Waveshare CoreEP4CE6 ALTERA Core Board

FPGA core board, features the ALTERA Cyclone IV chip EP4CE6E22C8N onboard

Overview
CoreEP4CE6 is an FPGA core board that features an EP4CE6E22C8N device onboard, supports further expansion.

1. Onboard Serial Configuration Device EPCS16SI8N
2. Integrated FPGA basic circuit, such as clock circuit
3. Onboard nCONFIG button, RESET button, 4 x LEDs
4. All the I/O ports are accessible on the pin headers
5. Onboard JTAG debugging/programming interface
6. 2.54mm header pitch design, suitable for being plugged-in your application system

What is On Board
1. EP4CE6E22C8N:the ALTERA Cyclone IV FPGA device which features:
- Operating Frequency: 50MHz
- Operating Voltage: 1.15V～3.465V
- Package: QFP144
- I/Os: 80
- LEs: 6K
- RAM: 270kb
- PLLs: 2
- Debugging/Programming: supports JTAG
2. AMS1117-3.3, 3.3V voltage regulator
3. AMS1117-2.5, 2.5V voltage regulator
4. AMS1117-1.2, 1.2V voltage regulator
5. EPCS16, onboard serial FLASH memory, for storing code
6. Power indicator
7. LEDs
8. Reset button
9. nCONFIG button: for re-configuring the FPGA chip, the equivalent of power reseting
10. Power switch
11. 50M active crystal oscillator
12. 5V DC jack
13. JTAG interface: for debugging/programming
14. FPGA pins expander, VCC, GND and all the I/O ports are accessible on expansion connectors for further expansion
15. LED jumpers

Note
CoreEP4CE6 provides JTAG debugging interface, yet does NOT integrate any debugging function, a debugger is required.
Mother board and programmer/debugger in the photos are NOT included in the price.

Development Resources
1. Related software (Quaters II, NIOS II etc.)
2. Demo code (Verilog, VHDL, NIOS II C)
3. Schematic (PDF)
4. FPGA development documentations