User manual

DE2 User Manual
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Chapter 2
Altera DE2 Board
This chapter presents the features and design characteristics of the DE2 board.
2.1 Layout and Components
A photograph of the DE2 board is shown in Figure 2.1. It depicts the layout of the board and
indicates the location of the connectors and key components.
Figure 2.1. The DE2 board.
The DE2 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 board:
• Altera Cyclone
®
II 2C35 FPGA device
• Altera Serial Configuration device - EPCS16
• USB Blaster (on board) for programming and user API control; both JTAG and Active Serial
(AS) programming modes are supported
• 512-Kbyte SRAM
• 8-Mbyte SDRAM