TerasIC DE2i-150 (P0162)

DE2i-150 FPGA Development Kit

Overview

A groundbreaking embedded platform that combines an Intel embedded N2600 processor with the flexibility of an Altera Cyclone IV GX FPGA, DE2i-150 is a full-featured computer system that fuses together the world of high performance processing and unbelievably high configurability. The Altera Cyclone IV GX FPGA on the DE2i-150 board is able speed up the responsiveness of the system while still keeping your solution cost and power effective.

DE2i-150 is equipped with around 150K logic elements with ultimate flexibility in terms of reconfiguration of actual hardware circuity and intellectual property as well as on-board multimedia peripherals, extendibility options for a true system-ready solution for any task.

The Intel Atom processor and the FPGA device are linked together via two high-speed PCIe lanes such that high speed communication between them is guaranteed. DE2i-150 offers a powerful hardware-software co-development environment with amazing and unlimited potential.

Specification

Microprocessor

CPU : Intel® Atom™ Dual Core Processor N2600(1M Cache, 1.6GHz)

• Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology(4 exection threads)
• Intel SpeedStep® Technology
• Instruction Set : 64-bit
• Instruction Set Extensions : SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3
• Integrated Graphics
• Graphics Base Frequency : 400MHz

Chipset : Intel® NM10 Express Chipset

• DMI x2 to CPU
• Intel® High Definition Audio
• Serial ATA (SATA) 3 Gb/s
• Universal Serial Bus(USB) Hi-Speed USB 2.0
• PCI Express Gen 1

Memory

• DDR3 SO-DIMM SDRAM

Ethernet

• Intel® 82583V GbE Controller
• 10/100/1000 Mb/s RJ45
• 3 status indicting LEDs

Display

• VGA
• HDMI 1.3a

Audio Codec

• Realtek ALC272VA3-GR

BIOS

• DIP package Bios Flash : GD25Q16
• Programming Interface for Bios : Dedi-Prog Interface

Debug Interface

• XDP header

Clock System

• CK505 : 9VRS4339B
• 32768 Hz RTC crystal
• 27MHz VGA clock source

Others

• Power header for hard-disk
• Current limit for USB
• Buzzer
• Mini PCIE header (Default for Intel® Centrino® Advance-N 6205 WiFi module)
• mSATA header
• RTC battery : CR2032

FPGA

Featured Devices

• Cyclone IV GXP4CGX150F31 device
• 149,760 LEs
• 720 M9K memory blocks
• 6,480 Kbits embedded memory
• 8 PLLs

FPGA configuration

• JTAG and AS mode configuration
• EPCS64 serial configuration device
• On-board USB Blaster circuitry

Memory devices

• 128MB (32Mx32bit) SDRAM
• 4MB (1Mx32) SSRAM
• 64MB (4Mx16) Flash with 16-bit mode

SD Card socket

• Provides SPI and 4-bit SD mode for SD Card access

Connectors

• Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps ports
• High Speed Mezzanine Card (HSMC)
• 40-pin expansion port
• VGA-out connector
• VGA DAC (high speed triple DACs)
• DB9 serial connector for RS-232 port with flow control

Clock

• Three 50MHz oscillator clock inputs
• SMA connectors (external clock input/output)

Display

• 16x2 LCD module

Switches and indicators

• 18 slide switches and 4 push-buttons switches
• 18 red and 9 green LEDs
• Eight 7-segment displays

Other features

• Infrared remote-control receiver module
• TV decoder (NTSC/PAL/SECAM) and TV-in connector

Block Diagram

Layout

Kit Contents

Resources

• DE2i-150 Getting Started Guide
• DE2i-150 FPGA System User Manual
• DE2i-150 Quick Start Guide
• My First FPGA
• My First NiosII