Proposal submission deadline:
  20 November
   
   
   
   

 

The purpose of Altera DE1board is to provide the ideal vehicle for learning about digital logic, computer organization, and FPGAs. It uses the state-of-the-art technology in both hardware and CAD tools to expose students and professionals to a wide range of topics. With a rich set of features, DE1 board makes it suitable for use in a laboratory environment for university and college courses for a variety of design projects as well as for the development of sophisticated digital systems. Altera also provides a suite of supporting materials for the DE1 board, including tutorials, "ready-to-teach" laboratory exercises, and illustrative demonstrations.

 
   
 
FPGA
 
Altera Cyclone II EP2C20F484C7 FPGA (20,000 logic elements included)
EPCS4 serial configuration device
   

I/O Devices

 
Built-in USB Blaster for FPGA configuration RS-232 port
VGA DAC resistor network (4096 colors)
PS/2 mouse or keyboard port
Line-in, Line-out, microphone-in (24-bit audio CODEC)
Expansion headers (72 signal pins)
   

Memory

 

8 MByte SDRAM

4 MByte Flash
512 Kbyte SRAM
SD memory card slot
   

Other Devices

 

10 toggle switches

4 debounced pushbutton switches
10 red LEDs
8 green LEDs
Four 7-segment displays
27-Mhz and 50-Mhz oscillators
External SMA clock input
   
 

Traditionally, manufacturers of educational FPGA boards have provided a variety of hardware features and software CAD tools needed to implement designs on these boards, but very little material has been offered that could be used directly for teaching purposes. Altera DE1 board is a significant departure from this trend. In addition to the DE1 board's hardware and software, Altera provides a full set of associated laboratory exercises that can be performed in a laboratory setting for typical courses on logic design and computer organization.

DE1 Software provided with the DE1 board features the Quartus II Web Edition CAD system, and the Nios II Embedded Processor. It also includes several aids to help students and professionals experiment with features of the board, such as tutorials and example applications.

 
 

Courses on the design of logic circuits and computer organization usually include a laboratory component. In a modern curriculum, the laboratory equipment should not only ideally exemplify state-of-the-art technology and design tools, but also be suitable for exercises that range from simple tasks illustrating fundamental concepts to challenging designs that require knowledge of advanced topics. The DE1 board is designed to be the ideal equipment in all of these cases

 
University of British Columbia –Introduction to Microcomputers
  2007 ECE 201/202 http://courses.ece.ubc.ca/259/
Clarkson University - Advanced Digital Circuit Design
  2007 EE 365 http://people.clarkson.edu/~khondker/ee365_f2007.html
 

Altera DE1 Board Introduction

Altera DE1 User Manual

DE1 SD Card Music Player (fixed)

DE1 Music Synthesizer Source Code

 
 
 
 

The DE1 board can be used to implement a wide assortment of interesting design projects. A number of examples of advanced circuits implemented on the DE1 board are illustrated below:

 

Electronic Keyboard

 
CD quality 24-bit audio
VGA monitor
Ideal platform for audio processing applications
All software driver source code for Nios II included
   
 
 
 

Karaoke Machine and SD Music Player

 

CD quality 24-bit audio

Ideal platform for audio applications
All software driver source code for Nios II included
   
 
 

 

 
 
   
 
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