DE2-70 User Manual

Chapter 2

Altera DE2-70 Board

This chapter presents the features and design characteristics of the DE2-70 board.

2.1 Layout and Components

A photograph of the DE2-70 board is shown in Figure 2.1. It depicts the layout of the board and indicates the location of the connectors and key components.

 

USB Device Port

Mic in

Line In Line Out

VGA Out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video In 1 Video In 2

 

 

USB Blaster Port

USB Host Port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

7-Segment Displays

18 Red LEDs

18 Toggle Switches

Ethernet 10/100M Port

RS-232 Port

TV Decoder (NTSC/PAL) X2

PS2 Port

VGA 10-bit DAC

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 Push-button Switches

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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