HD FPGA Development Boards

Cyclone III FPGA Development Kit

The Cyclone III FPGA Development Kit ($1,495)is RoHS compliant and features:

• Cyclone III development board (see Figure 1)
  • Cyclone III EP3C120F780 FPGA
  • Embedded USB-Blaster™ circuitry (includes an Altera MAX^® II CPLD) allowing download of FPGA configuration files via the flash device or the host computer
• Memory
  • 256 Mbytes of dual-channel DDR2 SDRAM with ECC
  • 8 Mbytes of synchronous SRAM
  • 64 Mbytes of flash
• Communication ports
  • 10/100/1000 Ethernet
  • USB 2.0
• Power and analog devices from Linear Technology
  • Switching power supply LTM4601
  • Switching and step-down regulators LT1931, LT3481, and LTC3418
  • Analog to digital converter LTC1865  
  • LDO regulators LT1963 and LT1761
• Clocking
  • 50-MHz and 125-MHz on-board oscillators
  • SMA inputs/outputs
  • Inputs/outputs for the two HSMCs
  • Various buttons, switches, and indicators
• Display
  • 128 x 64 graphics LCD
  • 2-line x 16-character LCD
• Connectors
  • Two HSMCs
  • USB type B
• Debug tools
  • Three HSMC debug cards (two loop-back and a debug header)
• Cables and power/analog
  • 14-V–20-V DC input
  • On-board power measurement circuitry
  • 19.8 W per HSMC interface
  • Power cord with plug adapters (US, UK, EU)
• Cyclone III FPGA Development Kit, CD-ROM (download all CD contents via FTP)
  • Design examples for the Cyclone III FPGA development board
  • Complete documentation (see Table 2)
    • User guide
    • Reference manual
    • Board schematic and layout
    • Bill of materials
    • Product and partner information
• Altera Complete Design Suite DVD
  • Quartus^® II design software
    • Subscription Edition (optional feature, available for purchase)
    • Web Edition (no charge, Windows only)
  • ModelSim^®-Altera software 
    • Altera Edition (optional feature, available for purchase)
    • Web Edition (no charge, Windows only)
  • MegaCore^® IP Library - OpenCore Plus evaluation
    • Includes Nios II processor (evaluation license)
  • Nios II Embedded Design Suite, Evaluation Edition (no charge)
  • DSP Builder (optional feature, available for purchase)
  • Video demos of Quartus II software and Nios II embedded processor

Figure 1. Cyclone III FPGA Development Board

Bitec Cyclone III Video Dev Kit

Features

• Altera EP3C120F780 Development board
• Bitec HSMC Quad Video daughter card
• 8 composite or 4 s-video inputs
• 1 HD (1080p) DVI Output port or
• 1 TV (PAL/NTSC) output with resolutions to 1024x768 and support for composite, s-video or SCART (RGB) outputs
• Bitec HSMC DVI daughter card
• 1 HD (1080p) DVI Output port (HDMI with external adaptor)
• 1 HD (1080p) DVI Input port (HDMI with external adaptor)
• Interfaces directly to the Altera Video and Image Processing (VIP) Suit
• Collection of video reference designs