P0301 Terasic Technologies

Altera DE2 Board DE2 Development and Education Board User Manual Version 1.6 Copyright 2012 Altera Corporation Altera DE2 Board CONTENTS Chapter 1 DE2 Package.....................................................................................................................1 1.1 Package Contents .................................................................................................................1 1.2 The DE2 Board Assembly....................................................................................................2 1.3 Getting Help.........................................................................................................................3 Chapter 2 Altera DE2 Board.............................................................................................................4 2.1 Layout and Components ......................................................................................................4 2.2 Block Diagram of the DE2 Board........................................................................................5 2.3 Power-up the DE2 Board .....................................................................................................9 Chapter 3 DE2 Control Panel ......................................................................................................... 11 3.1 Control Panel Setup ........................................................................................................... 11 3.2 Controlling the LEDs, 7-Segment Displays and LCD Display .........................................13 3.3 Switches and Push-buttons.................................................................................................16 3.4 SDRAM/Flash Controller and Programmer ......................................................................17 3.5 USB Monitoring.................................................................................................................18 3.6 PS/2 Device........................................................................................................................19 3.7 SD Card..............................................................................................................................20 3.8 RS-232 Communication.....................................................................................................21 3.9 VGA...................................................................................................................................22 3.10 Overall Structure of the DE2 Control Panel ......................................................................23 Chapter 4 Using the DE2 Board .....................................................................................................25 4.1 Configuring the Cyclone II FPGA .....................................................................................25 4.2 Using the LEDs and Switches............................................................................................27 4.3 Using the 7-segment Displays............................................................................................31 4.4 Clock Inputs .......................................................................................................................33 4.5 Using the LCD Module......................................................................................................34 4.6 Using the Expansion Header..............................................................................................36 4.7 Using VGA ........................................................................................................................38 4.8 Using the 24-bit Audio CODEC ........................................................................................42 4.9 RS-232 Serial Port .............................................................................................................43 4.10 PS/2 Serial Port ..................................................................................................................43 4.11 Fast Ethernet Network Controller......................................................................................44 4.12 TV Decoder........................................................................................................................45 4.13 Implementing a TV Encoder..............................................................................................46 4.14 Using USB Host and Device..............................................................................................47 4.15 Using IrDA.........................................................................................................................49 4.16 Using SDRAM/SRAM/Flash.............................................................................................50 ii