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Tech First Kit-Altium-12-400-NB2DSK01-DB32-FPGA Board

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Created on: Jan 28, 2010 4:56 AM by tech5 - Last Modified:  Apr 5, 2010 3:25 AM by tech5

 

 


Overview

 

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Altium's Desktop NanoBoard NB2DSK01 is a unique, reconfigurable hardware platform that can be used as a system prototyping and development platform, as an educational hands-on teaching tool, or as a complete test bed for FPGA-based embedded system design.

 

The NanoBoard NB2 architecture is unique in that target programmable devices are housed on plug-in swappable daughter boards, to provide a truly FPGA vendor-independent development board. Altium's LatticeECP3 daughter board DB32 provides an LFECP33E-3FN672C device, as well as a range of on-board memories available for use by a design running within that device.

 

The NanoBoard NB2 provides application-specific plug-in peripheral boards to give complete flexibility in system architecture and provide a simple and cost-effective method for rapid prototyping of hardware concepts.

 

The NanoBoard NB2 caters for the use of up to three peripheral boards, and is delivered with the following standard peripheral boards:

 

  • Audio/Video Peripheral Board (PB01)
    • Composite and S-Video output and capture, 24-bit VGA output, high-performance I2S stereo audio codec
  • Mass Storage Peripheral Board (PB02)
    • Compact Flash, SD card slot, ATA hard-drive interfaces
  • USB-IrDA-Ethernet Peripheral Board (PB03)
    • 10/100 Ethernet interface, USB 2.0 interface, 4Mbits/sec IrDA

 

Kit Contents

 

 

Following are included with NanoBoard NB2DSK01:

 

The NanoBoard NB2 includes a 12-month subscription to an Altium Designer Soft Design license which is linked to the NanoBoard in the box. This license option provides functionality to quickly start designing FPGA-based embedded systems, including:

 

  • FPGA design entry in C, OpenBus, Schematic, VHDL and Verilog
  • VHDL simulation engine, integrated debugger and waveform viewer
  • Support for a range of 32-bit soft processors for use in FPGA design
  • A rich set of royalty-free IP core libraries including peripherals and user-configurable custom logic
  • Full software development tool chain with libraries and source code
  • Programmable FPGA-based instruments for hardware debug and deployment
  • Support for importing third-party FPGA IP cores, developing and reusing IP libraries

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    Key FeaturesBack to Top

     

     

    Key Features of Altium NanoBoard NB2 :

     

    Altium's Desktop NanoBoard NB2DSK01 has the following features:

     

  • Integrated colour TFT LCD panel (320x240) with touch screen that facilitates dynamic application interaction.
  • Stereo analog audio system with high-quality on-board amplifiers, mixer, line in/out and stereo speakers
  • Standard communication interfaces – RS-232 serial, CAN,PS/2 mini-DIN
  • SD card reader – for additional I/O flexibility including the ability to download a variety of files
  • Four channel, 8-bit ADC and 10-bit DAC, I2C-compatible
  • User definable PDA-style push button switches that function as generic design inputs
  • General purpose switches and LEDs
  • Programmable clock, 6 to 200 MHz
  • Power sensing system allows real-time monitoring of system and device power consumption
  • SPI Real-Time Clock with 3V battery back-up
  • Onboard memory accessible by NanoTalk Controller – 256K x 32-bit common-bus SRAM (1MB), 16M x 32-bit common-bus SDRAM (64MB), 16M x 16-bit common-bus 3.0V Page Mode Flash memory (32MB), 256K x 32-bit independent SRAM (1MB)
  • Dual User Board JTAG headers for direct interaction
  • Home/Reset button – Home button enables firmware to take control of TFT panel; Reset provides NanoBoard reset functionality
  • NanoTalk Controller – manages real time proprietary communication with Altium Designer, the board, and the NanoBoard firmware using a Xilinx® Spartan-3TM (XC3S1500-4FG676C) controller with JTAG accessible Flash configuration PROM
  • Master-Slave connectors for chaining multiple development boards – allowing multiple-FPGA system development
  • Board ID memory – 1-Wire® ID system uniquely identifies each daughter board and peripheral board
  • Power – Dual 5V DC power daisy-chain connectors with power switch, 5V DC power output connector, power supply test points for all supply levels available on the board, four GND points
  • High-speed PC interconnection through USB 2.0

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    Key Features of LatticeECP Daughter board DB32:

     

    Altium's LatticeECP daughter board DB32 provides an LFECP33E-3FN672C device, as well as a range of on-board memories available for use by a design running within that device.

     

    The Daughter Board DB32 has the following features:

     

  • LatticeECP FPGA (LFECP33E-3FN672C)
  • On-board memories available for use by FPGA design:
    • 256K x 32-bit common-bus SRAM (1MByte
    • 16M x 32-bit common-bus SDRAM (64MByte)
    • 16M x 16-bit common-bus Flash memory (32MByte)
    • Dual 256K x 16-bit independent SRAM (512KByte each)
  • 1-Wire® memory device used to store board ID and related information
  • Three 100-way connectors for attachment to NB2DSK01 motherboard. These connectors provide:
    • Interface to resources on the NB2DSK01 motherboard and plugged-in peripheral boards
    • SPI bus interface
    • I2C bus interface
    • 1-Wire bus interface
    • JTAG, power and additional control lines from the motherboard

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    Ordering InformationBack to Top

     

    Products

     

    Supplier
    Part Number

    Altium

    12-400-NB2DSK01-DB32

     

    Associated Products

     

    Supplier
    Description
    Product

    Altium

    LatticeECP

    Daughter Board

    Altium

    JTAG USB

    ADAPTER

    ST Micro

    Flash Memory

    M25P80

    Maxim

    RS-232 Transceiver

    MAX3232EUE

    Maxim

    Transceiver

    CAN Bus

    Maxim

    ADC-IC

    ADC

    Maxim

    DAC IC

    DAC

    Maxim

    Current Sense

    Amplifier

    Xilinx

    Spartan 3

    FPGA

    Spansion

    Flash

    Flash Memory

    Maxim

    Switch Addressable

    Switch

    Maxim

    Power Supply IC

    Power Supply

    Micron

    Memory

    SDRAM

    Altium

    AUDIO/VIDEO

    BOARD, PERIPHERAL, PB01

    Altium

    MASS STORAGE

    BOARD, PERIPHERAL, PB02

    Altium

    USB / IRDA / ETHERNET

    BOARD, PERIPHERAL, PB03

     

    Similar Products

     

    SupplierDescriptionSupport DevicePart Number

    Altium

    NANOBOARD KIT NB2 SPARTAN-3

    Spartan 3

    12-401-NB2DS-K01-DB30

    Altium

    NANOBOARD KIT NB2, CYCLONE II

    Cyclone II

    12-400-NB2DSK01-DB31

     

    Document ListBack to Top

     

    Datasheet

     

    Part Number
    Description
    Size

    LFECP33E-3FN672C

    LatticeECP3 Family Datasheet

    1.8MB

    DS2406

    Dual Addressable Switch Plus 1Kb Memory

    240KB

    MT48LC16M16A2TG

    Common-Bus SDRAM

    2.9MB

    S29GL256N11FFIV10

    Common-Bus Flash memory

    4.8MB

    MAX8860

    Linear Regulator

    168KB

    MAX1831

    Voltage Regulator

    106KB

     

    Application Notes

     

    File Name
    Size

    TN1178 LatticeECP3 sysCLOCK PLL/DLL Design and Usage Guide

    		1.4MB

    TN1182 LatticeECP3 sysDSP Usage Guide

    		865KB

    TN1194 LatticeECP3 Marvell XAUI 10 Gbps Physical Layer Interoperability

    		735KB

    TN1180 LatticeECP3 High-Speed I/O Interface

    		1.9MB

     

    Hardware & Software

     

    File Name
    Size

    Download the latest release of Altium Designer Viewer

    129MB

    Download the Altium Instrument Dashboard

    31.7MB

    Autotrax Freeware Version Download

    821KB

    Easytrax Freeware Download

    485KB

       

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