FPGA card DNx-PL-820 series

The DNx-PL-820 are user programmable FPGAboards. The board allows an FPGA programmer to add customFPGA functionality to the DNx family and the various platforms itsupports. The DNx-PL-820 is a two board, base/daughter card product. Thebottom board (left in a DNR RACK) includes a Cyclone II FPGA whilethe upper board (right in the RACK) provides a MAX 10 FPGA. TheCyclone board is used exclusively as the interface between the DNxbus and the MAX 10 FPGA chip. The MAX 10 chip is fully programmableby the user using popular Altera development tools, including theembedded Nios II processor. The MAX 10 board allows user developed FPGA applications to beinstalled and run on the board. 104 GPIO pins are brought out fromthe MAX 10 FPGA and are available for connections to user I/O. 51bits are provided on the Cyclone board’s I/O connector while 53 areprovided on the MAX 10 board connector. The MAX 10 has a variety of unique and powerful features that makeit an ideal choice as a custom FPGA target. Included in these featuresis a unique, instant-on capability that allows the MAX 10 applicationto begin running immediately, without regard to whether the Cubeor RACKtangle has completed its boot-up process. The MAX 10 alsosupports user and dual configuration FLASH, DSP blocks and Nios IIembedded processor functionality. The MAX 10 chip may be programmed by a JTAG interface that isbrought out to the I/O connector or by the DNA backplane (viathe Cyclone chip) by a utility provided by UEI. A set of jumpers onthe board allows the JTAG interface to be disabled when securityconcerns mandates it.