Altera Lark Board Manual

Lark Board is a high-performance
development board based on Altera’s
Cyclone® V SoC, designed for development
of high-volume applications including
automotive, medical equipment, video
surveillance and industrial control. The Lark
Board features a 5CSXFC6D6 SoC FPGA, the
largest SoC device in the Cyclone V SX
family and provides 1GB DDR3 SDRAM to
each of the HPS and FPGA as well as 4GB
eMMC Flash and a Transflash card slot for
mass storage. It also features several
standard I/O interfaces including PCI
Express, Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI, VGA, 24-
bit LCD, a 12-bit camera interface, USB2.0 Host ports, UART, JTAG, and 3G SDI. It also integrates
a 12-bit high-speed and high-accuracy ADC with sampling rate up to 105MSPS.
Kit Contents
1 x Lark Board
1 x USB cable for FPGA programming and control
1 x 19V AC/DC power adapter and power supply cable
Universal Power Plug Adapter
8GB preloaded TF card which contains:- A pre-built Debian image, source code,
schematics and datasheets
12V-DC Fan
Setting Up the System
Set the DIP Switches
The Lark board eMMC Flash has been installed with Yocto image by
default so that the board can boot and run out of the box. Please check
the DIP switches are configured as shown in the table below.
Switch
D1
D2
D3
D4
S8
Off
On
Off
Off
S9
Off
Off
On
Off
S10
Off
Off
Off
Off
S11
Off
Off
On
Off
Key Information Sheet - Lark Board

Connect debug serial
port
Connect the serial port J24 or J25 of Lark board to a PC via a USB-To-TTL
conversion cable (UART8000-U, to be purchased separately) and set up
the standard serial communication parameters as 115200 8-N-1.
Connect a
HDMI/VGA monitor
Connect a HDMI or VGA cable from a monitor to Lark Board.
Power on the board
Plug in 19V power adapter to the Power Jack and LarkbBoard will boot
the system from eMMC
For information on more hardware and software for the Lark board, please refer to
http://www.element14.com/larkboard
Disclaimer
FCC NOTICE: This kit is designed to allow:
(1) Product developers to evaluate electronic components, circuitry, or software associated with
the kit to determine whether to incorporate such items in a finished product and
(2) Software developers to write software applications for use with the end product. This kit is
not a finished product and when assembled may not be resold or otherwise marketed unless all
required FCC equipment authorizations are first obtained. Operation is subject to the condition
that this product not cause harmful interference to licensed radio stations and that this product
accept harmful interference. Unless the assembled kit is designed to operate under part 15, part
18 or part 95 of this chapter, the operator of the kit must operate under the authority of an FCC
license holder or must secure an experimental authorization under part 5 of this chapter.
For evaluation only; not FCC approved for resale.
European Union Notice: this kit is a custom built evaluation kit destined for professionals to be
used solely at research and development facilities for such purposes.
Manufacturer: Premier Farnell UK Limited, 150 Armley Road, Leeds, LS12 2QQ, United Kingdom;
www.premierfarnell.com
For evaluation only; not FCC approved for resale
Manufactured in PRC