Hiya all,
I just put out my new Dev. board that's open source, but I do sell assembled units. Thought I would just the link and some specs here for fun. Any comments are appreciated... the schematics/user-guide/pcb/bom are all available for download.
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A feature list (taken from the web page):
FPGA
- Altera Cyclone EP1C12Q240Cx
- -8 Speed grade preloaded, -7 and -6 upon request
- 12,060 LE's - enough for 4 NIOS processors!
- 240 Kbits of on-chip RAM
- 2 PLL's - one pre-loaded with 50MHz oscillator, second upon request
- 1 PLL output header
- 240 QFP package
Programming
- Supports both Byteblaster II and @ltium LiveDesign 3rd party programmer
- Soft JTAG chain support for Altium programmer
- EPCS4 Active-serial configuration device
RAM
- 256Kx32 / 512K x 16 SRAM with 12 nS access time (10,12,15 and 20 nS available)
- Easily integrates with both NIOS and @ltium soft-processor
Flash
- Altera EPCS4 configuration device for Active Serial (AS) configuration on startupt
- 4 Mbits of space allows for a complete image and ~64 Kbyte of user-code
- 32-Mbit SPI Flash for extended storage of user-code; bootable with custom bootloader
Ethernet
- National Semiconductor DP83846A 10/100-Base TX PHY with industry standard MII
- Full-duplex communication and auto-negotiation
- MDIO interface
- 5 LED output signals that are connected to FPGA
- RJ45 jack and integrated magnetics with 2 LEDs connected to FPGA
- Works with Opencores Ethernet MAC and Altium's EMAC controllers
Peripherals
- Dallas I2C Real-time-clock with Battery
- Microchip on-board I2C temperature sensor
- Microchip 512 Kbit I2C EEPROM
- Power-on reset controller
- RS232 port
- 8x LED outputs and 4 pushbuttons + Reset button
- 16x GPIO signals
- 8x 5-Volt inputs and 8x 5-Volt bi-directional signals (can be toggled by jumper)
Software
- Comes with sample code that communicates with nearly all peripherals
- Altium P*otel and Altera quartus projects with Constraint and Pin files included
- Support is free!
Daughtercards
- Common daughtercards include ADC, DAC, serial port expander
- Custom design available to suit customer requirements
Feel free to contact me for any other questions. Jai.