Chapter 1: Introduction to the DE2‐115 Development and Education Board  

1.1OverviewofDE2‐115

AlinkdescribingtheDE2‐115boardisgivenbelow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FYYGrNQ4iM

Thisdeviceisspecificallydesignedfortocreate,implement,andtestdigitaldesignsusingprogrammablelogic.

1.2GettingStarted

AftergettingtheoverviewofthetoolnextstepistodownloadthenecessarysoftwaredevelopmenttoolsanddriversfortheDE2‐115whichwillconnecttoyourhostcomputerviaUSB.

Note:Atthispointyoumayreadthroughtheinstructionsofthetutorialorfollowalongbywatchingthevideotutorial

GettingStartedwithAltera’sDE2‐115Board:

<systemcd>\DE2_115_tutorials\tut_tutorialDE2‐115.pdf

•Focus:Readpage2oftutorial.Hardwareinstallationwillbereviewedinlatersectionsandisnotimportantinthisphase.

RequiredDownloads:

ThemajorityofresourceslistedbelowarefoundontheDE2‐115andtPadSystemCDs.TheseCDscanbedownloadedfromTerasic’swebsitefreeofcharge.Studentsshouldfirstdownloadthesefilesontotheirpersonalcomputers.EachstudentwillneedtobecomeaTerasicmember.Thisisdoneonfirstdownloadattempt.

ResourcesontheSystemCDarenotavailableforsinglefiledownloaddirectlyfromTerasicwebsite.Specificfiles,unavailablefordownload,willbereferredtoas

“<systemcd>\pathname\filename”

TodownloadQuartusIIandNiosII:

https://www.altera.com/download/dnl‐index.jsp

TodownloadsystemCDs:

1. DE2‐115resourcesite:http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi‐bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=139&No=502&PartNo=4

2. tPadresourcesite:http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi‐bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=139&No=550&PartNo=4

DownloadingQuartusIIandNiosII

Step1)Gotothelinkbelow

https://www.altera.com/download/dnl‐index.jsp

Step2)Clickontheicon“DownloadWindowsVersion”andrunTheAlteraSoftwareInstallerwillopen

Step3)ClickNextthenAgreetotheTermsandConditions,thenclickNext

Step4)SelecttheDestinationwheretheAlterafolderisgoingtobelocatedandthenameofthefolder

Clicknext

Step5)SelecteverythingexceptfortheComponentsthatsay“Paid”.ThePaidversionisa30‐daytrialafterthatyouwillnotbeabletouseit.Clicknext

Step6)ClicknextfortheDSPBuildersetup

Step7)Asummaryofwhatwillbeinstalledtothecomputerwillappear

Step8)Aftertheinstallationiscompleteclickfinish.

1.3ControlPanelDemonstration

{Includevideoofdemowithtutorial}

ThistutorialrequiresdownloadingandinstallingQuartusIIonyourcomputer.In

thistutorialyouwillbeexecutingControlPanelwhichautomaticallyusesQuartusIItorunademonstrationontheDE2‐115.Avideolinkdemonstratingthesameisgivenbelow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1e0XG83sLU

Step1:ConnecttheDE2‐115toyourhostcomputerthroughtheUSBport.Turnonthepowerbypressingthebigredpush‐button.MakesurethatSW‐19issettoRun.

Step2:open<systemcd>\DE2_115\DE2_115_toolswithinthisfileyouwillfindcontrol_panel.exe.WiththeDE2‐115connectedtoyourhostcomputer,executethisControlPanelfilebydouble‐clickingitsicon.

Note:IfyourOperatingSystemisrunningon64bit,clickonwin7_64bitsandthenclickintheDE2_115ControlPanel

Step3:Itmaytakeafewminutesfortheprogramload.ControlPanelprovidesaGUIforyoutoplaywithalltheperipheralsontheDE2‐115.

OncetheControlPanelisopen,followthepatternshowninthepicturebelowandtypeyournameintotheLCDDisplay:

1.4)SuggestedReadingbeforecreatingyourowndesignstoimplementontheDE2‐115,

Theresourcessuggestedherearetobeoverviewedbutnotreadindepth.Thesectionswhichareimportantarementionedbelow.

1.DE2‐115UserManual:Downloadfromhttp://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi‐bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=139&No=550&PartNo=4

•focus:BefamiliarwithControlPanel(),SystemBuilder(),DE2‐115peripherals(),andinformationonpinassignments().