The product is an Altera Cyclone III FPGA development board
The DSP Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition is a RoHS‑compliant solution that supplies engineers with a development board, high‑speed data‑conversion mezzanine, DSP Builder, Quartus II, MATLAB/Simulink, IP cores, design examples, power supplies, cables and full documentation. It targets the full design flow from concept to hardware implementation.
The kit features a Cyclone III EP3C120F780 FPGA, 128 × 64 graphics LCD, 2‑line × 16‑character LCD, 256 MB DDR2 SDRAM with ECC, 8 MB SRAM, 64 MB flash, Ethernet (10/100/1000 RGMII), USB 2.0, two HSMC connectors, and dual 14‑bit A/D and D/A converters (150 MSPS and 250 MSPS). The HSMC interface follows Altera’s specification based on the Samtec connector, allowing custom daughter cards.
| Graphics LCD | 128 x 64 pixels |
|---|---|
| Character LCD | 2‑line x 16‑character |
| DDR2 SDRAM | 256 Mbytes dual‑channel with ECC |
| SRAM | 8 Mbytes synchronous |
| Flash memory | 64 Mbytes |
| Ethernet | 10/100/1000 Mbps (RGMII) |
| USB | USB 2.0 Type B |
| HSMC connectors | Two high‑speed mezzanine connectors |
| A/D converter | Dual 14‑bit, 150 MSPS |
| D/A converter | Dual 14‑bit, 250 MSPS |
The HSMC interface defines a standard electrical and mechanical connection between optional daughter cards and the host board, based on a Samtec connector.