MAX II/MAX IIZ Development Board

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About this Manual Introduction This manual provides component details about the MAX II/MAX IIZ development board. Table below shows the revision history of the reference manual. Version Date Description 1.4 September Modified document as per the board version r2a Added information for GPIO Supply Select Jumper (J13 & J14) in Chapter 2 1.3 July 2010 Add table footnote in Table 2-7 and Table 2-8 1.2 April 2010 Remove EPM570Z from document 1.1 September 2009 Modified document as per the board version r1b 1.0 July 2009 First Publication of the Reference Manual How to find Information How to Contact SLS The Adobe Acrobat Find feature allows you to search the contents of a PDF file. Use Ctrl + F to open the Find dialog box. Use Ctrl + N to open to the Go To Page dialog box. Bookmarks serve as an additional table of contents. Thumbnail icons, which provide miniature preview of each page, provides a link to the pages. Numerous links shown in Navy Blue colour allow you to jump to related information. For the most up-to-date information about SLS products, go to the SLS worldwide website at http://www.slscorp.com. For additional information about SLS products, consult the source shown below. Information Type Product literature services, SLS literature services, Non-technical customer services, Technical support. E-mail support@slscorp.com iii

Typographic Conventions Typographic Conventions Visual Cue The MAX II/MAX IIZ development board reference manual uses the typographic conventions as shown below: Meaning Bold Type with Initial Capital letters Bold Type with Italic Letters All headings and Sub headings Titles in a document are displayed in bold type with initial capital letters; Example: General Description, Block Diagram All Definitions, Figure and Table Headings are displayed in Italics. Examples: Figure 1-1. MAX II/ MAX IIZ Development Board Top View, Table 1-1. Peripheral difference between EPM240/EPM240z and EPM570 versions of MAX II/MAX IIZ Development Board. 1., 2. Numbered steps are used in a list of items, when the sequence of items is important. such as steps listed in procedure. Bullets are used in a list of items when the sequence of items is not important. The hand points to special information that requires special attention The caution indicates required information that needs special consideration and understanding and should be read prior to starting or continuing with the procedure or process. The warning indicates information that should be read prior to starting or continuing the procedure or processes. The feet direct you to more information on a particular topic. iv

Contents About this Manual... iii Introduction...iii How to find Information...iii How to Contact SLS...iii Typographic Conventions...iv 1. Introduction... 1 General Description... 1 Features... 1 Board Components and Block Diagram... 2 Board Components... 2 Block Diagram... 3 2. Board Components... 5 Featured Device... 7 MAX II/MAX IIZ CPLD (U1)... 7 Memory Component... 8 SPI Serial Flash Memory (U3)... 8 User Interfaces... 9 Push Button Switches (SW3, SW4)... 9 Capsense Touch Buttons (CSB1, CSB2)... 9 JTAG Connector (J1)... 10 Expansion Connector... 10 General Purpose I/O Connector (J5, J6)...10 Jumpers and Headers... 15 Power Supply Select Jumper (J3)... 15 Battery Supply Header (J4)... 15 Motor Driving Header (J7 & J8)... 16 Speaker Header (J9)... 16 Motor & Speaker Supply Jumper Settings (J10, J11 & J12)... 17 v

GPIO Supply Select Jumper (J13 & J14)... 17 Status LEDs and Reset/Power Switches... 18 Power Supply and Reset Indication LEDs (LED1 & LED2)... 18 User Defined Reset Push Buttons Switch (SW1)... 18 Power Switch (SW2)... 18 Clock... 19 Oscillator (Y1)... 19 Power Supply Circuitary... 19 DC Power Supply Input Jack (J2)... 19 Power Regulator (U5 & U6)... 19 vi

1. Introduction General Description The MAX II/MAX IIZ Development board provides a hardware platform for designing and developing simple and low-end systems based on Altera MAX II/MAX IIZ Devices. The board features a MAX II/MAX IIZ EPM240T100Cx/EPM240ZM100Cx device with 240 Logic Elements (LEs) and 8,192 bits of User Flash Memory (UFM). The board also supports vertical migration with the EPM570T100Cx device with 570 Logic Elements (LEs) and 8,192 bits of User Flash Memory (UFM) for larger design support. Features MAX II/MAX IIZ CPLD 64 General Purpose IOs The board is pre programmed with the MAX IIZ Board Diagnostic System to verify the board s functionality. The programming files for the MAX IIZ Board Diagnostic System are also supplied with the board to verify the board s functionality at any time later. Two Capsense Buttons and two Push Button Switches User interface header External Battery Interface Header On Board logic for MAX II/MAX IIZ configuration (Quartus II Compatible) On Board Power Supply On Board Global System Reset circuitry Migration support from EPM240T100Cx to EPM240ZM100Cx and EPM240T100Cx to EPM570T100Cx devices for higher density support for larger designs The MAX II/MAX IIZ board is manufactured and assembled by making use of PB-free processes and hence it is designated as an ECO friendly board. Figure 1-1. shows the angle view of MAX II/MAX IIZ Development board. 1

Board Components and Block Diagram Figure 1-1. MAX II/MAX IIZ Development Board Angle View Board Components and Block Diagram Board Components Featured Device Altera MAX II/MAX IIZ CPLD Memory SPI Serial Flash Memory User Interfaces User Defined Push Button Switches User Defined Capsense Touch Buttons JTAG Connector Expansion Interface Expansion Prototype connector Jumper and Headers Power Supply Jumper Battery Supply Header Motor and Speaker Supply Jumper Speaker Header Motor Header Status LEDs and Reset/Power Switches Power Switch 2

Reset Push Buttons Switch Reset and +3.3v Power LED Clock Oscillator Power Supply DC Power Jack Power Regulator Block Diagram Figure 1-2. shows the Block Diagram of the MAX IIZ Board. Figure 1-2. MAX II/MAX IIZ Development Board Block Diagram 2 Motor Header Speaker Header MAX IIZ CPLD EPM240z/570z MAX II CPLD EPM240/570 2 6 24MHz 1 Power On and Reset Switch 4 SPI Flash Memory SLS GPIO Header (20X2) 64 2 2 Push Button Switches 4 JTAG Header 2 Capsense Buttons MAX IIz Development Board Fundamentally both versions (MAX II and MAX IIZ) are the same except for the following difference, otherwise all the functionality and IO pin mapping remains same. The 100-Pin TQFP/MBGA package of EPM570 has only 76 IOs while the 100-Pin TQFP/MBGA package of EPM240/EPM240Z has 80 IOs. Hence the 3

Board Components and Block Diagram board with EPM240/EPM240Z has all the features mentioned in this document, where as the board with EPM570 lacks some peripherals. The peripheral difference between the EPM240/EPM240Z and EPM570 versions of the MAX IIZ board is mentioned in the Table 1-1 below. Table 1-1. Peripheral difference between EPM240/EPM240Z and EPM570 versions of MAXII/MAX IIZ Development Board Sr. No. Peripheral EPM240/EPM240Z Version EPM570 Version 1. SLS GPIO 64 60 All other peripherals and the Pin Mapping of the Peripherals with the MAX II/MAX IIZ device remains same in both the versions. 4

2. Board Components This chapter provides operational and connectivity details for the MAX II/ MAX IIZ Development Board's major components and interfaces. Figure 2-1. shows the top view of the board. Figure 2-1. MAX II/MAX IIZ Development Board Components 24 Mhz Oscillator Motor Header Speaker Header Power Supply Select Jumper Battery Header Power Jack Power Switch Reset Switch SPI Serial Flash Memory Push-Buttons Switches GPIO Header JTAG Header MAXIIz CPLD CapSense Button 5

Table 2-1 describes the major components on MAX II/MAX IIZ development board and related interfaces. Table 2-1. MAX II/MAX IIZ Board Components and Interfaces Board Reference Name Description Page Featured Device U1 Memory Altera MAX II/MAX IIZ CPLD Altera MAX II (EPM240T100/EPM570T100) or MAX IIZ (EPM240ZM100) CPLD U3 SPI Serial Flash Memory Atmel Corp. AT25DF041A, 4MBit SPI Serial Flash Memory User Interfaces SW3, SW4 CSB1, CSB2 User Defined Push Button switches User Defined Capsense Touch Buttons Two user defined momentary contact push button switches Two user defined capacitive touch buttons 9 J1 JTAG Connector The Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) connector, used to directly configure MAX II/MAX IIZ CPLD Expansion Interface J5, J6 Expansion Prototype connector Jumpers and Headers Two expansion prototype connection of SLS GPIO Header for peripheral expansion or for debugging and prototyping purpose J3 Power Supply Jumper Jumper that enables power supply input to MAX IIZ board J4 Battery Supply Header Header which used to connect external battery 15 J7, J8 Motor Header Motor Driving Header 16 J9 Speaker Header Speaker Driving Header 16 J10, J11, J12 Motor and Speaker Supply Jumper J13, J14 GPIO Supply Select Jumper Status LEDs and Reset/Power switches LED1, LED2 Reset LED, +3.3V Power LED Jumper that enables power input for Motor and Speaker Jumper that enables power input for GPIO 17 Indicates when 3.3V Power is present and when reset switch is pressed 7 8 9 10 10 15 17 18 6

Table 2-1. MAX II/MAX IIZ Board Components and Interfaces Board Reference Name Description Page SW1 User defined reset Push Button switch User define reset Push Button switch 18 SW2 Power Switch Power switch that is used to apply power to the on-board power regulators 18 Clock Y1 Clock Oscillator Provides 24MHz clock to MAX II/MAX IIZ CPLD 19 Power Supply J2 DC Power Jack 6V DC power source 19 U5, U6 Power regulators Power Regulator to generate 3.3V and 2.5/1.8V 19 Featured Device MAX II/MAX IIZ CPLD (U1) The board features the MAX II/MAX IIZ (EPM240T100Cx/ EPM240ZM100Cx) device (U1) in a 100-Pin TQFP/MBGA package. It also supports upward migration with the EPM570T100Cx devices as well (For larger design support) with few modifications made at the assembly level. The board supports EPM570 devices at the cost of 4 General Purpose IOs, the details of which are mentioned in the following sections. Figure 2-2. shows the MAX II/MAX IIZ device. Figure 2-2. MAX II/MAX IIZ Device 7

Memory Component Table 2-2 shown below lists the MAX II/MAX IIZ device features. Table 2-2. MAX II/MAX IIZ Device Features Architectural Feature EPM240/EPM240Z Value EPM570 Value LEs 240 570 Equivalent MacroCell Range 128 to 240 240 to 570 UFM Size (Bits) 8,192 8,192 Maximum User IO Pins 80 76 (1) Note: to Table 2-2: (1) User IO Pins for the EPM570 Device is for the 100-Pin TQFP package used on the MAX IIZ Board. The MAX II/MAX IIZ device can be configured directly using an Altera download cable connected to the JTAG Header (J1). Memory Component SPI Serial Flash Memory (U3) The board includes the 4MBit SPI Serial Flash Memory (U3). The target device is AT25DF041A. It can be programmed, read or erased using a single supply. It is used on the board for data storage. Figure 2-3. shows SPI Flash Memory component on the board. Figure 2-3. SPI Serial Flash Memory Device 8

Table 2-3 shows SPI Flash signal description and its connection with CPLD. Table 2-3. SPI Serial Flash Memory (U3) Pin Table Flash Memory Pin Name EPM240/ EPM570 EPM240Z Description 1 CS_n 64 F10 Chip Select 2 SO 62 F9 Serial Output 3 WP_n - - Write Protect 4 GND - - GND 5 SI 66 F11 Serial Input 6 SCK 14 E1 Serial Clock Input 7 HOLD_n - - Hold Input 8 +3.3V - - Supply User Interfaces This section consists of Push Button switches and Capsense buttons. Push Button Switches (SW3, SW4) SW3 and SW4 are momentary-contact Push Button switches and are used to provide stimulus to designs in the CPLD device. Each switch is connected to the CPLD general-purpose I/O pin with pull-up resistor. The CPLD device pin will see logic 0 when each switch is pressed. Table 2-4 shows the push button switches PinOuts. Table 2-4. Push Button Switches PinOuts Board Reference Signal Name EPM240/EPM570 EPM240Z SW3 cpld_pb1 43 D9 SW4 cpld_pb2 69 L8 Capsense Touch Buttons (CSB1, CSB2) CSB1 and CSB2 are Capsense touch buttons. Capacitive touch buttons work by measuring the change in capacitance of a PCB (printed circuit board) pattern depending on the placement of a user s finger over a sensing pad. Capac- 9

Expansion Connector itive switches are becoming popular because they are less expensive than mechanical switches. Each button is connected to CPLD using general purpose I/Os. Table 2-5 shows Capsense touch buttons PinOuts. Table 2-5. Capsense Touch Buttons PinOuts Board Reference Signal Name EPM240/EPM570 EPM240Z CSB1 cpld_csb1 68 E11 CSB2 cpld_csb2 67 E10 JTAG Connector (J1) The board contains a JTAG Header (J1) to configure the CPLD Device. Table 2-6 shows JTAG connector signal name, pin number and corresponding CPLD pin number. Table 2-6. JTAG Connector (J1) PinOuts Pin Name EPM240/EPM570 EPM240Z 1 jtag_tck 24 K1 2 GND - - 3 jtag_tdo 25 K2 4 +3.3V - - 5 jtag_tms 22 J1 6 +3.3V - - 7 NC - - 8 NC - - 9 jtag_tdi 23 J2 10 GND - - Expansion Connector General Purpose I/O Connector (J5, J6) There are two 40 pins connector (J5, J6), which can be used for general purpose I/O or debugging signals. Figure 2-4. shows GPIO connector. 10

Figure 2-4. GPIO Connector (J5 & J6) J5 J6 gpio1 gpio2 cpld_reset_n gpio33 gpio3 gpio4 gpio34 gpio35 gpio5 gpio7 gpio9 gpio6 gpio8 gpio10 gpio36 gpio38 gpio40 gpio37 gpio39 gpio41 3.3V GND 3.3V GND gpio11 gpio13 gpio12 gpio14 gpio42 gpio44 gpio43 gpio45 gpio15 gpio17 gpio16 gpio18 gpio46 gpio47 NC gpio48 gpio19 gpio21 gpio20 gpio22 gpio49 gpio51 gpio50 gpio52 gpio23 gpio24 gpio53 gpio54 gpio25 gpio26 gpio55 gpio56 3.3V osc_clk GND gpio27 3.3V gpio57 GND gpio58 NC gpio28 gpio59 gpio60 gpio29 gpio31 gpio30 GND gpio61 gpio63 gpio62 gpio64 gpio32 GND GND GND Table 2-7 and Table 2-8 shows General Purpose I/O header pin number, pin name and corresponding CPLD pin number. Table 2-7. GPIO Connector (J5) PinOuts Pin Name EPM240/EPM570 EPM240Z 1 gpio1 76 B10 2 gpio2 77 A10 11

Expansion Connector Table 2-7. GPIO Connector (J5) PinOuts Pin Name EPM240/EPM570 EPM240Z 3 gpio3 81 A9 4 gpio4 82 B8 5 gpio5 85 B7 6 gpio6 86 A7 7 gpio7 89 A6 8 gpio8 90 (2) C5 9 gpio9 95 B4 10 gpio10 96 A4 11 +3.3V - - 12 GND - - 13 gpio11 99 B2 14 gpio12 100 A2 15 gpio13 3 C2 16 gpio14 4 C1 17 gpio15 7 D1 18 gpio16 8 E2 19 gpio17 16 F1 20 gpio18 17 G2 21 gpio19 20 H2 22 gpio20 21 H1 23 gpio21 28 K3 24 gpio22 29 L3 25 gpio23 34 J5 26 gpio24 35 K5 27 gpio25 38 K6 28 gpio26 (1) 39 L6 29 +3.3V - - 12

Table 2-7. GPIO Connector (J5) PinOuts Pin Name EPM240/EPM570 EPM240Z 30 GND - - 31 osc_clk - - 32 gpio27 42 L7 33 NC - - 34 gpio28 49 L10 35 gpio29 52 K11 36 gpio30 53 J10 37 gpio31 56 H10 38 GND - - 39 gpio32 61 G11 40 GND - - Table 2-8. GPIO Connector (J6) PinOuts Pin Name EPM240/EPM570 EPM240Z 1 cpld_reset_n - - 2 gpio33 78 B9 3 gpio34 83 A8 4 gpio35 84 C7 5 gpio36 87 C6 6 gpio37 88 (1) B6 7 gpio38 91 B5 8 gpio39 92 A5 9 gpio40 97 B3 10 gpio41 98 A3 11 +3.3V - - 12 GND - - 13

Expansion Connector Table 2-8. GPIO Connector (J6) PinOuts Pin Name EPM240/EPM570 EPM240Z 13 gpio42 1 A1 14 gpio43 2 B1 15 gpio44 5 D3 16 gpio45 6 D2 17 gpio46 15 F3 18 NC - - 19 gpio47 18 G1 20 gpio48 19 H3 21 gpio49 26 L1 22 gpio50 27 L2 23 gpio51 30 K4 24 gpio52 33 L4 25 gpio53 36 L5 26 gpio54 37 (2) J6 27 gpio55 40 J7 28 gpio56 41 K7 29 +3.3V - - 30 GND - - 31 gpio57 47 K9 32 gpio58 48 L9 33 gpio59 50 L11 34 gpio60 51 K10 35 gpio61 54 J11 36 gpio62 55 H9 37 gpio63 57 H11 38 gpio64 58 G10 14

Table 2-8. GPIO Connector (J6) PinOuts Pin Name EPM240/EPM570 EPM240Z 39 GND - - 40 GND - - Note: to Table 2-7 and Table 2-8: (1) These pins are connected to VCC_INT for EPM570 Device. (2) These pins are connected to GND for EPM570 device. Jumpers and Headers This section describes about the headers and jumpers on the board. Power Supply Select Jumper (J3) This jumper is used to select the power supply to board from battery or power supply adapter. Table 2-9 shows the power supply selection jumper settings for the board. Table 2-9. Power Supply Select Jumper (J3) Settings Jumper Settings Short J3.1 and J3.2 Short J3.2 and J3.3 Power Source Power Adapter Supply Battery Supply (VCC_BAT) Battery Supply Header (J4) Header (J4) is used to connect external battery terminal for powering the board. Table 2-10 shows pin description of the battery supply header. Table 2-10.Battery Supply Header (J4) Pin Description Header Pins Signal Name J4.1 VCC_BAT J4.2 GND 15

Jumpers and Headers Motor Driving Header (J7 & J8) Header J7 and J8 are used to drive the motor connected. Table 2-11 shows pin description of motor driving headers. Table 2-11. Motor Driving Header (J7 & J8) Pin Description Header Pins Signal Name J7.1 & J8.1 VCC_M J7.2 & J8.2 Common motor connection pin J7.3 & J8.3 Common motor connection pin J7.4 & J8.4 GND Speaker Header (J9) Header J9 is used to connect the speaker. The speaker input is given by shorting six CPLD pins and take common output through resistor. To give input to the speaker, you must assign these pins into your design. Table 2-12 shows the CPLD pins which are taken as common input to speaker. Table 2-12.Speaker Common Input Pins for Header (J9) PinOuts Pin Name EPM240/EPM570 EPM240Z 1 cpld_spk1 70 D10 2 cpld_spk2 71 D11 3 cpld_spk3 72 C10 4 cpld_spk4 73 C11 5 cpld_spk5 74 B11 6 cpld_spk6 75 A11 16

Table 2-13 shows pin configuration of speaker header. Table 2-13.Speaker Header (J9) Pin Description Header Pins Signal Name J9.1 VCC_S J9.2 Speaker Common Input pin J9.3 GND Motor & Speaker Supply Jumper Settings (J10, J11 & J12) The Jumpers J10, J11 and J12 are used to give power supply to drive motor and speaker connected at header J7, J8 and J9. Table 2-14 shows jumper settings for J10, J11 and J12. Table 2-14.Motor & Speaker Supply Jumper Settings (J10, J11 & J12) Short J10.1 and J10.2 Short J11.1 and J11.2 Short J12.1 and J12.2 VCC_M VCC_S GND GPIO Supply Select Jumper (J13 & J14) The Jumpers J13 and J14 are used to select the power supply for GPIO header J5 and J6 respectively. This jumper settings will select either 3.3 V or power jack supply for GPIO headers. Table 2-15 shows pin description of GPIO supply select jumper J13 and J14. Table 2-15.GPIO Supply Select Jumpers (J13 & J14) Pin Description Header Pins Signal Name J13.1 & J14.1 3.3 V J13.2 & J14.2 Common supply connection pin J13.3 & J14.3 Power Jack Supply (VCC_IN) 17

Status LEDs and Reset/Power Switches Status LEDs and Reset/Power Switches This section describes about the component used for indicating status of power supply and reset. It also describes about the switches used for global reset and power supply. Power Supply and Reset Indication LEDs (LED1 & LED2) The board includes two LEDs. Table 2-16 lists LEDs and its description. Table 2-16.LEDs Description LED1 LED2 Illuminate when reset switch is pressed or the board is in reset condition Illuminate when there is 3.3V power available from power source User Defined Reset Push Buttons Switch (SW1) Reset Push Button Switch is used as global reset switch of the board. Table 2-17 shows the pin connection of the Reset Switch (SW1) with CPLD. Table 2-17.Reset Push Button Switch (SW1) PinOuts Board Reference Signal Name EPM240/EPM570 EPM240Z SW1 cpld_reset_n 44 K8 Power Switch (SW2) Power Switch (SW2) is used to power up the board from the selected power source configuration described in Power Supply Select Jumper (J3) on page 15. 18

Clock Oscillator (Y1) The board has on-board 24MHz oscillator, which gives input clock to the CPLD. Table 2-18 shows clocking circuitary PinOuts. Table 2-18.Clocking Circuitary PinOuts Board Reference Signal Name EPM240/EPM570 EPM240Z Y1 osc_clk 12 F2 Power Supply Circuitary This section describes the power supply and power regulators. DC Power Supply Input Jack (J2) The board runs from 6V, unregulated, center-positive power supply which is fed at power supply input jack (J2). This supply is then pull down to 3.3V and 2.5/1.8V to supply the power to CPLD. Power Regulator (U5 & U6) There are two LDO regulators on the board to control different voltage rails. The voltage regulator provides +3.3V and +2.5V power for MAX II or 3.3V and +1.8V power for MAX IIZ on the board. 19

Power Supply Circuitary Table 2-19 describes each voltage regulator. Table 2-19.MAX IIZ Development Board Power Regulators Board Reference Part # Manufacturer Type Voltage Output Provides Power to U5 MCP1825T Microchip LDO Regulator +2.5V or +1.8V CPLD VCC_INT for MAX II or CPLD VCC_INT for MAX IIZ U6 MCP1825T Microchip LDO Regulator +3.3V CPLD VCC_IO Expansion Connector SPI Serial Flash Memory Motor and Speaker Supply Header Push Buttons Switches LEDs 20