Waveshare CoreEP3C5, ALTERA Core Board

Description

FPGA core board, features the ALTERA Cyclone III chip EP3C5E144C8N onboard

Overview
CoreEP3C5 is an FPGA core board that features an EP3C5E144C8N 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

What is On Board
1. EP3C5E144C8N:the ALTERA Cyclone III FPGA device which features:
- Operating Frequency: 50MHz
- Operating Voltage: 1.15V～3.465V
- Package: QFP144
- I/Os: 82
- LEs: 5K
- RAM: 414kb
- 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, short the jumpers to drive the LEDs

Note
CoreEP3C5 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