Archive for the ‘ Altera ’ Category

Using ModelSim with Quartus II and the DE0-Nano

This is a tutorial to walk you through how to use Quartus II and ModelSim software together to create and analyze a simple design (an inverter), then we’ll compare the RTL and Gate-Level simulations with the results on a DE0-Nano. This tutorial assumes you have some basic experience working with Quartus II. Going through the [ READ MORE ]

Welcome the DE0-Nano

My posting this summer, due to outside obligations, has been ridiculously sparse. (Literally ‘outside obligations’: I’ve been landscaping my yard all summer). I’m starting to have a little more idle time now that the summer is winding down, and now my motivation has been completely revitalized by this little guy: The DE0-Nano development board from [ READ MORE ]

Programming the Cyclone II using C++, libftdi and a FT2232H

Using a similar technique I covered in my last post, reader Bryan Richmond has been able to successfully program an Altera Cyclone II using C++, libftdi and a FT2232H USB/UART. From my understanding Bryan is running Debian on an ARM, and is programming the Cyclone II on his Morph-IC-II development board. I haven’t had a [ READ MORE ]

Programming an Altera Cyclone II FPGA with a FT232RL – Python Code

This is the final post in a series of three to explain how to use the FT232RL USB to UART Bridge to program a Cyclone II FPGA. The first part in the series describes how to compile and install the hardware drivers in Ubuntu that we need to use to access the FT232RL functions. The [ READ MORE ]

Programming an Altera Cyclone II FPGA with a FT232RL USB to UART Bridge

As I alluded to in a previous post, I’ve come up with a way to program my Altera Cyclone II FPGA with a $15 FT232RL USB to UART Bridge, avoiding the $300 investment in one of Altera’s USB-Blaster cables. I’m going to break this tutorial up into three separate posts. The first has already been [ READ MORE ]