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Chpater1 Introduction

Terasic's Developer Kit for Intel Pathfinder for RISC-V uses Terasic's most classic DE2-115 FPGA development board as a carrier to implement various RISC-V designs of Intel Pathfinder for RISC-V project. When used for Intel Pathfinder for RISC-V project, we will take another name of DE2-115 as PR-115. In the following contents, we will call Terasic's Developer Kit for Intel Pathfinder for RISC-V to PR-115 board.

In this document, we will introduce many basic instructions of PR-115 board for users, such as installing the USB Blaster dirver, performing power on test, etc., so that users can quickly get started on the development board.

Chpater2 What's in the Box?

1. Terasic's Developer Kit for Intel® Pathfinder for RISC-V
2. Power DC Adaptor 12V/2A
3. USB Programing Cable
4. Two 1-pin Headers
5. Two Wire Strips (black & red)
6. Six Silicon Footstands

Chpater3 Software Installation

Before using Intel FPGA to develop a user's project, the user first needs to install the Intel Quartus Prime software on your Host PC.The Intel Quartus Prime software is available in three editions based on design requirements: Pro, Standard, and Lite Edition. The Pro and Standard edition will need users to purchase license file. The lite edition provides an ideal entry point to high-volume device families and is available as a free download with no license file required. The following link shows the compare contents of these three editon : Compare Editions. The FPGA device on the PR-115 board is Intel Cyclone IV device family and it can be supported by the Quartus Prime Lite editon.

Please refer to the follwing link to download the Intel Quartus Prime software and install to your Host PC : Download Intel® Quartus® Prime Software

Note:

1. When user install the Quartus Prime software on your host, In the last step of the installation, the installer will ask whether to install the USB Blaster driver. Please click "Yes" to install the driver. This is an importanat device for using the dev board.

Chpater4 Perform Power-on Test

1. Plug the supplied 12V DC power supply into an AC power outlet(100V~240V), and then connect this power supply to the power connector (J8) of the development board.

   

2. Power up the development board by pressing the red power switch button(SW18).
3. Power-on test is successful if you observe the following:
   • Eight 7-SEGs count up repeatedly
   • Flashing red and green LEDs
   • LCD displays default characters
   • If you connect the VGA output (J13) to a standard VGA display, a 256-colored image will be seen.

   

Chpater5 Intall USB Blaster Driver

The development board equipped with an USB-Blaster circuit, it interfaces a USB port on a host computer to the FPGA device on the board. The USB-Blaster circuit sends configuration data from the PC via the JTAG interface to the FPGA. To use USB-Blaster circuit, user need to install the driver on your operation system.

For Windows system users, to install the USB Blaster driver to your host PC. There are two ways can to install the driver:

1. When user install the Quartus Prime software on your host, In the last step of the installation, the installer will ask whether to install the USB Blaster driver. If you click "yes", the driver should be installed automatically in your operation system (Windows).