Altera MAX II Micro Kit User manual

Max II Micro Kit
MAX® II Micro Kit
User Manual
Version 1.32 Copyright © 2009 Terasic Technologies

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CONTENTS
U Chapter 1 MAX II Micro Package U ...................................................................................................1
U 1.1 U U Package Contents U .................................................................................................................1
U 1.2 U U Assemble the MAX II Micro U ...............................................................................................2
U 1.3 U U Getting Help U .........................................................................................................................3
U Chapter 2Altera MAX II Micro Board U ...........................................................................................4
U 2.1 U U Layout and Components U ......................................................................................................4
U 2.2 U U Block Diagram of the MAX II Micro Board U .......................................................................5
U 2.3 U U Schematic of the MAX II Micro Board U ...............................................................................6
U 2.3.1 U U LEDs, Switches, and Clock Inputs U ...................................................................................6
U 2.3.2 U U Expansion Port and Prototyping Area U ..............................................................................8
U 2.4 U U Power-up the MAX II Micro Board U ...................................................................................10
U 2.5 U U Methods to Configure the MAX II Micro Board U ...............................................................11
U 2.5.1 U U Configure the MAX II Micro board in JTAG Mode U ......................................................11
U 2.5.2 U U Use MAX II Micro as a USB Blaster Cable U ..................................................................11
U 2.5.3 U U MAX II CPLD Power OFF Mode U ..................................................................................12
U Chapter 3 MAX II Micro Board Control Panel U ............................................................................13
U 3.1 U U Control Panel Setup U ...........................................................................................................13
U 3.2 U U Using the Control Panel U .....................................................................................................15
U Chapter 4 MAX II Micro Board Design Demonstrations U ............................................................18
U 4.1 U U Demonstration Setup U ..........................................................................................................18
U 4.2 U U Configuring the MAX II CPLD on MAX II Micro Board U ................................................18
U 4.3 U U Exercise 1: Traffic Light Experiment. U ................................................................................19
U 4.4 U U Exercise 2: A Color Pattern Generator Using LCD Panel U ..............................................21
U Chapter 5Appendix U .........................................................................................................................24

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Chapter 1
MAX II Micro Package
The MAX II Micro package contains all components needed to use the MAX II Micro board in
conjunction with a computer that runs the Microsoft Windows software.
1.1 0B Package Contents
Figure 1.1 shows a photograph of the MAX II Micro package.
Figure 1.1 MAX II Micro package contents.
The MAX II Micro package includes:
•MAX II Micro board
•USB Cable (Type-A-Male to Type-A-Female) for FPGA programming, control, and power
source
•CD-ROM containing Altera’s Quartus
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II 7.0 Web Edition software.

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1.2 1B Assemble the MAX II Micro
Connect the MAX II Micro to PC either:
•Plug-in directly, as shown in Figure 1.2
•Via the USB cable provided in the package, as shown in Figure 1.3
Figure 1.2. Connect to PC directly.
Figure 1.3. Connect to PC through USB cable.

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1.3 2B Getting Help
Here are the addresses where you can get help if you encounter problems:
•Altera Corporation
101 Innovation Drive
San Jose, California, 95134 USA
Email: HU [email protected] U
•Terasic Technologies
No. 356, Sec. 1, Fusing E. Rd.
Jhubei City, HsinChu County, Taiwan, 302
Email: HU [email protected] UH
Web: www.terasic.com

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Chapter 2
Altera MAX II Micro Board
This chapter presents the features and design characteristics of the MAX II Micro board.
2.1 3B Layout and Components
A photograph of the MAX II Micro board is shown in Figure 2.1. It depicts the layout of the board
and indicates the location of the connectors and key components.
USB Blaster Port
USB Blaster Cable
10-pin Header
USB Blaster / MAX II
Power Mode Switch 4 Push-Button Switches
8 User LEDs
50 MHz Oscillator
Prototyping Area B
(PROTO_B)
Altera USB Blaster
Controller Chipset Altera MAX II
EPM2210 FPG A Device
24 MHz Oscillator
Prototyping Area A
(PROTO_A)
Figure 2.1. The MAX II Micro board.
The following hardware is provided on the MAX II Micro board:
•Altera MAX
®
II EPM2210F324 FPGA device
•USB Blaster (on board) for programming; MAX II Micro can be used as a USB Blaster, and
programming mode supported depends on the configuration device of Altera board
connected to MAX II Micro. Only JTAG programming mode is supported to configure
MAX II Micro.
•4 pushbutton switches
•1 DIP switch
•2 red user LEDs
•2 yellow user LEDs
•2 green user LEDs

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•2 blue user LEDs
•50-MHz oscillator for clock sources
•Powered by a USB cable (Type-A-Male to Type-A-Female)
2.2 4B Block Diagram of the MAX II Micro Board
Figure 2.2 gives the block diagram of the MAX II Micro board.
50 MHz OSC
USB Power
3.3V/1.5A
MAX II
EPM2210F324
FT245 EPM3128
USB
B-TYPE
USB-Blaster
GPIO
x88
B tton4
LED8…........................LED1
JTAG
B tton3 B tton2 B tton1
Figure 2.2. Block diagram of the MAX II Micro board.
Following is more detailed information about the blocks in Figure 2.2:
MAX II 2210 FPGA
•2,210 LEs
•272 user I/O pins
•FineLine BGA 324-pin package
USB Blaster circuit
•On-board USB Blaster for programming
•Only JTAG programming mode is supported to configure MAX II Micro or when MAX II
Micro is used as a USB Blaster cable.

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Pushbutton switches
•4 pushbutton switches
•Debounced by a Schmitt trigger circuit
•Normally high; generates one active-low pulse when the switch is pressed
Clock inputs
•50-MHz oscillator
Prototyping Areas
•A 40-pin expansion port area compatible withAltera DE2/DE1 expansion ports.
•Prototyping Area A with 68 GPIO, 63.3V, 25V and 8GND pins
•Prototyping Area B with 20 GPIO, 23.3V, and 2GND pins
2.3 5B Schematic of the MAX II Micro Board
The complete schematic can be found in the Schematic folder of MAX II Micro System CD-ROM.
The following sections describe the major parts of the schematic in detail.
2.3.1 6B LEDs, Switches, and Clock Inputs
The MAX II Micro board provides four pushbutton switches. Each of these switches is debounced
using a Schmitt Trigger circuit, as indicated in Figure 2.3. The four outputs called KEY0, …, KEY3
of the Schmitt Trigger device are connected directly to the MAX II CPLD. Each switch provides a
high logic level (3.3 volts) when it is not pressed, and provides a low logic level (0 volts) when
depressed. Since the pushbutton switches are debounced, they are appropriate for use as clock or
reset inputs in a circuit.
Figure 2.3. Switch debouncing.
There are 8 user-controllable LEDs on the MAX II Micro board. Each LED is driven directly by a
pin on the MAX II CPLD; driving its associated pin to a high logic level turns the LED on, and
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A list of the pin names on the MAX II CPLD that are connected to the LEDs, pushbuttons, and
clock inputs is given in Table 2.1.
Signal Name FPGA Pin No. Description
LED[0] PIN_U13 Blue LED
LED[1] PIN_V13 Green LED
LED[2] PIN_U12 Yellow LED
LED[3] PIN_V12 Red LED
LED[4] PIN_V5 Blue LED
LED[5] PIN_U5 Green LED
LED[6] PIN_V4 Yellow LED
LED[7] PIN_U4 Red LED
KEY[0] PIN_U15 Button1
KEY[1] PIN_V15 Button2
KEY[2] PIN_U14 Button3
KEY[3] PIN_V14 Button4
CLOCK_50 PIN_J6 50 MHz clock input
Table 2.1. Pin assignments for the LEDs, Buttons, and Clock inputs.

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Figure 2.4. Schematic diagram of the LEDs, pushbuttons, and clock circuit.
2.3.2 7B Expansion Port and Prototyping Area
The MAX II Micro board provides users two prototyping area: PROTO_A and PROTO_B, as
shown in Figure 2.1. The schematics are shown in Figure 2.5 and Figure 2.6.To help users locate the
corresponding GPIOs, we provide a detailed I/O map shown in Figure 2.7.

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Figure 2.5. Schematic of the prototyping area.
Figure 2.6. Schematic of the prototyping area.

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H3 F3 C3 B3 C4 3.3V C9 C10 D10 C11 D11 C12 D12 C13 5V D13 C14 D14 C15 B16
H4 G3 E3 D3 A2 GND B5 B6 A6 A7 A8 A9 B10 A11 GND A12 A13 A14 A15 A17
J3 G4 F4 E4 D4 C2 D1 B4 A4 A5 B7 B8 B9 A10 B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 B18
5V 3.3 3.3V 3.3V 3.3V 3.3V
GND GND GND GND GND GND
F2 D2 B1
G1 E1 E2
J2 G2 F1
J1 H1 H2 D17 D18 GND 3.3V
E17 E18 F18 F17
G17 G18 H17 CLK3
H18 J17 J18 CLK2
K18 K17 L18 L17
M18 M17 GND 3.3V
Prototyp ng Area A
(PROTO_A)
Prototyp ng Area B
(PROTO_B)
Figure 2.7. The detailed I/O map of prototyping area A and B.
2.4 8B Power-up the MAX II Micro Board
The MAX II Micro board comes with a pre-loaded configuration bit stream to demonstrate various
LED modes. This bit stream also allows users to see quickly if the board is working properly. For
communication between the host and the MAX II Micro board, it is necessary to install the Altera
USB Blaster driver software. The driver only supports Windows OS, and if it is not already installed
on the host computer, it can be installed as explained in the Altera website :
For XP: HU http://www.altera.com/support/software/drivers/usb-blaster/dri-usb-blaster-xp.html UH .
For 2000: HU http://www.altera.com/support/software/drivers/usb-blaster/dri-usb-blaster-2000.html U
At this point you should observe LEDs turn ON/OFF in sequence There are 2 different modes
pre-loaded and it can be changed by pressing Button1. Each mode can be reset by pressing
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2.5 9B Methods to Configure the MAX II Micro Board
The MAX II Micro board provides two modes, JTAG Mode and USB Blaster Mode, which allows
users to use the MAX II Micro board as a CPLD development board or as a USB Blaster cable,
respectively.
2.5.1 10B Configure the MAX II Micro board in JTAG Mode
Users should use JTAG mode in normal operation. Set Swtich1 to UP position and set Switch2 to
DOWN position as shown in Figure 2.8.
Figure 2.8. Set Switch1 to UP position and Switch2 to DOWN position in normal operation (JTAG
mode)
2.5.2 11B Use MAX II Micro as a USB Blaster Cable
This section describes how to use MAX II Micro as a USB Blaster Cable. Simply follow the
instructions below to finish the setting. Before using MAX II Micro board as a USB Blaster, you
need to solder a 10-pin header onto the board as show in Figure 2.9.
Note: The USB blaster cable function only supports JTAG programming mode.
Figure 2.9. Solder a 10-pin header onto the MAX II Micro board
1. Connect the USB cable to the USB port on your PC and to the USB-Blaster port of MAX II
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2. Set the both dip switches on the Max II Micro board to UP location, as shown in Figure 2.10.
3. Connect the USB-Blaster download cable to the 10-pin header (J3) on the device board and
MAX II Micro board. Figure 2.11 shows how to use the MAX II Micro Board to configure an
Altera NIOS II Kit.
Figure 2.10. Set both switches to UP position to set up the MAX II Micro board as a USB Blaster.
Figure 2.11. Use MAX II Micro as a USB Blaster cable and connect to another Altera board (NIOS
II Kit in this case).
2.5.3 12B MAX II CPLD Power OFF Mode
The MAX II Micro board provides a Power OFF switch mode to completely shutdown the MAX II
CPLD by setting Switch1 to DOWN position as show in Figure 2.12.
Figure 2.12. Set Switch1 to DOWN position to turn off the power supply to MAX II CPLD

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Chapter 3
MAX II Micro Board Control Panel
The MAX II Micro board comes with a Control Panel facility that allows users to access various
components on the board through a USB connection from a host computer. This chapter first
presents how to setting up the Control Panel, then describes its structure in block diagram form, and
finally describes its capabilities.
3.1 13B Control Panel Setup
To run the Control Panel application, it is first necessary to configure a corresponding circuit in the
MAX II CPLD. This is done by downloading the configuration file DEN_Control_Panel.pof into
the CPLD. The downloading procedure is described as followed.
In addition to the DEN_Control_Panel.pof file, it is necessary to execute on the host computer the
program DEN_Control_Panel.exe. Both of these files are available under the directory
DEN_control_panel of the MAX II Micro system CD-ROM included..
To activate the Control Panel, perform the following steps:
1. Configure the dip switch on the MAX II Micro board as shown in Figure 2.8.
2. Connect the USB cable to the USB port on your PC and to the USB-Blaster port of MAX
II Micro board.
3. Start the Quartus II software.
4. Select Tools > Programmer to reach the window in Figure 3.1. Click on Add File and in
the pop-up window that appears select the DEN_Control_Panel.pof file. Next, click on
the three check boxes in the Program/Configure columns. Now, click Start to download
the configuration file into the CPLD.
5. Once the download is finished, Plug out the USB cable from the MAX II Micro board and
re-plug it in to power up and reset the MAX II CPLD device.
6. Start the executable DEN_Control_Panel.exe on the host computer. The Control Panel
user interface shown in Figure 3.2 will appear.
7. The Control Panel also can download the configuration file DEN_Control_Panel.pof into
the CPLD by clicking the icon of Download . POF as shown in Figure 3.2.
8. The Control Panel is now ready for use.
The Control Panel will occupy the USB port , you cannot use Quartus II to download a
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Figure 3.1. Quartus II Programmer window
Figure 3.2. The MAX II Micro Board Control Panel window.
The concept of the MAX II Micro Control Panel is illustrated in Figure 3.3. The IP that
performs the control functions is implemented in the CPLD device. It communicates with the
Control Panel window, which is active on the host computer, via the USB Blaster link. The
graphical interface is used to issue commands to the control circuitry. The provided IP handles
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IP
USER
IP
LEDs
PrototypingArea
Pushbutton
Switches
USB
Blaster
Figure 3.3. The MAX II Micro Control Panel concept.
3.2 14B Using the Control Panel
The interface of the MAX II Micro control panel window matches the real MAX II Micro board.
Users can select the components they want to control directly. All configurable components are
marked with blue frame in the window.
The MAX II Micro Control Panel can be used to light up LEDs, detect the pressed action of
pushbutton switches and configure the I/O logic level of prototyping area on the MAX II Micro
board. The following sections describe how to perform these actions with the control panel already
open on the host computer
Typical design activities do not require the ability to set arbitrary values for simple display devices.
However, for troubleshooting purposes, setting arbitrary values enables you to verify that the
devices are operating correctly.
•Light up the LEDs
To light up the LEDs on the MAX II Micro board, you can turn the individual LEDs on by
clicking the LED icon on the control panel window as show in the Figure 3.4. The icon of the
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Figure 3.4 Control panel window for LED controlling.
•Detection of the action of the pushbuttons
When users press the pushbutton switches on the MAX II Micro board, the MAX II Micro
control panel window will indicate which pushbutton switches are pressed with an arrow icon as
show in Figure 3.5.
Figure 3.5 Control panel can detect if any pushbutton is pressed by users.
•Configure the GPIOs in the prototyping area
The I/O logic level of the GPIOs in the prototyping area is low (0 volts), you can change the
logic level of the GPIOs to high (3.3 volts) by clicking the corresponding GPIO holes on the
control panel window as show in Figure 3.6. The icon of the chosen GPIO holes will be marked
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panel and prototyping area I/Os.
Figure 3.6 Users can configure the GPIOs in the prototyping areas by clicking on the
corresponding holes shown in the Control Panel window section. The GPIOs’ color will be
marked by yellow to indicate their voltage level is HIGH (3.3V).

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Chapter 4
MAX II Micro Board Design
Demonstrations
This chapter demonstrates several reference designs to help users to understand how to implement
their own designs using the MAX II Micro board.
4.1 15B Demonstration Setup
As mentioned in section 1.2, the MAX II Micro board can be connected to the PC either through the
USB cable provided in the package or through the USB slots directly.
4.2 16B Configuring the MAX II CPLD on MAX II Micro Board
The MAX II Micro board stores configuration data in the MAX II CPLD. User can reprogram the
CPLD any time using Quartus II software via the USB connection.
U Configuring the CPLD in JTAG Mode
Figure 4.1 shows the switch configuration for JTAG mode. Set the Switch1 to UP position and
Switch 2 to DOWN position. To download a configuration bit stream into the CPLD, perform the
following steps:
•Ensure that power is supplied to the MAX II Micro board by connecting it to a USB port, as
shown in Figure 1.2 or Figure 1.3.
•The CPLD can now be programmed by using the Quartus II Programmer module. Select a
configuration bit stream file with the .pof filename extension.
•Once the download is finished, you should power off and on the MAX II Micro board to
activate the bitstream by disconnecting the board from you PC.