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
®
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
driving the pin low turns it off.

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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.