Getting Started With Altera DE2-70 Board
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used in the la bor atory environment to protect the board from accid ental physical d amage. P lug in the 12-volt
ad a pter to provid e power to the board. Use the USB ca ble to connect the USB connector (the one closest to the
power switch) on the DE2-70 board to a USB por t on a com puter that runs the Quar tus II sof twar e. Turn on the
power switch on the DE2-70 board.
The com puter will r ecognize the new hardwar e connected to its USB por t, but it will be una ble to proceed if
it does not have the r equir ed dr iver alr eady installed. The DE2-70 board is progr ammed by using Alter a’sUSB-Blaster mechanism. If the USB-Blaster dr iver is not alr eady installed, the New Hardwar e Wizard in
Figur e 1 will a ppear.
Figur e 1. Found New Hardwar eWizard.
Since the d esir ed dr iver is not availa ble on the Windows Upd ate We b site, select No, not this time in
r esponse to the question ask ed and click Next. This leads to the window in Figur e 2.
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Figur e 2. The dr iver is found in a specif ic location.
The dr iver is availa ble within the Quar tus II sof twar e. Hence, select Install from a specific location and
click Next to get to Figur e 3.
Figur e 3. Specify the location of the dr iver.
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Now, choose Search for the best driver in these locations and click Browse to get to the pop-up box in Figur e 4. Find the d esir ed dr iver, which is at location \<Quartus II system directory>\drivers\usb-blaster. Click
OK (For Quartus II version 6.1 and later, select the appropriate driver version based on the 64-bit or 32-bit Quartus II
version.) and then upon r eturning to Figur e 3 click Next. At this point the installation will commence, but a d ialog box in Figur e 5 will a ppear ind icating that the dr iver has not passed the Windows Logo testing. Click
Continue Anyway.
Figur e 4. Browse to f ind the location.
Figur e 5. Ther e is no need to test the dr iver.
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The dr iver will now be installed as ind icated in Figur e 6. Click Finish and you can star t using the DE2-70
board.
Figur e 6. The dr iver is installed.
4 Using the DE2-70 Board
The DE2-70 board is used in con juction with the Quar tus II sof twar e. A r ead er who is not f amiliar with this
sof twar e should r ead an introductory tutor ial. Ther e ar e thr ee versions of the tutor ial:
Quar t us II Int roduction Using Ver ilog Design
Quar t us II Int roduction Using V HDL Design
Quar t us II Int roduction Using S chematic Design
These tutor ials cover the same aspects of the Quar tus II sof twar e; they d iff er only in the d esign entry
method that is used. They illustr ate the entir e process of im plementing a d esign targetted for the
DE2-70 board.
Detailed infor mation a bout the DE2-70 board is given in the DE2-70 User Manual, which d escr i bes all of
the f eatur es of the board. It also d escr i bes a Control Panel utility which allows the user to wr ite/r ead d ata
into/from var ious com ponents on the board in a sim ple and d ir ect manner. The user is encour aged to
explor e and mak e use of this utility.