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New Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition
This low-cost application platform has everything that you need to evaluate Altera's software development tools. Experience the unique advantages Altera® Cyclone® III FPGAs can bring to your embedded design. View pictures on the touch-screen LCD display, boost software performance with hardware accelerators, even remotely configure hardware with the library of sample applications and comprehensive software development tutorials included with this evaluation kit.
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Kit Features
- Altera Cyclone III (EP3C25) FPGA with 25,000 logic elements (LEs)
- 800 x 480 touch-screen LCD display
- 32-Mbytes of DDR SDRAM, 1-Mbyte of SRAM, 16-Mbytes of flash memory, 128-Mbyte secure digital (SD) card and connector
- 24-bit CD-quality audio CODEC with line-in, line-out, and mic-in jacks
- Ethernet 10/100 Mbps
- Video out (VGA 10-bit DAC)
- Composite TV-in
- 4 user-controlled LEDs
- 4 user-controlled push buttons
- USB cable and external power supply
Software Applications
- Remote system upgrade
- Mandelbrot acceleration with the Nios® II C-to-Hardware (C2H) acceleration compiler
- Picture viewer
- Application selector utility
Learn more about the Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition
Embedded News
 Nios II Embedded Design Suite v7.2 Service Pack 1 Now Available
Download the latest service pack for of the Nios II Embedded Design Suite (EDS). See the service pack download page for more information.
New Training Series: Developing Software for the Nios II Processor
Software developers new to FPGAs, this series is for you. Developing Software for the Nios Processor is a free series of short, online tutorials that will get you up to speed quickly on developing software for the Nios II embedded processor. Visit the training resources page.
Looking to Add USB 2.0 to Your Embedded Design?
Add USB 2.0 quickly and easily with the new USB 2.0 intellectual property (IP) core available from SLS Corporation. This complete USB 2.0 solution is SOPC Builder-ready and includes all the software and documentation you need, with support for both UTMI+ and ULPI PHY interfaces. Download a free evaluation from SLS Corporation.
eCos RTOS Updated for the Nios II Processor
Nios II users can download a free copy of the eCosPro Starter Kit, a royalty-free, open source, customizable, real-time operating system from eCosCentric Ltd. The eCosPro Developer Kit, available at additional cost, provides developer support and an expanded list of software drivers. Visit the eCosCentric website for more information.
New Documentation
Guidelines for Developing a Nios II HAL Device Driver
Learn how to create device drivers for your own custom component quickly and easily with this application note. Download today.
Design Example: Scatter-Gather Direct Memory Access (DMA)
The Scatter-Gather Direct Memory Access (SGDMA) design example illustrates how you can perform data transfers without processor overhead becoming a limiting factor. This example performs memory transfers between an external SSRAM memory component and on-chip FIFOs components. Download today.
Application Note: Debugging Nios II Systems with SignalTap II Logic Analyzer
Take your system-level debugging to the next level. This application note will show you how to use the Nios II plug-in with a SignalTap® II logic analyzer for real-time hardware debugging and to capture a Nios II processor’s programmatic execution. Download today.
Nios II Processor Benchmarked at Over 300 DMIPS in Stratix III Devices
See the latest performance numbers and resource utilization of Nios II processor systems implemented in the Stratix®, Cyclone, and HardCopy® device families.
Download the latest Nios II Performance Benchmarks data sheet today.
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