This board can be powered through the USB cable (J1) to the PC or wall jack. When correctly powered, a pre-programmed design blinks LEDs D1 through D5 ON half a second then OFF half a second. The user can configure the evaluation kit by programming on-chip flash memory using a USB-Blaster, USB-Blaster II, or Ethernet Blaster download cable. However, for the host computer and board to communicate, you must install the appropriate USB-Blaster, USB-Blaster II, or Ethernet Blaster driver on the host computer.
This evaluation kit can be useful to develop designs for the 10M08S, 144-EQFP FPGA, and to measure FPGA power (VCC_CORE and VCC_IO), bridge between different I/O voltages. It can also read and write to the FPGA's NOR flash memory. The FPGA's analog-to-digital converter embedded block can be used to measure incoming analog signals. It is interfaced to external functions or devices via Arduino UNO R3 connectors or through-hole vias.
