The Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition features a low power, low-cost Cyclone III FPGA evaluation board for embedded developers by accessing and implementing their own design using the LCD color touch panel with ease. It includes tools necessary to integrate powerful graphics within the FPGA by allowing software developers to install and evaluate the Nios II Embedded Design Suite (EDS) which is a comprehensive suite for software developers.

Inside the kit includes everything you need to begin your design with helpful resources that consist of reference designs with full source code. It includes software tutorials and design examples showing applications such as Picture Viewer, Web Server, C-to-Hardware (C2H) acceleration, and graphics.

• LCD daughtercard
  • Color LCD touch-screen display
    • 800 x 480 resolution
  • 24-bit CD-quality Audio CODEC with line-in, line-out, and microphone-in jacks
  • 10/100 Ethernet physical layer/media access control (PHY/MAC)
  • Connectors
    • VGA output
    • Composite TV-in
    • Audio-out, audio-in, and microphone-in
    • 4-bit Secure digital (SD) card
    • Serial connector (RS-232 DB9 port)
    • PS/2
    • Ethernet connector (RJ-45)
    • 8-pin debug I/O
  • Size：125*100 mm
• The Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit
  • Cyclone III EP3C25F324 FPGA
  • Configuration
    • Embedded USB-Blaster circuitry (includes an Altera EPM3128A CPLD) - (allowing download of FPGA configuration files via your USB port)
  • Power and analog devices from Linear Technology
    • Switching power supply LTM4603EV-1
    • Switching and step-down regulators LTC3413, LT1959
  • Memory
    • 32 Mbytes of DDR SDRAM
    • 1 Mbyte of synchronous SRAM
    • 16 Mbytes of Intel P30/P33 flash
  • Clocking
    • 50-MHz, on-board oscillator
  • Switches and indicators
    • Six push buttons total, four user controlled
    • Seven LEDs total, four user controlled
  • Cables and accessories
    • 128-Mbyte SD card and USB-to-SD card adapter
    • Ethernet (RJ-45) cable (7 ft.)
    • USB Cable
    • 9-V Power supply
    • International power cords
    • Ethernet cross adapter
  • Nios II Evaluation kit CD-ROM
    • Example applications
    • Application selector
    • Picture viewer
    • Mandelbrot acceleration with the Nios C2H compiler
    • Web server/Remote FPGA configuration
  • Hardware tutorials
    • Create an FPGA design in one hour
    • Build a 32-bit soft processor system inside an FPGA
  • Software tutorials
    • My first software Application
  • Complete documentatio
    • Quick start guide
    • User guide
    • Reference manual
    • Board schematic, layout, and bill of materials
    • Product and partner information
• Altera Complete Design Suite DVD (Free):
• Quartus® II Web Edition (FPGA design software) - (We provide Quartus II Web Edition software. To learn more about the details please visit Quartus II Software—Subscription Edition and Web Edition ComparisonLTERA )
• ModelSim®-Altera Web Edition (FPGA simulation software from ModelSim)
• Nios II Embedded Design Suite (32-bit microprocessor software)
• MicroC/OS-II real-time operating system evaluation
• Nios II C-to-Hardware acceleration compiler evaluation
• NicheStack TCP/IP Network Stack - Nios II Edition evaluation
• SD/MMC SPI IP Core evaluation licensing avaliable through El Camino
• MegaCore® IP Library (Library of intellectual property cores)

Documents

Title	Version	Size(KB)	Date Added	Download
Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition User Guide		1057	2009-11-18
LCD Multimedia HSMC Reference Manual		1386	2009-11-18

Demo

Title	Version	Size(KB)	Date Added	Download
MTDB_Systhesizer		100	2007-11-30
MTDB_VGA_TV		123	2007-11-30

CD-ROM

Title	Version	Size(KB)	Date Added	Download
The Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition CD-ROM			2010-05-24

Please note that all the source codes are provided "as is". For further support or modification, please contactTerasic Support and your request will be transferred to Terasic Design Service.
More resources about IP and Dev. Kit are available on Altera User Forums.

 

Design Examples (Please refer to User Manual for instructions)

Design	Description
Terasic SD Card Music Player	Play the music files stored in a SD card
Terasic Music Synthesizer	Implement a Multi-tone Electronic Keyboard using NEEK Kit with a PS/2 Keyboard and a speaker
Terasic Digital TV Box	Implement a Digital TV Box that allows users to watch movie on their VGA monitors
Application Selector Utility	Select and load designs from SD card
Mandelbrot Hardware Acceleration	Hardware acceleration example with the Nios II C2H compiler
Picture Viewer	View photos stored on the SD card
Web Server/Remote FPGA Configuration	Control aspects of the board through a web page including remote configuration of the FPGA
Planetweb SpectraWorks GUI Feature Demo	Digital photo frame application showcasing SpectraWorks from Planetweb
Planetweb SpectraWorks GUI Feature Demo	SpectraWorks GUI demo from Planetweb
IMAGEM Technology Demo	Graphics and video demo from IMAGEM Technology

• NEEK
• USB cable
• Adapter DC 12V/2A
• AC power cord-IEC320C 8 plug (UK )
• AC power cord -IEC320C 8 plug ( EURO )
• Altera NIOS Embedded Evaluation Kit (NEEK) version 8.0.1
• Altera Quartus II v8.0 CD
• SD/MMC card reader
• SD card, 1GB
• NEEK user manual
• NEEK quick start guide
• Crossover adaptor RJ-45(RJ45 loopback connector)