototype
connector
Expansion headers connecting to 41 I/O pins on the
FPGA. Supplies 3.3 V and 5.0 V for use by a daughter
card.
CON3
CompactFlash connector
CompactFlash connector for memory expansion.
JH1, JH2
PMC connector
Expansion connector for a PCI mezzanine card.
J25
Mictor connector
Mictor connector providing access to 27 I/O pins on
the FPGA. Allows debugging Nios II systems using a
First Silicon Solutions (FS2) debug probe.
TP1 – TP8
Test Points
Test points providing access to eight FPGA I/O pins.
J24
JTAG connector
JTAG connection to the FPGA allowing hardware
configuration using the Quartus
®
II software and
software debug using the Nios II IDE.
J5
JTAG connector
JTAG connection to the MAX
®
configuration
controller.
J27
EPCS configuration header
Connects to the EPCS serial configuration device for
in-system programming.
Configuration & Reset
U3
MAX Configuration controller Altera MAX EPM7256AE device used to configure
the FPGA from flash memory.
U69
Serial configuration device
Altera EPCS64 low-cost serial configuration device to
configure the FPGA.
SW8
CPU Reset button
Push-button switch to reboot the Nios II processor
configured in the FPGA.
Table 2–1. Nios Development Board, Stratix II Edition Components & Interfaces (Continued)
Board Designation
Name
Description