Stratix IV E FPGA Development Kit

from Altera

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The Altera^® Stratix^® IV E FPGA Development Kit delivers a complete system-level design environment that includes both the hardware and software needed to immediately begin developing FPGA designs. This board, combined with a one-year license for Quartus^® II software, provides all that is needed for you to begin prototyping for a variety of designs today. You can use this development kit to:

• Develop and test memory subsystems consisting of DDR3 DIMMs, QDR II+, and RLDRAM II memory interfaces
• Prototype designs and speed up your verification cycle and time to market
• Build designs capable of migrating to Altera’s low-cost HardCopy^® IV E ASICs
• Migrate designs seamlessly from Altera’s Stratix III F1152 FPGAs
• Take advantage of the modular and scalable design of this development kit by using high-speed mezzanine card (HSMC) connectors to interface to one of over 30 different HSMCs provided by Altera partners.

Ordering Information  

Note:

1. You can purchase optional interface-compatible daughtercards, adapters, or cables to use with your development kit.

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Development Kit Contents

The Stratix IV E FPGA Development Kit features the following:

• Stratix IV E FPGA development board (see Figure 1)
  • Featured device
    • Stratix IV E EP4SE530H35C2N FPGA
  • Configuration, status, and set-up elements
    • Fast passive parallel (FPP) configuration via a MAX^® II EPM2210 CPLD and flash memory
    • On-board USB-Blaster^TM download cable using Quartus II Programmer
  • Clocks
    • On-board clock oscillators: 50 MHz, 66 MHz, 100 MHz, and 125 MHz
    • SMA connectors for external clock input
    • SMA connector for clock output
  • General user input and output
    • LEDs
    • Push buttons
    • Dual in-line package (DIP) switches
    • Graphics LCD
    • Character LCD
    • Quad seven-segment display
  • Memory devices
    • 2-GB DDR3 SDRAM DIMM with a 72-bit data bus
    • 72-MB QDR II+ SRAM device with a 18-bit data bus
    • 576-MB RLDRAM II CIO device with a 36-bit data bus
    • 18-MB SSRAM with a 36-bit data bus
    • 512-MB flash memory with a 16-bit data bus
  • Components and interfaces
    • Two HSMC connectors
    • 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet PHY with RJ-45 connector
    • Temperature measurement circuitry
    • Power measurement circuitry
  • Other features
    • Restricted of hazardeous substances (RoHS) compliant
    • 8.25” x 7” Board
    • Bench-top design
• Stratix IV E FPGA Development Kit software content
  • Design examples
    • Board Update Portal featuring the Nios^® II processor web server and remote system update
    • Board Test System (BTS)
  • Complete documentation (see Table 2)
• Altera's Complete Design Suite (download from Altera Download Center)
  • Quartus II design software includes support for Stratix IV FPGAs and HardCopy IV ASICs
    • One-year license included
  • Nios II Embedded Design Suite
  • MegaCore^® intellectual property (IP) library includes Triple-Speed Ethernet, DDR3, RLDRAM II, and QDR II+ MegaCore IP cores (no IP licenses included)
    • IP evaluation available through OpenCore Plus only
• Loopback and debug HSMCs
• Power adapter and cables

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Figure 1. Stratix IV E FPGA Development Board

Available Documentation

Notes:

1. This kit installation works with Quartus II software version 9.1.
2. This kit installation works with Quartus II software version 9.1 SP2.
3. This kit installation works with Quartus II software version 10.1.

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Related Links

• Stratix IV FPGA density 
• Literature for Stratix IV FPGAs
• Stratix IV Design Guidelines (PDF)
• Partner HSMC cards
• Other Stratix IV FPGA-based development kits