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Set Up the MAX II Development Board for Programming
1. Make sure the shunt on jumper J8 is connected to pins 1 and 2 (the
two pins closest to the LCD on the board). This supplies power from
the USB cable to the board power plane.
2. Connect the USB cable from the USB port on your PC to the USB
Type B connector on the MAX II development board.
3. Connect the ByteBlaster II cable from the parallel port of your PC to
the MAX II board header J2.
1 The red stripe on the ByteBlaster cable indicates the side
that pin 1 is on.
Set Up the Quartus II Software for Programming
4. Launch Quartus II and select Open (File menu).
5. In the Open dialog box set the Files of Type field to Programming
Files (*.cdf, *.sof, *.pof, *.jam, *.jbc).
6. Browse to the location of the POF file you want to load into the
MAX II device and open it.
7. Turn on the three check boxes in the Program/Configure and Verify
columns. See Figure 2–2.
1 Note that the CFM refers to the Configuration Flash
Memory—this is the non-volatile portion of the MAX II
device that stores the configuration data and loads it into
the logic portion of the MAX II device. The UFM refers to
the User Flash Memory on the MAX II device. This is
8 Kbits of non-volatile user storage space. For more
information on the MAX II device, the UFM, and the CFM,
refer to the MAX II Device Handbook.
8. Ensure that the Hardware setup box lists the ByteBlaster II cable in
the box. If it doesn’t, click Hardware Setup and select the
ByteBlaster II cable (you may have to add it using the Add button
before you can select it). Refer to the Quartus Help menu for
assistance in setting up the programming hardware.
9. Click Start to program the device.
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Running the Functional Test
Figure 2–2. Programmer Window Dialog Box
Running the
Functional Test
The Functional Test is a simple design that exercises each component on
the board to ensure that the board is functioning properly. These tests are
run at the factory before the boards are shipped. They are provided to the
user so the board’s functionality can be verified at any time during the life
of the board.
To run the tests do the following:
1. Program the board with FunctionalTest.pof, located in the
<root>/Examples/HW/Demos directory. (Refer to “Programming
the MAX II Device” on page 2–4 for details on how to load POF files
into the MAX II device.)
2. The LCD should read “MAX II by Altera”.
3. Push S2 to cycle through the tests.
a. After pressing S2 once, the LCD screen should display the
voltage of V
CCINT
. MAX II V
CCINT
can be set to 2.5 V or 3.3 V.
You can test this feature by placing a shunt on J9. If the shunt is
present, the voltage displayed on the LCD should be about 2.5
V; if the shunt is removed, the voltage displayed should be
3.3 V.
b. Pressing S2 a second time will display the value of I
INT
.
c. Pressing S2 a third time will display the value of the V
CCIO
,
which should be ~3.3 V.
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d. Pressing S2 a fourth time will display the value of I
IO
.
e. Pressing S2 a fifth time will display the board temperature,
which should be between 18° C and 23° C, depending on your
room temperature.
f. Pressing S2 a sixth time will display the LED test—LEDs 1-4
should light up and turn off one at a time.
g. Pressing S2 a seventh time will display the SRAM test—the
LCD will indicate Pass or Fail.
h. Pressing S2 for the eighth time will display the LCD test—note
the text: “LCD Does Work!”
i. Pressing S2 for the ninth time returns to the start up screen. The
LCD display reads: “MAX II by Altera”
If all tests pass, the MAX II development board is ready to use.
Altera provides several demos and reference designs with the MAX II
Development Kit to help you get started building applications and to
demonstrate the features of the MAX II device. The next two sections
describe the functionality of these designs.
Demo Designs
The MAX II Development Kit includes three demos that illustrate
features of the MAX II device:
“Power-Up Time Demonstration”
“Low Power Demonstration”
“Real-Time ISP Demonstration”
Power-Up Time Demonstration
MAX II devices power up and configure very quickly and may be used to
perform vital power-up functions. In order to allow users to investigate
the fast power-up time of a MAX II device, the board is equipped with a
circuit that allows users to observe the time it takes for a MAX II device
to power up under a variety of different power supply loading
conditions. This circuit allows users to increase or decrease the load on
the V
CCINT
voltage plane. As this load is increased, the ramp time (or slew
rate) of the MAX II V
CCINT
voltage increases. Using this circuit you can
mimic the load that the MAX II device’s V
CCINT
voltage plane will have
on a custom piece of hardware. This knowledge allows you to verify that
the MAX II device will be powered up and configured quickly enough to
perform whatever power up functions are required in the user system.

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