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2–2 Chapter 2: Getting Started
Before You Begin
Cyclone III FPGA Development Kit User Guide September 2010 Altera Corporation
Inspect the Board
Place the board on an anti-static surface and inspect it to ensure that it has not been
damaged during shipment.
c Without proper anti-static handling, the Cyclone III development board can be
damaged.
Verify that all components are on the board and appear intact.
1 In typical applications with the Cyclone III development board, a heatsink is not
necessary. However, under extreme conditions the board may require additional
cooling to stay within operating temperature guidelines. You may wish to perform
power consumption and thermal modeling to determine whether your application
requires additional cooling.
f For more information about power consumption and thermal modeling, refer to
AN 358: Thermal Management for FPGAs.
Hardware Requirements
The Quartus II software has some minimum system requirements. Otherwise, the
Cyclone III development kit provides all of the hardware needed to use the board.
f For the Quartus II software requirements, refer to the Quartus II Web Edition
Software page.
Software Requirements
This kit requires the following software:
■ Windows XP operating system
■ Quartus II Web Edition software
f Refer to Quartus II Installation & Licensing for Windows for further information on the
Quartus II system software requirements, especially heeding the following:
■ A web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later or Firefox
version 2.0 or later. You need a web browser to register the Quartus II software
and request license files. Refer to “Licensing Considerations” on page 3–3.
■ Version 2.0 or later of the .NET framework.
1 If you receive an “Application Error” message when launching the demo application,
install version 2.0 or later versions of the .NET framework. Some Windows versions
do not have runtime DLL for the .NET application. You can download the .NET
framework application from the following location:
www.microsoft.com/download.