Cyclone® III 版 Nios® II 嵌入式處理套件為嵌入式開發人員提供了一流的低成本評估平臺。軟體發展人員，特別是剛接觸 FPGA 設計的人員，可以免費安裝並評估 Nios II 嵌入式設計包 (EDS)，此提供全方向嵌入式應用、完整的軟體發展資源。其更包含軟體教程和實例提供完整的原始碼，並介紹圖片查看器、網路伺服器、 C2H加速器和圖形等應用程式。 硬體工程師將發現：Altera 低成本、低功耗、高性能 Cyclone III FPGA 與 32 位 Nios II 嵌入式處理器相結合後，是作為嵌入式處理器或者微控制器的最適合之工具。

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• Development Kit Contents

  • The Nios II Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition is composed of the Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit and an LCD/VGA HSMC daughtercard and features:
  • Cyclone III Starter Board
    • Cyclone III EP3C25F324 FPGA
    • Configuration
      • Embedded USB-Blaster™ circuitry (includes an Altera EPM3128A CPLD) allowing download of FPGA configuration files via your USB port
    • Power and analog devices from Linear Technology
      • Switching power supply LTM4603EV-1
      • Switching and step-down regulators LTC3413, LT1959
    • Memory
      • 32 Mbytes of DDR SDRAM
      • 1 Mbyte of synchronous SRAM
      • 16 Mbytes of Intel P30/P33 flash
    • Clocking
      • 50-MHz on-board oscillator
    • Switches and indicators
      • Six push buttons total, four user controlled
      • Seven LEDs total, four user controlled
  • LCD daughtercard
    • Color LCD touch-screen display
      • 800 x 480 resolution
    • 24-bit CD-quality audio CODEC with line-in, line-out, and microphone-in jacks
    • 10/100 Ethernet physical layer/media access control (PHY/MAC)
    • Connectors
      • VGA output
      • Composite TV-in
      • Audio-out, audio-in, and microphone-in
      • Secure digital (SD) card
      • Serial connector (RS-232 DB9 port)
      • PS/2
      • Ethernet connector (RJ-45)
  • Nios II Evaluation Kit CD-ROM
    • Example applications
      • Application selector
      • Picture viewer
      • Mandelbrot acceleration with the Nios C2H compiler
      • Web server/remote FPGA configuration
    • Hardware tutorials
      • Create an FPGA design in one hour
      • Build a 32-bit soft processor system inside an FPGA
    • Software tutorials
      • My First Software Application
    • Complete documentation
      • Quick start guide
      • User guide
      • Reference manual
      • Board schematic, layout, and bill of materials
      • Product and partner information
  • Cables and accessories
    • 128-Mbyte SD card and USB-to-SD card adapter
    • USB cable
    • 9-V power supply
    • International power cords
    • Ethernet (RJ-45) cable (7 ft.)
    • Ethernet crossover adapter
  • Altera Complete Design Suite DVD (free):
    • Quartus® II Web Edition (FPGA design software)
    • ModelSim®-Altera Web Edition (FPGA simulation software from ModelSim)
    • Nios II Embedded Design Suite (32-bit microprocessor software)
    • MicroC/OS-II real-time operating system evaluation
    • Nios II C-to-Hardware acceleration compiler evaluation
    • NicheStack TCP/IP Network Stack - Nios II Edition evaluation
    • SD/MMC SPI IP Core evaluation licensing available through El Camino
    • MegaCore® IP Library (library of intellectual property cores)