User manual

DE2 User Manual
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The DE2 package includes:
• DE2 board
• USB Cable for FPGA programming and control
• CD-ROM containing the DE2 documentation and supporting materials, including the User
Manual, the Control Panel utility, reference designs and demonstrations, device datasheets,
tutorials, and a set of laboratory exercises
• CD-ROMs containing Altera’s Quartus
®
II Web Edition and the Nios
®
II Embedded Design
Suit Evaluation Edition software.
• Bag of six rubber (silicon) covers for the DE2 board stands. The bag also contains some
extender pins, which can be used to facilitate easier probing with testing equipment of the
board’s I/O expansion headers
• Clear plastic cover for the board
• 9V DC wall-mount power supply
1.2 The DE2 Board Assembly
To assemble the included stands for the DE2 board:
• Assemble a rubber (silicon) cover, as shown in Figure 1.2, for each of the six copper stands
on the DE2 board
• The clear plastic cover provides extra protection, and is mounted over the top of the board
by using additional stands and screws
Figure 1.2. The feet for the DE2 board.