
Chapter 2
Altera DE2-70  Board
This chapter presents the features and design characteristics of the 
2.1 Layout and Components
A photograph of the 
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12V DC Power Supply 
Connector
Power ON/OFF Switch 
USB Host/Slave  | 
Controller  | 
Audio CODEC  | 
Altera USB Blaster  | 
Controller chipset  | 
Altera EPCS16  | 
Configuration Device  | 
RUN/PROG Switch for  | 
JTAG/AS Modes  | 
16x2 LCD Module  | 
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18 Red LEDs  | 
18 Toggle Switches  | 
Ethernet 10/100M Port
TV Decoder (NTSC/PAL) X2
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 PS2 Port
VGA   | 
Ethernet 10/100M Controller  | 
50Mhz Oscillator  | 
Expansion Header 2  | 
Expansion Header 1  | 
SD Card Slot  | Lock  | 
(SD Card Not Included)
Altera Cyclone II
FPGA with 70K LEs
 IrDA Transceiver
8Mbyte Flash Memory
 8 Green LEDs
 SMA Extemal Clock
32Mbyte SDRAMx2 28Mhz Oscillator 2Mbyte SSRAM  | 4   | 
Figure 2.1. The DE2-70  board.
The DE2-70  board has many features that allow the user to implement a wide range of designed circuits, from simple circuits to various multimedia projects.
The following hardware is provided on the DE2-70  board:
•Altera Cyclone® II 2C70 FPGA device
•Altera Serial Configuration device - EPCS16
•USB Blaster (on board) for programming and user API control; both JTAG and Active Serial
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