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... Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition 101 Innovation Drive San Jose, CA 95134 www.altera.com UG-01066-2.0 © November 2009 Altera Corporation User Guide Based on Altera Complete Design Suite version 9.1 ...
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... U.S. and foreign patents and pending applications, maskwork rights, and copyrights. Altera warrants performance of its semiconductor products to current specifications in accordance with Altera's standard warranty, but reserves the right to make changes to any products and services at any time without notice. Altera assumes no responsibility or liability arising out of the application or use of any information, product, or service described herein except as expressly agreed to in writing by Altera ...
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... Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1 Inspect the Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1 Chapter 3. Software Installation Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1 Installing the Altera Complete Design Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1 Licensing Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1 Installing the Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2 Installing the USB-Blaster Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2 Chapter 4. Development Board Setup Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4– ...
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... Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–19 Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–19 AES in1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–19 AES in2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–20 SDI in1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–20 SDI in2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–20 The SDI HSMC - Video Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–20 Pattern Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–21 Receiver Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–22 Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... Restoring the Flash Device to the Factory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–4 Restoring the MAX II CPLD to the Factory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–5 Additional Information Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Info–1 How to Contact Altera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Info–1 Typographic Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Info–1 © November 2009 Altera Corporation Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide ...
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... Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... HSMC in conjunction with the host development platform ■ Take advantage of the modular and scalable design by using the second HSMC connector to interface to over 20 different HSMCs provided by Altera partners, supporting protocols such as Serial RapidIO Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI), Open Base Station Architecture Initiative ...
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... EDA tools. f The kit includes a development kit edition (DKE) license for the Quartus II software (Windows platform only). This license entitles you to all the features of the subscription edition for a period of one year. After the year, you must purchase a renewal subscription to continue using the software ...
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... Chapter 1: About This Kit Kit Features f Use the following links to check the Altera website to ensure you have the latest software versions: ■ For the Altera Complete Design Suite, refer to the Download For the Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition, refer to the ■ ...
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... Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Chapter 1: About This Kit Kit Features © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... For more information about power consumption and thermal modeling, refer to AN 358: Thermal Management for References Use the following links to check the Altera website for the following other related information: © November 2009 Altera Corporation 2. Getting Started Manual. ...
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... For Nios II 32-bit embedded processor solutions, refer to the ■ Processing Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide page. page. page. Chapter 2: Getting Started References Audio Video Development Literature: Stratix IV Devices page. Capture CIS Symbols page. Embedded © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... Suite DVD are the Quartus II software and the Nios II EDS. The Quartus II software (including SOPC Builder) and the Nios II EDS are the primary FPGA development tools used to create the reference designs in this development kit. To install the Altera software tools, perform the following steps: 1 ...
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... USB-Blaster driver on the host computer. Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Installing the Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition <install dir> The default Windows installation directory is C:\altera\ <version> \. kits stratixIVGX_4sgx230_av board_design_files demos ...
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... Installation instructions for the USB-Blaster driver for your operating system are available on the Altera website. On the page of the Altera website, locate the table entry for your configuration and click the link to access the instructions. © November 2009 Altera Corporation Altera Programming Cable Driver Information Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide 3– ...
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... Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Chapter 3: Software Installation Installing the USB-Blaster Driver © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... Set the POWER switch (SW1) to the on position. When power is supplied to the board, a blue LED (D24) illuminates indicating that the board has power. © November 2009 Altera Corporation 4. Development Board Setup “Factory Default Switch Settings” on page 4–2 Figure 4– ...
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... Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Software. Figure 4–1 shows the switch locations and the default position of SW2 0 Rotary Switch Chapter 4: Development Board Setup Factory Default Switch Settings AN 386: Using the Parallel SW3 OFF = User DIP Switch © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... Set DIP switch bank (SW3) to match Table 4–1. SW3 Dip Switch Settings Switch Set DIP switch bank (SW4) to match Table 4–2. SW4SW4 Dip Switch Settings (Part Switch © November 2009 Altera Corporation SW4 OFF = Board Settings SW5 PCIe Table 4–1 and Figure Position Off Off ...
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... Table 4–3 and Position Off Off Off Off Table 4–4 and Position Off Manual. Table 4–5. Name Position On Off On Off Chapter 4: Development Board Setup Factory Default Switch Settings Figure 4–2. Figure 4–2. Stratix IV GX FPGA SDI HSMC © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... IP address from any DHCP server and serve a web page from the flash on your board to any host computer on the same network. The web page allows you to upload new FPGA designs to the user portion of flash memory, and provides links to useful information on the Altera website, including links to kit-specific and design resources. 1 After successfully updating the flash memory user design, you can load the user design from flash memory into the FPGA ...
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... Designs must be in the Nios II Flash Programmer File (.flash) format. 1 Design files available from the page of the Altera website include .flash files. You can also create .flash files from your own custom design. Refer to on page A–2 To upload a design over the network into the user portion of flash memory on your board, perform the following steps: 1 ...
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... FPGA several times with test designs specific to the functionality you are testing. A GUI runs on the PC which communicates over the JTAG bus to a test design running in the Stratix IV GX device the factory configuration. © November 2009 Altera Corporation 6. Board Test System “Installing the Audio Video Development 3–2. Figure 6–1 ...
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... JTAG bus, other applications using the JTAG bus might time out. Be sure to close the other applications before attempting to reconfigure the FPGA using the Quartus II Programmer. Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Chapter 6: Board Test System Introduction ® II Embedded Logic © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... BoardTestSystem.exe application Windows, click Start > All Programs > Altera > Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition <version> > Board Test System to run the application. A GUI appears, displaying the application tab that corresponds to the design running in the FPGA. The Stratix IV GX FPGA development board’s flash memory ships preconfigured with the design that corresponds to the Config, GPIO, and SRAM& ...
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... Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide shows the Config tab. The tab displays the contents of the Table 6–1. Changes to the register values with the GUI Chapter 6: Board Test System Using the Board Test System © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... The MAX II code resides in the <install dir>\kits\stratixIVGX_4sgx230_av\examples directory. Newer revisions of this code might be available on the Edition page of the Altera website. © November 2009 Altera Corporation Read/Write Capability Write only Set initiate an FPGA reconfiguration. Read / Write Determines which of the up to eight (0-7) pages of flash memory to use for FPGA reconfiguration ...
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... The LCD controls allow you to display text strings on the LCD on your board. Type text in the text boxes and then click Write. Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Chapter 6: Board Test System Using the Board Test System Figure 6–3 shows the GPIO tab. © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... Press a push button on the board to see the graphical display change accordingly. The SRAM&Flash Tab The SRAM&Flash tab allows you to read and write SRAM and flash memory on your board. Figure 6–4 © November 2009 Altera Corporation shows the SRAM&Flash tab. Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide 6–7 ...
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... SRAM and then reads the values back to guarantee that the graphical display accurately reflects the memory contents. Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Chapter 6: Board Test System Using the Board Test System © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... The DDR3 Tab The DDR3 tab allows you to read and write the DDR3 memory on your board. Figure 6–5 shows the DDR3 tab. © November 2009 Altera Corporation and Table A–1 on page A–1). Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide ...
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... The Stop control terminates transaction performance analysis. Performance Indicators These controls display current transaction performance analysis information collected since you last pressed Start: Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Chapter 6: Board Test System Using the Board Test System © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... The QDRII+ Tab The QDRII+ tab allows you to read and write the QDR II+ memory on your board and independently test each QDR II+ port. © November 2009 Altera Corporation Figure 6–6 shows the QDRII+ tab. Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide ...
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... Write and Read performance bars—Show the percentage of maximum data rate ■ that the requested transactions are able to achieve. Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Chapter 6: Board Test System Using the Board Test System © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... Math—Selects data generated from a simple math function within the FPGA ■ fabric. The HSMC Tab The HSMC tab allows you to perform loopback tests on the HSMC A and HSMC B ports. Figure 6–7 © November 2009 Altera Corporation shows the HSMC tab. Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide 6–13 ...
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... The Port control allows you to specify the type of test to run on the HSMC ports. The following HSMC port tests are available: Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Chapter 6: Board Test System Using the Board Test System © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... TX and RX performance bars—Show the percentage of maximum data rate that ■ the requested transactions are able to achieve. ■ Tx (MBps) and Rx (MBps)—Show the number of bytes of data analyzed per second. © November 2009 Altera Corporation Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide 6–15 ...
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... Testing the HDMI requires connecting a monitor with at least UXGA (1600 × 1200) resolution to your board. Once connected, the following controls define the output to the monitor: Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Chapter 6: Board Test System Using the Board Test System © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... Get EDID—Reads the extended display information data (EDID) from the ■ monitor and displays the results. SDI Testing the SDI requires connecting a SMB loopback cable as shown in © November 2009 Altera Corporation shows the color bar test pattern and corresponding color names and Color Bars Color White/Grey ...
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... Figure 6–10 shows the SDI HSMC - PRBS tab. Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Chapter 6: Board Test System Using the Board Test System © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... Errors—Displays the number of errors detected in the hardware. ■ Insert Error—Inserts a bit error into the transmit data stream each time you click the button. © November 2009 Altera Corporation Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide 6–19 ...
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... The SDI HSMC - Video tab allows you to generate video patterns, and send and receive SDI video through the SDI HSMC. tab. Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Chapter 6: Board Test System Using the Board Test System Figure 6–11 shows the SDI HSMC - Video © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... Color bar—Specifies a video color bar pattern with eight vertical color bars. ■ (Refer to Pathological—Specifies a video color bar pattern with two horizontal color ■ bars that stresses the receive PLL. © November 2009 Altera Corporation Table 6–2) Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide 6–21 ...
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... You can also run the Power Monitor as a stand-alone application. PowerMonitor.exe resides in the <install dir>\kits\stratixIVGX_4sgx230_av\examples\board_test_system directory. On Windows, click Start > All Programs > Altera > Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition <version> > Power Monitor to start the application. The Power Monitor communicates with the MAX II device on the board through the JTAG bus ...
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... Reset to refresh the screen with new board readings table with the power rail switch positions is available in the Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Board Reference © November 2009 Altera Corporation Audio Video Development Kit, page of the Altera website. Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide 6–23 Manual. ...
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... Update speed—Specifies how often to refresh the graph. Reset This Reset control clears the graph, resets the minimum and maximum values, and restarts the Power Monitor. Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Chapter 6: Board Test System The Power Monitor © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... FPGA. The Clock Control runs as a stand-alone application. ClockControl.exe resides in the <install dir>\kits\stratixIVGX_4sgx230_av\examples\board_test_system directory. On Windows, click Start > All Programs > Altera > Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition <version> > Clock Control to start the application. f For more information about the Si570 and the Stratix IV GX development board’s ...
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... The Target frequency control works in conjunction with the Set New Frequency control. Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Chapter 6: Board Test System value and how it is calculated, refer to the XTAL © November 2009 Altera Corporation The Clock Control ...
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... Target frequency control. Frequency changes might take several milliseconds to take effect. You might see glitches on the clock during this time. Altera recommends resetting the FPGA logic after changing frequencies. Configuring the FPGA Using the Quartus II Programmer You can use the Quartus II Programmer to configure the FPGA with a specific .sof. ...
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... Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Chapter 6: Board Test System Configuring the FPGA Using the Quartus II Programmer © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... Introduction As you develop your own project using the Altera tools, you can program the flash memory device so that your own design loads from flash memory into the FPGA on power up. This appendix describes the preprogrammed contents of the common flash interface (CFI) flash memory device on the Stratix IV GX FPGA development board and the Nios II EDS tools involved with reprogramming the user portions of the flash memory device ...
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... If you have an FPGA design developed using the Quartus II software, and software developed using the Nios II EDS, follow these instructions the Windows Start menu, click All Programs > Altera > Nios II EDS > Nios II Command Shell the Nios II command shell, navigate to the directory where your design files reside and type the following Nios II EDS commands: For Quartus II ...
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... The CONF DONE LED (D5) and the eight lower user LEDs (D16-D23) illuminate indicating that the flash device is ready for programming the Windows Start menu, click All Programs > Altera > Nios II EDS > Nios II Command Shell the Nios II command shell, navigate to the <install dir> ...
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... The CONF DONE LED (D5) and the eight lower user LEDs (D16-D23) illuminate indicating that the flash device is ready for programming the Windows Start menu, click All Programs > Altera > Nios II EDS > Nios II Command Shell the Nios II command shell, navigate to the <install dir> ...
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... To ensure that you have the most up-to-date factory restore files and information about this product, refer to the page of the Altera website. © November 2009 Altera Corporation Altera Development Kits page of the Altera website. 4–2. Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide A–5 ...
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... A–6 Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide Appendix A: Programming the Flash Memory Device Restoring the MAX II CPLD to the Factory Settings © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...
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... Product literature Non-technical support (General) Email (Software Licensing) Email Note to Table: (1) You can also contact your local Altera sales office or sales representative. Typographic Conventions This document uses the typographic conventions shown in the following table. © November 2009 Altera Corporation Changes Made ...
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... A warning calls attention to a condition or possible situation that can cause you injury. The angled arrow instructs you to press Enter. The feet direct you to more information about a particular topic. Additional Information Typographic Conventions © November 2009 Altera Corporation ...