The AL001 development board provides a complete hardware environment for designers to accelerate their time to market.The kit delivers a stable platform to develop and test designs targeted to the low-cost and low-power EP4CE6 FPGA. The installed EP4CE6 device offers a prototyping environment to effectively demonstrate the enhanced benefits of low-cost Cyclone IV FPGA solutions. Reference designs are included with the kit to exercise standard peripherals on the evaluation board for a quick start to device familiarization.
The AL001 development board contains the following individual pieces:
●The AL001 development board
●USB 2.0 cable
●Example Source Code
●AL001 Development Board Users Manual
●Transparent protection board
Please note that this kit does NOT include a FPGA programming cable.
Figure 1 gives the block diagram of the AL001 development board. To provide maximum flexibility for the user, all connections are made through the EP4CE6 FPGA device. Thus, the user can configure the FPGA to implement any system design.
Figure 1.Block Diagram
Following is more detailed information about the blocks in Figure 1:
FPGA
ALTERA EP4CE6 FPGA
JTAG Port
On-board JTAG Port for programming
SDRAM
256Mbit SDRAM
SPI Flash memory
16Mbit FLASH
Camera Port
Port for OV5640 module
Pushbutton switches
4 User Keys
General User Interfaces
4 User LEDs
6-digit 7-segment displays
Buzzer
General Interfaces
7” TFT Interface(AT070TN83)
System Clock inputs
50MHz oscillator
RTC Module
Comes with a CR1220 battery socket
External Eeprom
Comes with a 24LC04;
VGA output
Uses a 16-bit resistor-network DAC under RGB65536 Mode
With 15-pin high-density D-sub connector
Voltage Regulator Circuit
Provides 1.2V,5V and 3.3V for system power supply
SD Card
Equips a SD card holder.
On-board USB to TTL/RS232 Module
Use CP2102 for USB-TTL/RS232 Converting (Without DB-9 serial connector)
40-PIN Expansion Headers
Two 40-PIN Expansion Headers Cyclone IV I/O pins, as well as 3 power and ground lines, are brought out to the 40-pin expansion connectors.