Use Altera® design utilities to make designing with Stratix® FPGAs even easier. See Table 1 for various design utilities and their descriptions.
| Table 1. Stratix Design Utilities | |
| Design Utility | Description |
|---|---|
| Device Family Overview | Find the right Stratix device for your design. |
| Configuration Devices | Learn about Altera's configuration devices, which provide fast configuration solutions for Stratix devices. |
| Software Support | Read about the Quartus® II design software, the next-generation development system for programmable logic that supports Stratix devices. |
| DSP Builder | Design with Altera's DSP Builder, a digital signal processing (DSP) development tool that interfaces The MathWorks' industry-leading Simulink system-level DSP tool with Altera's industry-leading Quartus II development software. |
| Memory Solution Center | Learn about embedded memory in Altera devices as well as external memory interfaces. |
| DSP Solution Center | Discover the DSP solutions available from Altera. |
| I/O Standards and Interfaces Solution Center | Explore I/O standards and interfaces supported in Altera devices. |
| Board Design Guidelines Solution Center | Find out board design and manufacturing guidelines as well as board design resources. |
| Stratix Questions and Answers | Get answers to common questions about Stratix devices. |
| Stratix Backgrounder (PDF) | Read more about the Stratix device family features. |
| HardCopy® Stratix ASICs | Minimize risks, manage uncertainty, and lower your costs with high-performance HardCopy Stratix devices for high-volume production applications. |
| High-Speed Differential I/O Bit-Position Calculator | Calculate Stratix high-speed differential I/O bit positions based on the data rate receiver/transmitter settings. |
| BSDL Files | Download boundary scan description language (BSDL) files for Stratix devices. |
| Pin-Out Files | Download Stratix pin-out files which list device pin-out descriptions. |
| FPGA vs. ASIC Cost Calculator | Compare the total cost of using an FPGA in a system against the total cost of using an ASIC. |
| PowerPlay Early Power Estimator | Calculate the estimated power consumption for Stratix devices based on typical conditions. |
| IBIS Models | Download I/O buffer information specification (IBIS) models for Stratix devices. |
