Overview

CoreEP3C16 is an FPGA core board that features an EP3C16Q240C8N device onboard, supports further expansion.

• onboard Serial Configuration Device EPCS16SI8N
• integrated FPGA basic circuit, such as clock circuit
• onboard nCONFIG button, RESET button, 4 x LEDs
• all the I/O ports are accessible on the pin headers
• onboard JTAG debugging/programming interface
• 2.00mm header pitch design, suitable for being plugged-in your application system

What's On Board

1. EP3C16Q240C8N:the ALTERA Cyclone III FPGA device which features:
   • Operating Frequency: 50MHz
   • Operating Voltage: 1.15V～3.465V
   • Package: QFP240
   • I/Os: 136
   • LEs: 15408
   • RAM: 504kb
   • PLLs: 4
   • 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. 50M active crystal oscillator
11. JTAG interface: for debugging/programming
12. FPGA pins expander, VCC, GND and all the I/O ports are accessible on expansion connectors for further expansion

Photos

Note:
CoreEP3C16 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.

JTAG Interface

The figure below shows the header pinout of JTAG

Figure 1. JTAG Header Pinout

Development Resources

CoreEP3C16 FPGA core board comes with a User Guide CD including development resources listed as below:

• Related software (Quaters II, NIOS II etc.)
• Demo code (Verilog, VHDL, NIOS II C)
• Schematic (PDF)
• FPGA development documentations

Wiki: www.waveshare.com/wiki/CoreEP3C16