Altera's Development and Education (DE2) Board

The Altera® Development and Education (DE2 ) board from Terasic Technologies Inc. is a wonderful vehicle for learning about digital logic, computer organization, and FPGAs. Featuring an Altera Cyclone® II FPGA, the DE2 board offers varied technology suitable for university and college laboratory use, a wide range of design projects, as well as sophisticated digital system development tools.

DE2 Board Technology

• LEDs and switches
• 7-segment displays
• clock inputs
• LCD module
• Expansion header
• VGA output
• Audio CODEC
• RS-232 Serial Port
• PS/2 Serial Port
• Ethernet Network Controller
• TV Decoder
• USB Host and Device
• IrDA Transceiver
• SDRAM/SRAM/Flash Memory

Nios II

• Nios2 GNU tools (manpages)
• Nios2 GNU Tool Documentation

Nios II Embedded Peripherals

• Optrex 16207 LCD Controller Core
• PIO Controller Core

Maintained by John Loomis, last updated 18 April 2007