DE4 Development and Education Board

The Altera^® DE4 Development and Education board is an excellent research platform. It features an Altera Stratix ^® IV 4SGX230 or 4SGX530 FPGA.

DE4 Development Board

DE4 Development and Education Board

The DE4 box includes:

Feature	Description
DE4 Board Information
FPGA	Stratix IV EP4SGX230KF40C2, or EP4SGX530KF40C2 with EPCS128 128-Mbit serial configuration device
I/O Interfaces	Built-in USB-Blaster for FPGA configuration USB 2.0 (two type A and one type B) Serial ATA Port (x4) Gigabit Ethernet Port (x4) PCI Express x8 Edge Connector HSMC high-speed headers (x2) Expansion headers (two 40-pin headers)
Memory	DDR2 memory slot (x2) SD memory card slot 2 MB SSRAM 64 MB Flash
Displays	Two 7-segment displays
Switches and LEDs	Four toggle switches Eight dip switches Eight LEDs Four debounced pushbutton switches
Clocks	50 MHz clock 100 MHz clock External SMA clock inputs External SMA clock outputs

Type of Customer	Purchase Method	Price**
*DE4 Board Ordering Information*
Academic	Visit the Board Purchase Info page	Contact Altera
Commercial	Contact a distributor	$2,995* * Price shown for DE4-230

** plus shipping and applicable taxes

Title	Downloads
*Materials for the DE4 Board*
Tutorials
Using PCI Express on DE4 Boards	PDF Design Files