The Altera^® MAX^® 10 FPGA Development Kit provides a full featured design platform built around a 50 K logic elements (LEs) MAX 10 FPGA, optimized for system level integration with on-die analog-to-digital converter (ADC), dual-configuration flash, and DDR3 memory interface support. The board features on-board USB-Blaster^TM II, high-speed mezannine card (HSMC), and Pmod™ Compatible expansion cards, high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) output, and dual Ethernet for industrial Ethernet applications. The MAX 10 FPGA Development Kit provides the perfect system-level prototyping solution for industrial, automotive, consumer, and many other market applications.

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With this development board, you can:

• Develop designs for the 10M50D, F484 package FPGA
• Measure the performance of the MAX 10 FPGA analog-to-digital block conversion
• Interface MAX 10 FPGAs to DDR3 memory at 300 MHz performance
• Run embedded Linux using the Nios^® II processor
• Interface to daughtercards and peripherals using HSMC and Digilent Pmod™ Compatible connectors
• Measure FPGA power (V_{CC_CORE} and V_{CC_IO} ) using the power monitor graphical user interface (GUI)
• Reuse the kit’s PCB board and schematic as a model for your design

MAX 10 FPGA Development Board Block Diagram

The MAX 10 FPGA Development Kit includes the following:

• RoHS- and CE-compliant MAX 10 FPGA development board
  • Featured devices
    • MAX 10 FPGA (10M50D, dual supply, F484 package)
    • Enpirion^® EN2342QI 4A PowerSoC voltage-mode synchronous step-down converter with integrated inductor
    • Enpirion EN6337QA  3A  high-efficiency PowerSoC DC-DC step-down converters with integrated inductor
    • Enpirion EP5358xUI 600 mA PowerSoC DC-DC step-down converters with integrated inductor
    • MAX II CPLD – EPM1270M256C4N (On-board USB-Blaster II)
  • Programming and Configuration
    • Embedded USB-Blaster II (JTAG)
    • Optional JTAG direct via 10-pin header
  • Memory devices
    • 64Mx16 1 Gb DDR3 SDRAM with soft memory controller
    • 128Mx8 1 Gb DDR3 SDRAM with soft memory controller
    • 512Mb quad serial peripheral interface (quad SPI) flash memory
  • Communication ports
    • Two Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) RJ-45 ports
    • One mini-USB2.0 UART
    • One HDMI video output
    • One universal HSMC connector (see HSMC expansion cards)
    • Two 12-pin Digilent Pmod™ Compatible connectors (see Pmod™ Compatible expansion cards)
  • Analog
    • Two MAX 10 FPGA ADC SMA inputs
    • 2x10 ADC header
    • Potentiometer input to ADC
    • One external 16 bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) device with SMA output
  • Clocking
    • 25 MHz single-ended, external oscillator clock source
    • Silicon labs clock generator with programmable frequency GUI
  • Switches, push buttons, jumpers, and status LEDs
• Mini-USB cable for on-board USB-Blaster II
• 2A power supply and cord
• Free Quartus^®Prime Lite design software(download software and license from the website) 
• Complete documentation
  • User manual, bill of materials, schematic, and board files