README.md

Intel Altera FPGA Board

• Intel Altera FPGA
• Terasic DE0-CV User Manual
• DE0-Nano FPGA and VHDL Beginner Tutorial by Compectroner
  • Ben Heck's FPGA Dev Board Tutorial
• CoreEP4CE6 Wiki includes user manual, schematic, demo code, and pin configuration by Waveshare
• Cornell ECE 5760 Advanced Microcontroller Design and System-on-Chip Projects
  • Terasic DE1-SoC
• Georgia Tech ECE 2031 Digital Design Laboratory
  • Terasic DE2
  • DE2 Board Resources
  • J. Hamblen, T. Hall, and M. Furman, Rapid Prototyping of Digital Systems, SoPC (System-on-a-Programmable Chip) Edition (PDF), 2007

1. Download and install the Intel Quartus Prime Lite Edition on Windows

• Download the combined files of Intel Quartus Prime Lite Edition Software (Device support included)
  • Altera USB Blaster Driver may still be used for the Terasic DE0-CV and DE0-Nano boards if the USB Blaster II driver doesn't work
  • Altera USB Blaster Driver Installation Instructions
• Select the following to install:
  • Intel Quartus Prime Lite Edition
  • Devices
    • Cyclone V (e.g., Terasic DE0-CV)
    • Cyclone IV (e.g., Terasic DE0-Nano or Waveshare CoreEP4CE6)
  • ModelSim - Intel FPGA Starter Edition
• Select the following to finish installation
  • Launch USB Blaster II driver installation
  • Create shortcuts on Desktop
  • Launch Quartus Prime Lite Edition
• Device Driver Installation Wizard > Next > Finish
• Select "Run the Quartus Prime software" > OK

2. Launch Quartus and create a new project

• File > New > Design Files > VHDL File > OK
  • Copy and paste Full_Adder.vhd from the GitHub raw
  • Save file as Full_Adder.vhd
  • Do you want to create a new project with this file? > Yes
• New Project Wizard >
  • The working directory for this project: C:/Users/.../Full_Adder/
  • The name of this project: Full_Adder
  • The name of the top-level design entity for this project? This name is case sensitive and must exactly match the entity name in the design file: Full_Adder
  • Next > Empty project > Next > File name: Full_Adder.vhd > Next > Board > Family: Cyclone V > Development Kit: DE0-CV Development Board (Device: 5CEBA4F23C7) > Next > Next > Finish
• Click the arrow next to STOP or enter Ctrl+L to start compilation

3. Run simulation

• File > New > Verification/Debugging Files > University Program VWF (Vector Waveform File) > OK
• Tools > Options > General > EDA Tool Options > ModelSim > C:\intelFPGA_lite\20.1\modelsim_ase\win32aloem > OK
• Simulation Waveform Editor > Double click the space under "Name" > Insert Node or Bus > Node Finder
• List >> OK > OK
  • a > Click the Symbol for Random Values > Every grid interval > OK
  • b > Click the Symbol for Random Values > Every grid interval > OK
  • carry_in > Click the Symbol for Random Values > Every grid interval > OK
• Simulation > Generate ModelSim Testbench and Script > Yes > Full_Adder > Save > Full_Adder.vwf

4. Assign pins

• Refer to Pages 24 and 25 of DE0-CV User Manual
• Assignments > Device > Board > DE0-CV Device > Cyclone V 5CEBA4F23C7 > OK
• Assignments > Pin Planner > Location
  • a > PIN_U7 -- KEY0
  • b > PIN_W9 -- KEY1
  • carry_in > PIN_M7 -- KEY2
  • carry_out > PIN_AA1 -- LEDR1
  • sum > PIN_AA2 -- LEDR0
• Double-click the blue arrows under Compilation one at a time
  • I/O Assignment Analysis
  • Fitter (Place & Route)
  • Assembler (Generate programming files)
  • Timimg Analysis
  • EDA Netlist Writer

5. Program FPGA board

• Tools > Programmer > Hardware Setup > USB Blaster > Start
• Press KEY0 (a), KEY1 (b), or KEY2 (carry_in) to input 1's and see the results of LEDR0 (sum) and LEDR1 (carry_out) with ON = 0 and OFF = 1

6. Save, close, and exit project

• File > Save Project > Close Project > Exit